Job Description

Client Overview: Established in 1994, our client is a privately held company with headquarters in New York City. Today, the well appointed Manhattan office and 20 modern and spacious showroom enclaves allow the company to design, market and sell the growing suite of fine apparel brands.

Position Overview: As the Sweater Designer, you will support the Design Director with concept through development of women's sweater categories. You will be responsible for design process, researching trends, creating technical packages, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to bring concepts to life.

Sweater Designer Responsibilities:

• Identify market trends domestically and internationally
• Working closely with the Design Director, identify big ideas + key items that will answer the seasonal brief and business needs.
• Excellent sketching and cads skills that communicate proper proportion, details and constructions for presentation decks and techpacks.
• Apply seasonal color, print and pattern to the line post sketch reviews and work with the Design Director to balance out according to the key focus palettes and color stories.
• Attend weekly material meeting to manage requests and approvals.
• Supervise techpack creation ensuring the assistant designer can correctly assemble all information needed to direct the tech team on the design intent. Proof the work and provide an extra set of eyes across all styles and bubble any questions and areas when further guidance is required from the design director.
• Partner with production team to schedule hand off's according to calendar deadlines aligned with design director.
• Attend and support all style fittings to guide the teams through fit comments, support and proof follow up actions.
• Trim/submit approvals along with color/print/stripe approvals.
• Partner with merchants to ensure design is aligned on seasonal needs and changes throughout the season.
• Partner with Design Director on seasonal calendar and category specific deadlines to ensure these are achievable.

Sweater Designer Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Fashion or Art (or equivalent experience and education).
• Experience working in Apparel. Sweaters experience is a MUST.
• 5+ years related experience- PRIVATE LABEL EXPERIENCE A MUST.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Suite (Illustrator/Photoshop/Indesign) and Excel. PLM experience is a plus.

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