Sr. Associate Designer

EMINENT, INC.•Los Angeles, CA

5h•$73,000 - $85,000

About The Position

The Senior Associate Designer for the HAELO team uses strong edgy-femme fashion acumen to create and interpret concepts and develop finished products for a specific brand. The role collaborates with other departments to manage product development from initial concept through production across multiple brands. It is a permanent, full-time position for a candidate who understands the market consumer and can apply that knowledge to design work. The designer works independently to accomplish departmental goals and completes brand or category execution with minimal direction from a senior-level designer for the Downtown Femme category. The position focuses on premium-quality garments, especially dresses ranging from heavily constructed occasion styles to soft-woven everyday styles. The aesthetic is sophisticated, sexy, sleek, forward-driven, and wearable. The designer creates mood boards, technical flats, line guides, CADs, tech packs, construction-detail pages, and BOMs; sources materials; attends fittings; partners with technical design and product development; and helps train assistants. The role requires strong garment development, construction, fabric, pattern, fit, trend, and customer knowledge, along with organization and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

Minimum 5–6+ years of fashion design experience.
Leadership or management experience.
Advanced knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
Advanced visual and written communication skills.
Intermediate to advanced knowledge of fabrics across categories.
Strong garment-development knowledge, including fabrics, patterns, and construction.
Strong hand-sketching ability.
Strong sense of color story, style, and fit terminology.
Ability to communicate silhouettes and detailed garment construction clearly through tech packs and CADs.
Ability to design within cost parameters and for wearability.
Ability to recolor artwork and prints.
Knowledge of and consistent awareness of market and runway trends, and a good understanding of the REVOLVE customer and Alliance brands.
Ability to translate sales data into a design range and product scope that fits the brand identity.
High level of knowledge of design details and interior garment construction.
Self-motivated, positive, dependable attitude; exceptional communication and organizational skills; effective time management; and flexibility and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.
Ability and willingness to lift and carry up to 10 lbs., perform frequent repetitive finger, hand, and wrist motions, and bend, stoop, reach, squat, kneel, push, and pull.
Ability to sit for extended periods.

Nice To Haves

Fashion Design degree or a degree in a similar related field.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and Gmail.
Advanced knowledge of garment construction and fit.

Responsibilities

Complete execution of a brand or category with minimal direction from a senior-level designer for the Downtown Femme category.
Design premium-quality garments, with a strong focus on multiple end-use dress designs, including constructed occasion dresses and soft-woven everyday dresses.
Create detailed technical flats, line guides, intricate CADs, and construction details for review with the Lead Designer; independently execute CADs and intentional interior construction work.
Design using bust wire, delicate finishings, rigid and stretch laces, and stretch and non-stretch woven fabrics.
Assist in conceptualizing and creating product for the segment across monthly deliveries.
Create mood boards, technical flats, and line guides.
Source and select product materials with minimal guidance.
Attend designated fittings.
Build CADs, tech packs, and construction-detail pages, and maintain BOMs.
Partner with technical designers to align on design vision and complete fittings independently.
Partner with Product Development to obtain fabric and FBO costing and suggest alternatives to meet requirements.
Cultivate and train assistants, including refining their design-development process.
Complete ad hoc assignments as assigned by management.