Sr. Apparel Designer

Senior Designer, Apparel We are seeking a commercially minded Senior Designer to support the growth of a fast-paced apparel business across multiple channels and strategic partnerships. This person will have strong fashion instincts, excellent product development skills, and a deep understanding of the contemporary women’s apparel market. This role reports to the VP of Apparel Design and will play an important part in identifying emerging trends, translating market opportunities into commercially successful product, and supporting the apparel design process from concept through production. Responsibilities Conduct trend, market, and competitive research across contemporary, fast-fashion, and lifestyle brands. Identify relevant silhouettes, fabrics, colors, details, and category opportunities. Translate trend insights into actionable product ideas, seasonal direction, and presentations. Develop apparel across dresses, tops, bottoms, sweaters, outerwear, and special projects. Create and revise CADs, technical flats, colorways, tech packs, and presentations using Adobe Illustrator and other creative tools. Maintain accurate development materials that clearly communicate design intent and support sample execution. Partner with product development, technical design, merchandising, planning, supply chain, and overseas teams. Participate in fit reviews, evaluate samples and factory feedback, and document revisions throughout development. Support multi-channel, wholesale, B2B, and partnership programs as needed. Manage multiple development calendars and style counts while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail. Contribute to special projects, collaborations, presentations, assortment planning, and seasonal line reviews. Use AI-powered tools to support trend analysis, concept development, product visualization, presentations, and workflow efficiency. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design or a related field preferred. 4–7+ years of apparel design experience. Strong experience in women’s apparel and commercial product development. Strong understanding of contemporary, fast-fashion, and lifestyle markets. Advanced Adobe Illustrator skills required; Photoshop and InDesign are a plus. Strong CAD, technical flat, tech pack, presentation, garment construction, fit, fabrication, and product development skills. Experience working with overseas factories and development teams preferred. Strong organization, communication, presentation, and project-management skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and collaborate across time zones when needed. Preferred Experience Contemporary women’s apparel, resortwear, swimwear, or lifestyle brands. Wholesale, marketplace, B2B, or multi-channel businesses. Trend forecasting and market analysis. AI-powered creative tools and high-volume product development environments. What Success Looks Like Identifies trend-right o