Temporary Men’s Outerwear Designer

Client: Fashion Brand

Job Title: Temporary Men's Outerwear Designer

Location: NYC hybrid

Hours: FT Hours

Duration: ASAP – TBD

Hourly Rate:  $45 – 50/hr DOE

Key Responsibilities:

•  Design Outerwear collections following the key parameters provided by client
• Serve as liaison between design, product management, technical design and merchandising to ensure information flow is accurate throughout development process.
• Participate in fit and prototype review sessions, ensure all relevant updates are communicated clearly & thoroughly in digital format.
• Participate & responsible in all construction hand off, fitting, protos revision and relevant update required.
•  Facilitate trim hand-off to product development and trim departments.
•  Facilitate fabric hand-off to product development and fabric department.
•  Follow up in fabric, trims, branding developments.
•  Resolve product design and development problems.
•  Apply appropriate research methods and resources to efficiently obtain current, reliable, and credible information regarding markets, colors, trends, consumers, retailer strategies, and other required essential information.
•  Review protos with product and technical teams to make comments.

Requirements:

• Apparel or fashion design BA degree or equivalent experience.
• Must have experience in the outerwear categories.
• Independent, self-motivated, team player, and detail-oriented.
•  Strong verbal and written communication skills
•  Able to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced office environment.
•  Must be highly collaborative in a team environment.
•  Proficient with computer programs including Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, PLM & MS Office.