What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Designer, Women's Apparel (Contract) position at Ariat?
About the Role
The Associate Designer, Women's Apparel will be responsible for the development of Ariat women's apparel. This position, with key partners, will ensure that assigned products meet company standards for performance, fit, function, and aesthetics. Position will report to the VP, Apparel Design and Development, collaborate with senior designers, senior tech designers and materials managers. Products must be built to meet company gross margin objectives and product managed to meet the departmental line calendar.
You'll Make a Difference by
- Building tech packs, consisting of BOM and technical sketches, using Adobe Illustrator and Centric PLM system
- Partnering with designer and technical designer to identify block measurements
- Preparing development requests for new sundries, labels, branding elements, etc.
- Collaborating with materials team for materials selection, development and labdip management
- Attending fit sessions and reviewing prototypes / sales samples.
- Evaluating wash, workmanship, construction, fit, and function with tech designer
- Updating tech sketches as needed
- Managing visual line sheet - must be accurately managed for development and marketing functions
- Monitoring all aspects of development to ensure development calendar deliverables are met
- Coordinating with tech designer, materials manager, and quality assurance to identify and ensure all products, materials, and components have been tested and approved
- Assisting in designing into CLO system
- Providing support for SMU design as needed
- Assisting with miscellaneous projects including line presentation, sales meeting preparation, and other duties as assigned
About You
About Ariat
Ariat is an innovative, outdoor global brand with roots in equestrian performance. We develop high quality footwear and apparel for people who ride, work and play outdoors, and care about performance, quality, comfort, and style.
The hourly range for this position is $30.00 - $35.00 per hour.
The salary is determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data for geographic locations. Ariat in good faith believes that this posted compensation range is accurate for this role at this location at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.
This contract position may be eligible for select benefits through the payrolling agency. Benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance options and 401k.
Ariat will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws. Ariat is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis protected under federal, state, or local law. Ariat is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you need an accommodation during the application process, email human.resources@ariat.com.
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Please note that Ariat does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agreement, Ariat will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter / agency placement fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed Agreement, Ariat explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted directly to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Ariat.
Salary : $30 - $35
