Full Time Jeweler

Jewelry Designer

Northern New Jersey (Hybrid/Flexible) | Full-Time

Our client, a growing leader in the fashion jewelry industry, is seeking a Jewelry Designer to join their team and play a key role in developing trend-forward collections for some of the nation's largest retail brands, including Walmart, Target, Macy's, and JCPenney.

This is an exciting opportunity to become the company's first in-house designer , helping shape the creative direction while collaborating closely with merchandising, product development, and global manufacturing partners. Design original fashion and costume jewelry collections from concept through production.

• Create sketches, technical drawings, and production-ready specifications for overseas manufacturing partners.
• Develop commercially successful designs that balance trend, quality, cost, and manufacturability.
• Partner closely with merchandising and sales teams to create collections tailored to major retail customers.
• Research emerging trends, materials, colors, and competitive products to inspire new collections.
• Manage multiple design projects simultaneously while meeting seasonal deadlines.
• Strong portfolio showcasing commercial jewelry collections and creative design capabilities.
• candidates from fine jewelry backgrounds with strong commercial design experience are also encouraged to apply.
• Understanding of jewelry construction, materials, plating, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience preparing production-ready artwork and communicating with overseas factories.
• Ability to design with production feasibility, quality, and cost targets in mind.
• Experience supporting mass-market or major retail customers is a plus.
• Opportunity to build and shape an in-house design function from the ground up.
• Flexible hybrid work environment with remote flexibility.
• If you're passionate about creating commercially successful jewelry collections and are excited by the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a growing organization, we'd love to connect.