Associate Designer, Woman's Suiting & Dresses - Wholesale Apparel

Job Description

Job Description

The Kasper Group is an apparel industry leader, offering women wardrobe solutions for their wear-to-work and special occasion dressing needs. Driven by excellence and exceptional talent, The Kasper Group has remained a forerunner in fashion for over 30 years. We are committed to delivering iconic brands ( Kasper, Anne Klein, LeSuit, Kenneth Cole ), relevant fashions and trusted, quality products to our consumers. So be a part of the exceptional talent!

We currently have a great opportunity for an Associate Designer. The Associate Designer will assist the Senior Designer with the execution of vision, style, and aesthetic, for our womenswear brands, with a focus on women’s woven tops and blouses. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assist in product development at all stages under guidance of designers: sketching, detail illustrator sketches, tech-packing (proto stage), trend presentation brochures, presentation boards etc.
• Coordinate samples: check in proto and sale samples, track organize and archive
• Helps maintain fabric assortment and library for each season
• Assist in generating and updating line sheets in Illustrator
• Understand the customers by doing market research
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of the customer and competition
• Shop retail floor looking for new silhouettes and details
• Adhere to due dates for all stages of design
• Able to adjust to changing business needs
• Adjust to Time and Action calendar changes
• Send out and follow up on packages for overseas vendors
• Coordinate sample requests from sales and marketing
• Attend fittings with design and technical design
• Work with design, sales and production to effectively communicate departmental needs and design requests.
• Participate in group meetings and trend shopping
• Initiating all styles in centric PLM upon confirmation of sales buy.
• Maintaining and updating details in PLM as needed.
• Maintaining, updating and distribution of all line sheets in Illustrator as needed.
• Team Player: Constant communication and collaboration with design and cross functional team members
• Highly efficient, organized, and ability to work with a sense of urgency and purpose.