Freelance Home & Lifestyle Design Lead

Printfresh • Philadelphia, PA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Printfresh is seeking a highly creative, detail-oriented Freelance Home & Lifestyle Design Lead to expand and evolve its lifestyle categories, including bedding, tabletop, decorative textiles, and impulse home gifting. The role will help reintroduce and reimagine the home collection in a way that reflects the brand’s identity while bringing a fresh, elevated perspective. The ideal candidate has a background in textile design, home decor, and product development, and can translate print, color, and material choices into appealing products for design-conscious customers.

This is a temporary freelance 1099 position with hours that fluctuate according to seasonal needs. The current expectation is 10–20 hours per week, with 1–2 days in the Philadelphia office and the remaining time working from home.

The role includes designing and developing products across tabletop, bedding, decorative textiles, and giftable home accessories; adapting signature patterns and developing new artwork; researching trends and creating seasonal inspiration decks; and managing product development in collaboration with production, sourcing, planning, merchandising, marketing, and design teams. The Design Lead will present seasonal concepts, incorporate feedback, and help establish a unified product vision across the lifestyle business.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in home design, decorative textiles, or soft goods for an elevated lifestyle or fashion brand.
• Deep knowledge of textile design, repeat layout, color theory, and materials suited to home applications.
• Knowledge of embellishment and embroidery design for home products.
• Strong sense of style and storytelling, with the ability to translate whimsical, illustrative prints into sophisticated, desirable home goods.
• Experience working with factories and vendors on home product development, sampling, and quality control.
• Highly collaborative, with strong organizational and project management skills.
• High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Strategic thinking and ability to manage both big-picture direction and intricate details.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with soft accessories such as bags or pouches.
• Experience with 3D mockups or rendering tools.

Responsibilities

• Concept and design tabletop products, including printed placemats, napkins, runners, and seasonal hosting items.
• Reestablish and evolve bedding and decorative textile offerings, including select quilts, shams, and duvets.
• Develop giftable home items such as pouches, game accessories, trays, and seasonal curiosities.
• Create collections that extend the Printfresh aesthetic into new areas of the home.
• Collaborate with the print team to adapt signature patterns and motifs for home applications and embellishments.
• Develop artwork concepts suited to home product formats and materials, considering scale, repeat, and usability.
• Source materials and finishes that balance comfort, durability, beauty, and responsible production.
• Research home and lifestyle trends, including color stories, seasonal moments, and market shifts.
• Create seasonal inspiration decks to guide product direction and storytelling across home categories.
• Partner with production, sourcing, and planning to manage products from concept through final delivery.
• Prepare clear, accurate tech packs and communicate with vendors across categories.
• Collaborate with merchandising and marketing to build collections that complement apparel and sleepwear.
• Work with apparel and sleep design teams to maintain brand cohesion and shared storytelling.
• Present seasonal concepts to internal teams and leadership, incorporating feedback to refine direction.
• Help create a unified product vision across the lifestyle business.

Benefits

• Opportunity to shape the future of a growing lifestyle brand and bring its design language into customers’ homes.
• Opportunity to define a cohesive home assortment from the ground up in a company that values creativity, color, and storytelling.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed