Freelance Associate Designer - Womenswear
About The Position
The Freelance Associate Designer works in the Outlet and Club Design department, with responsibilities across off-price apparel, jackets, bottoms, woven tops, and skirts. The role supports seasonal design development, from researching trends and creating inspiration boards, sketches, CADs, and presentations to preparing and maintaining tech packs and development materials. The designer collaborates with overseas vendors and internal cross-functional teams, participates in design reviews and fittings, and helps ensure samples, materials, and design-calendar milestones are managed accurately and on time.
Responsibilities
- Research and shop seasonal trends, silhouettes, fabrics, and trims.
- Create inspiration mood boards.
- Generate sketches, including CADs in Illustrator and AI.
- Produce detailed seasonal presentations.
- Create seasonal style boards for the assigned area, 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 tech packs for all styles in Full Circle and keep them maintained, organized, and accurate to support efficient sample development.
- Communicate promptly and daily with overseas vendors and internal teams.
- Attend critical meetings, including Color/Mood, Sketch, Proto Review, Final Merch, and Handover to Tech and Sourcing.
- Work with cross-functional Tech, Sourcing, and Production teams, sharing style updates by email.
- Attend fittings with the technical team and provide input on fit, aesthetics, and visual design.
- Maintain the fabric and trim library.
- Review lab dips and strike-offs and provide comments in collaboration with the sourcing manager.
- Adhere to design-calendar deadlines.
- Organize the proto and sample rack.
- Review samples and ensure salesman samples are tagged and carry disclaimers when needed.
- Assist with special projects as needed.
- Contribute as a team player.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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