Associate Apparel Designer

Responsibilities:

• Performs research, including shopping to determine and analyze fashion trends in color, style, fabric, trims, and competitive product.
• Works with sales and management executives in regards to findings and predictions.
• Compares yarn and other apparel materials, and integrates information with personal interests, tastes, and knowledge of design to create new designs for target customers.
• Learns target customer and price points.
• Sketches rough and detailed drawings of apparel and writes specifications describing factors such as color scheme, construction, and type of material to be used.
• Involved in coordinating activities of workers involved in pattern making, cutting and sample garment construction.
• Participates in the examination of sample garments on and off model and modifies design as necessary to achieve desired effect.
• Monitors calendar to ensure completion of line.
• Responsible for creating accurate Illustrator flats for all styles to be entered into the Tech Pack.
• Responsible to determine all yields, fabric, and trim information, checking for accuracy before handing off to the tech Team.
• Responsible to stay on the planning calendar for the hand off all technical Information to the production team.
• Owns the communication of the details of these handoffs to the Production team.
• Create accurate paperwork to be communicated to the Technical Coordinators for entry into the PLM package. This final step is critical to ensure all information entered the final
• Production PLM package is accurate and will produce the garment to specifications required.

 Qualifications:

• Associates degree in apparel/fashion related major
• 3+ years of experience in fashion design
• Sweater knowledge is a plus
• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Knowledge of WebPLM is a plus

Please include portfolio link when applying

Salary: $68,000 – $70,000 annually

Benefits: Health insurance, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending, 401(k), Employee Assistance, Employee Discount, Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, and more!

Kellwood is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.