Design Associate

BCI Brands•New York, NY

8d•Onsite

About The Position

BCI is a leader in the women's fashion industry, with a multi-brand platform including CeCe, Vince Camuto, Ted Baker, 1.State, and Parker. The company is dedicated to innovation, excellence, and women's empowerment through fashion. This role involves contributing to the design process across various brands.

Requirements

5+ years minimum experience in design
Strong sketching ability, CADing, creating concept presentations
Knowledge of both woven and knit fabrications and styling
Ability to create initial design tech packs, both woven’s and knits
Experience commenting in lab dips and print strike offs
Strong team player
Excellent communication skills
Ability to multi task and enjoy being involved in every element of the process

Responsibilities

Sketching
Creating seasonal concept presentations
Color cads of selected styles
Seasonal fabric lists
Creating fabric cards for store partners
Tracking and follow through of sample yardage to factories
Request garment samples and follow through with factories on sample status
Request lab dips and hand looms
Work with cad team on artwork and send copies to store partners
Receiving samples in New York and sending to store partners for line review
Updating cad decks as needed after line review meetings
Creating detailed maps of selected styles with all fabric and style details
Follow through on tech packs from sample format into fit tech packs for production
Entering all specs and BOMS into partners system
Trim selection and trim approvals through production