Apparel Design Co-Op

Carter's • Atlanta, GA

219d

About The Position

Serving the needs of all families with young children, Carter's Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children, encompassing Carter's, OshKosh B'gosh, Skip*Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work, constant learning, genuine people, and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at Carter's. This role typically reports to a Designer and is based in our Buckhead office in our hybrid/ in-office work environment (4 days/week in-office).

Requirements

• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (3.2 strongly preferred)
• Enrollment in a Bachelor/Master's degree program at the time of the internship (certificate programs are not eligible)
• Excellent communication and analytical skills as well as have basic knowledge of garment construction, silhouettes, color ways, sewing techniques, fabrication and trim
• Ability to interpret supervisor's direction
• Ability to act as liaison between many departments
• Proficiency with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Previous design work experience through internships or coursework

Nice To Haves

• Interest in working in children's clothing

Responsibilities

• Assists in facilitating all aspects of design: from concept to final development of product
• Assists in all aspects of daily follow up with external and internal business partners, i.e. email communication
• Sketches in illustrator and updates silo matrix accordingly
• Participates in fit process
• Updates styles in Flex PLM
• Participate & contribute in a meaningful way regarding product design during design meetings
• Learns the creative process as well as observing other team members in the day-to-day workings
• Fills bodies with art in blow up and working line sheet form (where time permits)
• Assembles boards for account presentations (attaches color copies to boards and wraps mill punches for presentation)
• Prepares and updates style adopt line sheet
• Prepares proto requests
• Upkeeps color rings each season for supervisor only
• Communicates progress of above tasks with Supervisor
• Focuses on learning the creative process as well as observing the Design Manager and/or Associate Designer in the day-to-day workings

Benefits

• Career Development opportunities including Carter's University, Toastmasters, and mentorship programs

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree