Neiman Marcus. Bloomingdale’s. Nordstrom. These are our current clients, among others. Do you have experience merchandising in the High-end Woman's Contemporary Market? Are you an innovative Designer who can show us fresh ideas and savvy, youthful, fun designs? Will your designs hang with Alice + Olivia, Elizabeth & James, Black Halo? We are offering an attractive compensation package to this designer. You will lead the design team and collaborate on the development of our woman’s product category to create a relevant collection from concept to reality. We need you to utilize your technical and creative design skills, knowledge of fabrics and features, patternmaking skills and production processes to create innovative and inspirational designs. In close coordination with the merchandising team, you will develop fashion designs that can be the leader in the market. You may see one of our brands at www.jonesyclothing.com.
Responsibilities:
• Develop seasonal innovative designs.
• Anticipate and identify trends and translate into meaningful product and merchandising concepts for traditional contemporary market. Develop color stories, fabrics and finishes.
• Develop seasonal concepts, trends, and color direction.
• Lead the preparation of presentation boards for seasonal line reviews.
• Utilize design, patternmaking and production process knowledge and skills to lead the design team in the product process.
• Responsible for developing and managing technical line art, detailed drawings, fabric and trim details, construction and spec details and color comps to complete tech packs.
• Adhere to seasonal product process calendars and ensure team meets all deadlines pertinent to design and development.
Qualifications and Requirements:
• 10 years experience as a head designer
• Excellent illustration skills and color sense
• Strong apparel construction skills and eye for fit and finish
• Have great sourcing ability for fabrics, trims, accessories
• Creative solutions to drive financial results
• Demonstrated desire to work collaboratively with design, merchandising, and marketing, technical development and sourcing of fabrics, trims and accessories.
• Strong organizational and time management skills necessary
• Strong presentation and written communication skills needed
• Must be proficient at Illustrator, Word, Powerpoint, Photoshop
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Tags: Fashion-Head Designer (Downtown Los Angeles)
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