Assistant Designer - Women's Swim

Tommy Bahama•Seattle, WA

2d•$26 - $32

About The Position

This role is to collaborate with and assist the Women's Swim Design team in the research, design, and development of swimwear and resortwear that aligns with the seasonal direction. The Assistant Designer will support the VP of Swim, Sr. Designer, and Designer in developing the product line, participating in seasonal concept building, and conducting research for design direction and trims. Key responsibilities include creating and maintaining seasonal palettes, managing color charts, updating BOMs, creating tech files, and collaborating with cross-functional teams and vendors. The role also involves assisting with presentations, managing design resources, and ensuring seasonal deadlines are met.

Requirements

Fashion Degree in Fashion Design or related preferred
Generally, 1+ years women’s design experience
Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator sketching and fills, Illustrator and Photoshop print creation, Miro
Good communication skills (oral and written) - follow up and follow through
Highly detail oriented
Experience with the apparel design process from concept to product
Self-starter and creative thinker who can track to short and long-term calendar deliverables
Ability to follow through on multiple tasks simultaneously
Ability to work in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment
Ability to be a flexible partner and work together as one team
Excellent time management and organizational skills

Nice To Haves

Bonus if some experience w/Ned Graphics and recoloring.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with and assist the Women's Swim Design team.
Participate in the research, design, and development of swimwear and resortwear consistent with seasonal direction.
Assist VP of Swim, Sr. Designer, & Designer to develop each season’s product line and special developments.
Participate in seasonal concept building and support design direction research.
Provide support and communication in trim research and development.
Assist designers with sketching, computer illustrations, and presentation documents using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Miro.
Create and maintain seasonal master palette and fills in Illustrator for sketches.
Create and maintain solid color chart by fabrication for development.
Receive solid lab dips for all fabrications and provide color comments for vendors, maintaining color comment tracking chart.
Create seasonal palette in FlexPLM, including print colorways, fabric & trim.
Color Illustrator sketches in the seasonal palette for sketch review.
Create & update BOMs based on Drop Change Memo, fittings and TD/PD requests.
Attend handoff meetings with TD to review development and help update BOMs.
Create & maintain tech files & provide images in the required format for the Linelist.
Create & maintain jpegs for FlexPLM & Nuorder.
Participate in product development meetings and fittings.
Communicate daily with cross-functional teams (including merchandising and wholesale partners) and vendors.
Partner with Designer of Print, as needed, to support key milestone deliverables.
Assist in presentations and milestone meetings.
Create and maintain fabric wall (virtual and physical) throughout the season with physical strike offs when available.
Prepare samples/visual aids and assist with adoption and print & pattern meeting set-up.
Create and maintain digital style boards for the season.
Maintain design resources and materials such as fabrics, lab dip, trims, and sample references.
Send, receive, and follow up on packages when requested.
Work to ensure all seasonal deadlines are being met.
Be flexible for other duties as needed to help support calendar deliverables and overall business.
Be flexible for ad hoc projects as needed.