Contract Apparel Designer

Image Solutions, Inc.•Long Beach, CA

2d•$50 - $60

About The Position

The Designer is a hands-on creative contributor responsible for supporting apparel, graphic, promotional, and related business design needs while helping coordinate the day-to-day flow of work across the design function. This role operates as a player-coach, balancing direct design execution with intake coordination, prioritization, and delegation of production work so the business receives timely, accurate, and high-quality creative support during a team member's maternity leave.

Requirements

Experience in apparel, graphic, production, or related design work.
Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator and Photoshop.
Ability to manage multiple requests and changing priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
Strong organization, attention to detail, and file discipline.
Positive attitude, coachability, and willingness to grow into broader responsibility.
Clear communication skills and comfort coordinating work across internal and external resources.

Responsibilities

Execute apparel, graphic, and related design work in support of customer programs and internal business needs.
Serve as the first point of coordination for incoming design requests, special projects, and day-to-day creative needs.
Review incoming work and assign tasks based on project type, urgency, complexity, and available resources.
Provide day-to-day work direction to the offshore design resource for production proofs, revisions, and overflow graphic work.
Monitor workflow and queue status in Facilis/Syncore and help ensure proof requests move through the system on time.
Maintain quality control over creative output, file accuracy, branding consistency, and production readiness.
Communicate proactively with internal stakeholders regarding status, priorities, capacity constraints, and timing changes.
Partner with the e-commerce specialist as needed on graphics support while preserving e-commerce and website build priorities.
Identify process improvements related to intake, handoffs, file management, templates, and workflow visibility.
Escalate priority conflicts, quality issues, or bandwidth concerns to leadership in a timely manner.