Assistant Designer - J.Crew Factory Womens Wovens
J.Crew Factory is a well-established brand known for its commitment to quality and personal style. The Assistant Designer will work closely with the Manager to create seasonal lines, develop fabrics, and prepare for milestone meetings while collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain design integrity.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with Manager to create seasonal line, select color stories, develop fabrics and prepare for milestone meetings (sketch reviews, proto reviews, assortment reviews)
- Prepare professional presentation boards with illustrations, CAD artwork, fabrication, and garment samples
- Assist in research of seasonal trends, themes, colors, raw materials, styling, and trims
- Create tech packs; work with Technical Design in preparing specs, updating sketches and BOMs
- Request dips/strike-offs/handloom submits and garment samples
- Create seasonal lineplans / CADs
- Attend fittings and take notes
- Communicate updates to cross-functional teams in a timely manner
- Collaborate with Merchants and Production teams to maintain Design integrity while meeting business goals
Skills
- 1-2 years relative Design experience
- Apparel Design degree
- Strong portfolio
- High level understanding of brand aesthetic and enthusiasm for the brand
- Strong illustration skills (hand and Adobe Illustrator)
- Demonstrated creative sense and ability
- Trend/fashion awareness
- Technical sketching ability (flats)
- Working knowledge of garment construction and trim
- Garment measurement and specification experience
- Knowledge of lab dips and strike-offs
- Excellent color sense
- Self-motivated and proactive
- Team player with a can-do attitude
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Organized
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Good follow-through with a sense of urgency
- Demonstrated ability to do creative, focused visual presentations
- Proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Word, and Excel
Benefits
- Health & Well-being - Eligible associates and family members receive medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance, family planning (fertility, adoption & surrogacy support), fitness discounts, medical travel and more.
- Associate Discount - We love our products just as much as you do! That’s why we offer a great associate discount across all of our brands (J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell).
- Summer Fridays - In addition to our hybrid work model, we also close our office at 1:00 PM every Friday during the Summer months.
- Community Impact - We support the communities where we live and work through our philanthropic efforts and the J.Crew Cares Program.
- Winter Break - In addition to our PTO package, J.Crew Group offers a winter break at the end of December to eligible full-time associates at the Home Office to provide time to refresh and recharge.
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