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Designer, Sweaters Job Description
- Responsible for creating or overseeing creation of original concepts/designs that fit into the seasonal concepts and brand vision
- Collaborate with Merchant to build assortment and react to fashion trends
- Analyzes fashion trends thru all venues of research including on-line and retail
- Develop your classifications, within the framework of the assortment plan, to reflect a balance between fashion/trend core and emerging businesses for presentation to and selection by the merchant team
- Manages and mentor’s design team and peers
- Manages, trains and develops direct reports
- Work with Design and Retail Merchants during proto development to achieve design standards
- Create PDM tech packs and update accordingly
- Maintain compliance system for proto, sample and production status
- Block and proto fittings – Prepare blocks and protos for fittings, take notes, input comments and revise specs
- BA degree in Fashion Design or a related field
- Ability to create detailed technical garment sketches
- PC/MAC literacy/fluency including Excel and Illustrator
- Set up and maintain in house block library
- Knowledge of garment construction, patternmaking
- AA or BA degree in fashion related major
Designer, Sweaters Job Description
- Researches emerging trends and styles
- Designs key items that fit into the seasonal concepts and color palettes
- Design multiple brands / product (men's and women's.) with Sr
- Develop color story with Concept Design Director, Sr
- Maintain updates on product changes throughout the season color changes, yarn changes, design changes that might influence price, quantity or delivery
- Provide color allocation process initial design through show samples
- Offer new product opportunities to design and manufacturing in advance of season
- Assist in runway preparation and show production
- Create an accurate detailed specification package following design direction for each style that meets production requirements
- Ongoing evaluation of quality and workmanship to ensure design direction is correctly interpreted and quality standards are consistently met
- Pas experience of being responsible and maintaining a departmental budget
- Knowledge of vendor Market, Europe and Asia, including established relationships
- Requires the ability to communicate to top executives the status of product throughout the different stages of design development
- Requires a level of sophistication to explain, understand, and interpret the nuances of the product as it is perceived by the head of the Collection/Purple Label (Mr
- College degree in related field of computer-aided drafting and design or graphic design
- Initiate testing procedure to effectively rule out quality problems and ensure fabric and garment performance meets company standards and make recommendations for improvement when required
Designer, Sweaters Job Description
- Collaborates with Merchant partners to build assortment and react to fashion trends
- Offering technical expertise for full-fashion sweaters and cut and sew knits to achieve proper style, fit, and cost targets
- Ensuring all garments are compliant with spec, construction, and fit requirements
- Inspect garments at store level following flip dates to ensure production meets final approval inspection/QC standards
- Regularly review base size specifications, grade rules, and figure types to ensure size range meets company objectives
- Troubleshoot and anticipate possible problems in production offering appropriate solutions
- Maintain and update product information, filing systems, computer systems, catalogues, library, and technical work areas
- Review lab test reports, identify quality issues and communicate necessary improvements to vendors
- Write and communicate detailed comments to vendor after each fitting
- Follow the development and production cycle/timelines to ensure all technical deadlines are achieved
- I-grhaphx Designer and /or Illustrator
- College education- degree in fashion design of related field
- Assess the technical ability to produce Club Monaco product and communicate findings to a senior level to support the strategic objectives of the company
- College education degree required in area related to fashion and design
- Minimum 2-4 years in related field of sweater and yarn apparel
- Knowledge of yarn markets and vendors in U.S. A., Europe and Asia
Designer, Sweaters Job Description
- Direct trend and strategy for sweaters line with approximately 50-70 styles per season
- Work closely with other members of the apparel design and cross-category design teams to ensure a cohesive product line is realized
- Establish full working knowledge of yarn selection, washes and finishes
- Adhere to the calendar • Bring cohesive, seasonal, thoughtful, brand right, strategic ideas to concept • Stay aware of evolution of trend, competition and our customer • Flat sketch designs from concept, update sketches as product evolves • Open and build all tech packs with precise detailed information
- Strong R&D skills and knowledge of Women's and Men's product
- Fashion/luxury brand experience preferred
- Have an entrepreneurial attitude to design
- Work with VP Design and design team to research and develop concept, color, yarns, and silhouettes
- Prepares design presentations for review meetings with VP of Design and Executive Management
- Collaborate with Pre-Production team to develop styles within pricing parameters
- Strong presentation, communication and interpersonal skills as need to partner with various teams and present in meetings
- Computer knowledge of WebPDM, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Outlook, Excel and Word
- Knowledge of fabric treatments wash and dye techniques
- Computer graphics experience with knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator critical
- Previous Flex PLM experience desirable
- Can-do” or “supportive” attitude that doesn’t allow personal ego to get in the way of effective team product results
Designer, Sweaters Job Description
- Research seasonal trends, yarns, stitches, patterns, and color
- Produces sketches and may make seasonal presentations of proposed designs
- Tracking, receiving and preparing PPS samples for the fitting, communicating info to production teams
- Helping with opening initial packages for Collection with all necessary pages
- Input of all sketches/ Illustrations/ photos/ construction into t/p
- Scheduling fittings and booking rooms for Collection, Jeans and Active fittings
- Participate in fittings by calling out measurements and taking clear notes on revisions and corrections
- Update T/P’s with basic trim page for FOE/FOA, Active, Denim, M/P/W T/P’s
- In the future, helping in writing comments & sending e-mails with updates to OSO
- Update T/P info with daily Add/Drops updates
- Requires the ability to explain the nuances of fully fashioned knitwear to top executives
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, PLM Adobe products, computers
- 2-4 years experience in apparel industry • Degree in Apparel or Fashion (2-4 year program) • CAD • Flat sketching skills • Photoshop • Re-coloring • Microsoft Office programs • Basic construction knowledge • Pattern knowledge • Color sensibility • Knowledge of the wash/dye process, embellishments and different fabrics • Presentation skills
- Communicate with factories for tech packs
- Maintain and update tech packs
- Approve protos and stock garments in timely manner to Time and Action calendar