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About the Role

As a designer for Centric Brands, you’ll use your skills and creativity to create designs based on style plans, sales needs and emerging trends. You will also ensure that your work can be transformed into a finished product in a timely manner and at an appropriate price point. This means working not only with our technical design and production teams, but also building collaborative relationships with outside vendors and other external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Executes the seasonal design development process, from concept to delivery, by creating and executing original, trend-appropriate design concepts that meet market needs and drive sales, and ensuring the timely execution of each stage in the process.
• Researches and identifies trend directions; performs competitive analysis; pulls and reviews fabrics, design concepts, presentation boards for meetings, mock-ups, color-ups, inspirational photos.
• Executes development of initial seasonal design category in context of larger assortment and cost structure.
• Designs according to line plans, sales needs and emerging trends; ensures timely execution of product development calendar.
• Creates Illustrator sketches; reviews specification sheets and line sheets; ensures accuracy of product development logs, line sheets, boards and design archives library; ensures maintenance of designs in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system or shared drives.
• Selects and reviews raw materials and trims; ensures maintenance of fabric/trim library.
• Works with cross-functional teams to ensure delivery of showroom samples.
• Coordinates follow-up with internal and external customers and partners, including technical design, Licensing, and production and art department; overseas offices.
• Builds collaborative relationships with cross-functional internal teams and licensing partners.
• Contributes positively to team dynamic and manages up where necessary.
• Attracts, develops and retains talent.

Requirements

• Superior organizational skills and excellent communication skills; team oriented.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines; highly detail oriented, meticulous and creative.
• Creativity, technical capability and sensibility for merchandising; ability to sketch.
• Extensive knowledge of garment construction, pattern making, silhouettes, color ways, sewing techniques, fabrication and trim; familiarity with print design and manufacturing.
• Licensing Experience.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, Adobe products, CAD and Mac computers.

Skills

• Adobe products
• CAD
• Microsoft Office
• Mac computers

Location

• Remote
• Hybrid

Work Type

• Remote
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 4-5 years experience in apparel/ sleepware design

Education Level

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design

Salary/Compensations

• $75,000-$85,000

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Matching 401(k)
• Summer Fridays
• Generous PTO
• Merchandise discounts
• Excellent career development opportunities

About the Company

• Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment and beauty.
• Centric Brands is focused on our customers and our brands that will drive the company’s future growth.
• We are defined by innovation as we seize new opportunities and thrive in an environment informed by creativity and thinking that is both analytical and outside the box.
• Centric Brands reflects a team built on respect, for others and for the hard work it takes to achieve our goals and build our bright future together.
• Our social impact program, Centric Cares, focuses on volunteerism to make a difference in communities we live and work in and our D&I committee is shaping the future of diversity, equity and inclusion at Centric Brands though workshops, resources and inspiring conversation.
• Be part of our growing community by getting involved with groups, teams and initiatives like Be Green, Be Giving, and Be Celebrated.

Equal Opportunity

• Centric Brands is an Equal Opportunity Employer.