Freelance Designer - Womenswear
About The Position
The Designer works in the Outlet and Club Design department, with responsibilities spanning off-price apparel, jackets, bottoms, woven tops, and skirts. The role researches seasonal trends, silhouettes, fabrics, and trim; develops inspiration and style boards; creates sketches and CADs; and prepares seasonal presentations. The Designer collaborates with graphic, technical, sourcing, production, and overseas vendor teams throughout the product development process, and provides aesthetic and visual input during fittings and sample reviews. The position also involves maintaining accurate and organized development pages and tech packs, reviewing lab dips and strike-offs, maintaining fabric and trim libraries, organizing samples, and meeting design calendar deadlines. The role may also assist with special projects as needed. The approximate compensation range is $30.00–$50.00 per hour. The offered rate varies based on role requirements, skill set, and years of experience.
Responsibilities
- Research and shop seasonal trends, silhouettes, fabrics, and trim.
- Create inspiration mood boards.
- Generate sketches, including CADs in Illustrator and AI.
- Produce detailed seasonal presentations.
- Create beginning-of-season style boards for the area of responsibility, showing silhouette, color, fabric, print, pattern, and embroidery options.
- Work with the graphic team to create print patterns and embroidery layouts.
- Set up Illustrator development pages and keep them updated throughout development.
- Create and maintain accurate, organized tech packs for all styles in Full Circle so samples are developed efficiently.
- Communicate promptly and daily with overseas vendors and internal teams.
- Attend Color/Mood, Sketch, Proto Review, Final Merch, and Handover to Tech and Sourcing meetings.
- Work with Tech, Sourcing, and Production teams and share style updates by email.
- Attend fittings with the technical team and help determine appropriate fit, providing aesthetic and visual input.
- Maintain the fabric and trim library.
- Review lab dips and strike-offs and provide comments with the sourcing manager.
- Meet all design calendar deadlines.
- Organize the proto and sample rack.
- Review samples and ensure salesman samples are tagged and include disclaimers when needed.
- Assist with special projects as needed.
- Contribute as a team player.
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