Designer/Senior Designer

The designer will conceptualize brand-right product and trend presentations for multiple global retail partners including Victoria’s Secret (VSX), Old Navy, DSG and Abercrombie & Fitch. They will maintain a deep understanding of each brand's aesthetic, target customer, and market position.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth global market research to analyze trends in lifestyle, innovation, merchandizing, silhouette, and color.
• Develop compelling, targeted presentations for retail partners aiding them in extracting insights from global trends, pinpointing untapped market opportunities, and translating these discoveries into strategies that drive product sales volume.
• Cultivate strong customer relationships through creation of meeting experiences which are both insightful and entertaining and through reliable follow-up and follow through when partnering on development.
• Work cross functionally with fabric development lead, fabric sourcing and merchandizing leads to develop seasonal fabrics, conceptualize updates for ongoing programs and curate fabric assortments from mills to suit individual account needs.
• Touch base regularly with other Thread IQ design teams to review developments, meeting outcomes, shopping findings, customer wish lists, and presentation materials, so that findings and assets can be leveraged across all accounts.
• General meeting preparation - Coordinate pulling and return of garments and fabrics from NY and overseas libraries. Create category signage and other assets for organization of fabrics and garments. Research brand in-store and online assortments pull reviews on current production. (In cases where fabric development lead is assigned to account – some of the responsibility for the fabric portion will fall on them)
• Nurture the growth of students in internship program – delegate a balance of educational and practical tasks to them weekly and create educational experiences for them whenever possible.
• Identify and pilot new ways of working to enhance presentations and product visualization using emerging platforms i.e. those related to 3D and AI.
  
  

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s or associate degree in fashion design or related field preferred
• 4-10 years of apparel design experience with experience in women’s and men’s active/leisure or performance apparel an asset.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Illustrator, InDesign and Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong understanding of garment construction, fit and fabric
• Experience in textile development is a great asset.
  
  

COMPETENCIES

• Exceptional talent with a commercial fashion eye and detail in product styling.
• Highly motivated, passionate and results oriented
• Ability to foresee and execute market style trends with a creative mindset.
• Solid communication and presentation skills
• Flexible and creative problem solver
• Collaborative partner with a team-oriented approach and effective cross-functional communication
• Personal professionalism and accountability
• Ability to design for and handle multiple accounts and meeting deliverables at one time.
  
  

KEY INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INTERACTIONS

• Internal: Fabric Development Teams, Apparel Development Teams, Business Leads, Overseas Design Teams for seasonal fabric and apparel development
• External : Retail and Brand Partners, Trim suppliers, Trend Service Agents
  
  

Salary $120,000 10% bonus