Women's Designer, Sweaters

KITH • New York, NY

4d • $75,000 - $90,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Kith Women’s is looking for a Women’s Sweaters/Knitwear designer to join their team. This individual will be focused on sweaters and knitwear, within the Women's Design team. They must have 3-5 years of experience in apparel design, specifically in sweater construction, be knowledgeable of the brand identity and be willing to work on site 5 days a week. The ideal candidate is a team player, accountable, and highly organized. They also possess a natural, yet professional ease at working with and relating to the needs of the business in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in apparel design, specifically in knitwear, Womenswear specific is a plus.
• Knitwear and sweaters product category knowledge and construction knowledge in base layer, mid and outer layer across tops, bottoms and dresses
• Experience and proficiency in executing production comments.
• Experience and proficiency in executing tech packs across multiple collections in both development and production on the day to to day.
• Extremely organized, detail oriented, and analytical.
• Contributes positively to team dynamic.
• Highly knowledgeable of construction and experienced in the following product categories: knitwear, bottoms, dresses and 1 pc dressing.
• Strong computer sketching skills in illustrator.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Must be able to handle multiple priorities.
• Possess a natural, yet professional ease at working with and relating to the needs in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
• Must be flexible to adapt to these changing business needs or special projects.
• Must be able to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality where appropriate.

Nice To Haves

• Self-starter
• Team player
• Someone that goes above and beyond
• Organized
• Responsible
• Curious
• Accountable

Responsibilities

• Create illustrator sketches based on allotted assortment per season.
• Prepare complete tech packs across all product categories, in sketch, construction and upload onto development platform with complete BOMs.
• Responsible for supporting design director in execution of women’s product from sketch to techpack through development into bulk production.
• Process/correspondence production comments through illustrator, PLM platform and email.
• Attend bi-weekly fittings and taking notes, and following up with production matters, and processing comments per style.
• Routinely update all master files, sketches and organize shared drives.
• Capable of managing weekly design presentation tools across designated product categories.
• Knowledgeable and proficient in email etiquette for internal and external emails to suppliers overseas.
• Highly organized and meets given deadlines.
• Capable of maintaining positive and professional working relationships with cross functional team members and departments.
• Capable of building market research reports, across designated product categories that pertain and are inline with KITH brand identity.
• Knowledgeable and capable of developing artwork logo developments, trim developments and building trim development charts per season.
• Capable of building construction specific pages for development and finishing details for their respective product categories.

Benefits

• Kith is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed