Baby Apparel Designer

Job Description

Designer _ Baby Apparel

Overview

The Designer will work cross functionally with Graphic Design, Sales and Merchandising to create and develop seasonal apparel lines while supporting the overall brand’s objective.

Key Accountabilities

• Seasonally research and identify marketplace trends on style, fit and color to maintain a brand strategy from a Infant/ Baby point of view
• Partner with brand leadership, in advance of seasonal design calendar to execute Kids designs against areas of suggested alignment to adult initiatives and concepts
• Oversee the creation, development and execution of design process while implementing the overall brand strategy and merchandise objectives for the Infants business
• Create technically accurate CAD sketches of styles in development
• Communicate regularly with Design and Merchandising teams to discuss line development progress and share feedback
• Execute all relative tech packs to ensure accuracy of product development
• Attend all fitting meetings relative to designed styles from concept through production and lend feedback to ensure design intention is captured
• Review and approve styles, materials, trims and colors according to need and effectively communicate approvals to appropriate cross functional teams
• Participate in sampling communication between sample room, Design, and cross-functional teams as needed
• Attend and recap both corporate milestone and cross-functional meetings for key feedback, identifying actionable requests and subsequent timelines
• Work closely with Design, Graphic Designers, Merch, Operations and Sales to prepare line reviews and presentation materials for market and corporate brand meetings
• Partner cross-functionally to gather and present design insights from the brand leading up to collaborative milestones.
• Special projects as assigned

Requirements

Required Skills/Abilities/Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design
• 5+ years of experience in the fashion industry
• Specific Baby Apparel design preferred
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite
• Excellent organizational, communication and presentation skills with attention to detail
• Ability to lead and develop a team of Assistant/Associate Designer (s)
• Brand appropriate aesthetic

Salary Description

$75K-$110K/yr