Fashion Designer

Designer, Loungewear and Outerwear

Location: New York, NY

Schedule: Hybrid, Tuesday–Thursday onsite

Hours: 40 hours per week

Pay Rate: $40–$45/hour

Assignment: Long-term contract with potential for temp-to-perm conversion

Position Overview

Seeking an experienced fashion designer to support seasonal design direction across licensed product categories. This role will serve as a key liaison between internal design teams and licensee partners, ensuring products maintain brand standards, meet seasonal creative direction, and progress through development according to established timelines.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary design contact for licensee design teams, communicating seasonal design direction, priorities, and brand standards.
• Maintain design integrity throughout the product development lifecycle, including sketch, prototype, and market sample reviews.
• Research seasonal fashion trends, competitive products, materials, and market developments.
• Support the Design Director with seasonal trend research, inspiration, and presentation development.
• Manage departmental project timelines, ensuring licensees and product categories meet key development milestones and calendar deadlines.
• Coordinate design meetings, prepare supporting materials, and manage follow-up items.
• Partner closely with the Art Department on seasonal artwork needs and oversee projects through final handoff to licensees or factories.
• Collaborate with licensees, merchandising teams, and internal design teams throughout the seasonal design cycle.
• Gather and communicate design assets, including designs, swatches, hardware, and seasonal direction, to external licensee partners.
• Manage project requests and approvals involving art, hardware, editorial, and legal teams.
• Maintain organized seasonal design boards and design libraries by product category.

Qualifications

• Fashion industry experience.
• Experience with accessories and/or ready-to-wear strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of high-fashion design, seasonal market trends, luxury materials, and product construction.
• Experience working across multiple design or product categories.
• Strong project management, organization, and deadline-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across internal teams and external partners.

Fine print:

This is a W2 position.

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. There is no PTO or holiday pay for contracts. Sick leave is accrued where applicable, check your state laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

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