Associate Designer Women s Suiting

Job Description

Job Description

Our Client, an American Multinational Clothing and Accessories Retailer  company, is looking for an Associate Designer Women’s Suiting for their New York, NY/San Francisco, CA location.

• Research global markets to identify new seasonal trends, silhouettes, fabrics, techniques, product categories and competitive inspiration.
• Assist in developing concepts and sketches for seasonal product line and advocate for design ideas by presenting to internal leadership and cross functional partners.
• Develop strong internal cross functional relationships with Merchandising, Production, Technical design, client Sourcing (GIS), Visual Merchandising and Marketing to ensure product concept to store and site execution is a seamless experience.
• Partner with Production to create tech packs and communicate vision behind fit and product design, ensuring execution, quality, and desired margin targets are achieved.
• Ask effective questions and solicit feedback to understand needs.
• Complete structured assignments, like attending fit sessions with manager, and makes revisions to sketch and design packages based on stated priorities.
• Manage administration and follow up of product design process such as presentation boards creation to ensure team stays organized and hits required deadlines.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and highly collaborative environment, with the ability to juggle multiple seasons at one time and track development deadlines.
• Possess an elevated sense of style, aesthetic, and color and understand how to translate trends through the lens of the customer and brand filter.
• Thorough knowledge of silhouette, fit, fabrication, construction, color use, sewing techniques, and trim; applied knowledge of garment construction methods to design process.
• Strong computer knowledge including Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Recognize and act on inconsistencies in data or results

• Adobe Illustrator (technical CAD sketching): critical for all three roles
• Strong taste level and understanding of the Banana Republic brand
• Strong work ethic and adaptability to change
• Garment construction knowledge and trend awareness: preferred but secondary
• Miro used for shared boards; easy to onboard, not a hard requirement
• No specific PLM system required
• No education requirement specified
• Women’s suiting preferred (construction and fit details differ from men’s)
• Men’s suiting acceptable over women’s non-suiting candidates
• 3-6 years experience ideal; flexible based on portfolio and sketching speed

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities