Design Operations Assistant

Job Description

Design Operations Assistant

The Design Operations Assistant will assist in major seasonal design development and execution activities across all brands.

Key Accountabilities

• Learn to create Tech Packs throughout the season
• Learn to upload Tech Packs inclusive of spec pages and artwork for Sourcing
• Learn to create Production Tech Packs as needed and upload as necessary
• Gain understanding to be able to work directly with Design, Technical, and Sourcing on all seasonal style specifications
• Attend and observe fittings and help ensure changes/updates are executed within Tech Packs and communicated to Sourcing/Overseas Offices
• Participate in the creation of seasonal color palettes with Design and prepare color standards and facilitate sending these to Overseas Offices
• Learn to handle daily communication with Overseas Offices/Factories to resolve issues in a concise and timely manner
• Communicate on workload and elevate issues
• Attend Daily Team meetings and Training sessions
• Special projects as assigned
  
  

Requirements

Required Skills/Abilities/Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design, Product Development or related field
• 1 years of experience in the fashion industry as an Assistant or Associate
• Excellent Excel skills
• Excellent organizational and communication skills with attention to detail
• Must be a strategic thinker, persuasive and collaborative
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (including InDesign)
  
  

Consistent in-office presence is vital to the role as it is for all team members, so that we all have a full appreciation, aesthetically and tactilely, of the qualities that define our brand partners’ products and set them apart from their competitors.

Salary Description: $50,000 - $55,000 yearly