Designer

About the Company

Sunrise Brands is an apparel company with deep roots in denim and a portfolio of brands and private-label programs. Our design teams translate consumer insight and fashion direction into commercially relevant product, working closely with sales, technical design, production, and overseas partners to bring collections to market.

About the Role

Women’s Apparel Designer Design and Technology Focus | Sunrise Brands New York City | Full-time | Reports to a Senior Designer About the opportunity We are seeking a women’s apparel designer who combines strong creative and product development skills with a practical command of digital technology and AI. Working across a portfolio of brands and private-label programs, you will develop commercially relevant styles and use technology throughout research, concept development, presentations, and factory communication. You should enjoy understanding the customer and the business, making well-considered design decisions, and carrying ideas through to accurate, manufacturable product.

Responsibilities

• Research consumer needs, retail assortments, emerging trends, competitive pricing, and available sales feedback. Use these findings to propose styles and updates that fit each brand’s identity, customer, price point, and delivery calendar.
• Develop concepts, mood boards, color stories, silhouettes, and fabric and trim selections under the direction of a Senior Designer. Create detailed garment sketches and contribute to cohesive seasonal and account-specific assortments.
• Use AI and digital tools as part of your regular workflow to organize research, explore design variations, visualize approved colors and prints, and prepare clear presentations. Evaluate outputs against source references and explain the design decisions behind your recommendations.
• Translate visual concepts into precise technical flats and complete tech packs. Resolve construction, stitching, proportion, fabric, artwork placement, and trim details before releasing information for costing or sampling.
• Create and maintain style information in Centric PLM, including bills of materials and design details. Keep style numbers, colorways, approved changes, line sheets, and presentation materials consistent and traceable.
• Communicate directly with factories and overseas partners on development questions, sample revisions, and outstanding approvals. Use annotated sketches, photographs, and consolidated comments to make instructions clear and actionable.
• Participate in fittings and sample reviews with Design and Technical Design. Follow through on fabric, color, print, wash, trim, and construction corrections, checking physical samples against approved design intent.
• Collaborate with CAD and artwork specialists from the start of a project. Supply clear references, color standards, dimensions, and placement instructions, and help ensure presentation visuals accurately represent the product being developed.
• Balance new seasonal work with retailer requests and production follow-up. Track deadlines and open issues, maintain accessible design records, and reuse approved assets when appropriate to reduce unnecessary rework.
• Identify useful improvements to everyday design processes, test them on real assignments, and share repeatable methods with colleagues. Use company-approved tools and respect confidential information, artwork rights, and customer-specific assets.

Qualifications

• A degree in fashion design or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Required Skills

• At least 5 years of professional apparel design experience, with a portfolio demonstrating strong design judgment, garment knowledge, and execution from concept through sampling and production follow-through.
• Strong understanding of garment construction, fabrics, trims, color, proportion, and fit. Experience in women’s apparel is required; denim and casual sportswear experience is particularly relevant.
• Advanced working proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, accurate technical sketching, and experience building tech packs in a PLM system. Centric experience is preferred.
• Demonstrated use of AI in a design or product development workflow. You can show how you guided, checked, and refined the output, and how it improved the work. Relevant tools may include Adobe Firefly, Gemini, ChatGPT, or comparable platforms.
• The ability to recognize when a compelling image lacks the information a factory needs, and to supply the technical detail required for reliable execution. Strong visual judgment and careful human review are essential.
• Experience collaborating with factories and cross-functional teams, managing revisions, and maintaining accurate records across multiple projects. Strong spreadsheet, presentation, organization, and communication skills.
• Curiosity about new tools and a practical approach to learning them. Experience with 3D apparel tools such as CLO or with workflow automation is welcome, but not required.

Preferred Skills

• Centric experience is preferred.
• Experience with 3D apparel tools such as CLO or with workflow automation is welcome, but not required.

How to apply

Submit your résumé and portfolio through [application link or recruiting contact]. Include examples of women’s apparel design development, technical flats, and finished or sampled product. Add one brief example of an AI-assisted workflow, explaining your inputs, your revisions, and the result. Please distinguish your own work from generated material and share only work you are authorized to disclose.