Assistant Designer, Men's Denim

Levi Strauss•San Francisco, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Levi Strauss & Co. is seeking an Assistant Designer to focus on Denim Bottoms for the Levi's® Men's brand. The role involves designing creative, commercially-viable products that support and deepen the brand's value. The Assistant Designer will report to the Senior Designer and be based at the San Francisco headquarters. This position will sustain the development, evolution, and communication of a brand look that supports the brand identity. The Assistant Designer will assist one or more designers in building design process components to achieve targets for the seasonal calendar, assortment plan, and source location requirements. They will support fit, fabric, finish, sundries, and trim developments, and contribute to the development of seasonal design platforms and concepts by identifying consumer-relevant opportunities through market research. The role requires sustaining partnerships with Merchandising, Product Development, and Sourcing to ensure products are engineered for profit and quality/aesthetic goals, and working with GTM timelines, processes, and deliverables. The Assistant Designer will create detailed garment sketches in Adobe Illustrator.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Fashion Design or related field
2+ years of Design experience in the apparel category
Denim experience
Creative Suite knowledge, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Reader, PowerPoint, and PLM
Experience with design process
Solid flat sketching skills, good design and color sense
Experience with product construction (e.g., finishes, fabrics, hardware, stitches, and safety requirements)
Knowledge of fit model and standard measurements
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and must not require current or future employment visa sponsorship.
Candidates with an existing H-1B visa that is eligible for transfer may be considered.

Responsibilities

Sustain the development, evolution and communication of a brand look that supports the brand identity.
Assist one or more designers to build the design process components to achieve targets for the seasonal calendar, assortment plan and source location requirements.
Support fit, fabric, finish, sundries and trim developments.
Contribute to the development of seasonal design platforms and concepts by identifying consumer relevant opportunities through market research.
Sustain partnerships with Merchandising, Product Development and Sourcing to ensure products are engineered to profit and quality/aesthetic goal.
Work with GTM timelines, processes and deliverables.
Create detailed garment sketches in Adobe Illustrator.