Assistant Designer - Women's Swim

Benefits Health, Dental, Vision, 401K with generous matching program, generous paid time off. Potential Annual Bonus Opportunity. 50% discount at restaurants and retail locations. Career advancement opportunities as we are growing! Rate Range: $26.00 to $32.00 per hour Job Overview To collaborate with and assist the Women’s Swim Design team. To participate in the research, design and development of swimwear and resortwear that is consistent with the seasonal direction. Design & Concept Development Assist VP of Swim, Sr. Designer, and Designer to develop each season’s product line and any special developments. Participate in seasonal concept building and support design direction research. Provide support and communication in trim research and development. Assist designers with sketching, computer illustrations and presentation documents using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Miro. Color, Print & Seasonal Palette Management Create and maintain seasonal master palette and fills in Illustrator for sketches. Create and maintain solid color chart by fabrication for development. Receive solid lab dips for all fabrications and provide color comments for vendors, maintaining a color comment tracking chart in Smartsheet. Create seasonal palette in FlexPLM, including print colorways, fabric and trim. Color Illustrator sketches in the seasonal palette for sketch review. Product Development & Technical Documentation Create and update BOMs based on Drop Change Memo, fittings and TD/PD requests. Attend handoff meetings with TD to review development and help update BOMs. Create and maintain tech files & provide images in the required format for the Linelist. Create and maintain JPEGs for FlexPLM and Nuorder. Participate in product development meetings and fittings. Cross Functional Collaboration & Communication Daily communication with the cross‑functional team (merchandising, wholesale partners) and vendors. Partner with Designer of Print, as needed, to support key milestone deliverables. Presentations, Meetings & Visual Merchandising Tools Assist in presentations and milestone meetings. Create and maintain fabric wall (virtual and physical) throughout the season, with physical strike‑offs when available. Prepare samples, visual aids and assist with adoption and print & pattern meeting set‑up. Create and maintain digital style boards for the season. Design Resource & Sample Management Maintain design resources and materials such as fabrics, lab dips, trims and sample references. Send, receive and follow up on packages when requested. Project Management & General Support Ensure all seasonal deadlines are met. Provide flexible support for other duties as needed to help support calendar deliverables and overall business. Be flexible for ad‑hoc projects as needed. Essential Qualifications Fashion Degree in Fashion Design or related preferred. Generally 1+ years of women’s design experience. Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator sketching and fills, Photoshop print creation, Miro; bonus if some experience with Ned Graphics and recoloring. Good communication skills (oral and written) – follow up and follow through. Highly detail oriented. Experience with the apparel design process from concept to product. Self‑starter and creative thinker who can track to short and long‑term calendar deliverables. Ability to follow through on multiple tasks simultaneously. Ability to work in a fast‑paced, rapidly changing environment. Ability to be a flexible partner and work together as one team. Excellent time management and organizational skills. Mahalo (thank you) for your interest in Tommy Bahama! Tommy Bahama is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate against qualified applicants based on race, color, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religious creed, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, military and veteran status, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, reproductive health decision‑making or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need an accommodation to complete an online application, please contact the location you are applying to or email our recruiting team at View email address on click.appcast.io. Tommy Bahama participates in E‑Verify. Details in English and Spanish. Right to Work Statement in English and Spanish. #J-18808-Ljbffr Tommy Bahama Group, Inc