What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Design position at SBH Fashion?
High Volume Apparel Company looking for Head of Design for Team Sports for Men's, Women's and Kid's. Experience with children's and design for licensed brands is highly preferred. Excellent benefits and 3 days in the office..
Key Responsibilities for the Position:
Key Responsibilities for the Position:
- Lead a large and diverse licensed apparel and branded design department.
- Primary responsibility will be over our North American business. The role will also involve establishing and maintaining a bridge with our International businesses.
- Drive the creative vision for all brands and respective apparel collections.
- Work alongside sales and designers to develop line plans for each program.
- Provide timely information to the Sales teams to identify trends.
- Achieving elevated levels of trust, accountability, growth and retention.
- Provide an effective level of support for the key managers in the department to execute the creative vision from concept to launch.
- Accountable for overall responsibilities of key milestones in the development of multiple programs.
- Partner with clients/leagues/brands directly for program development, helping to foster ongoing relationships.
- Establish and maintain the optimal structure and support of the Design department given the needs of the business and capabilities of the staff.
- Foster a collaborative working environment that includes creative individuals as well as non-creative staff who must all work cohesively together.
- Maintain effective communication between the Design department and other departments including Sales, Production, Quality Control.
- The ideal candidate should possess a highly creative background with excellent design/product development experience.
- Relevant experience of 10 years.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Ability to effectively multi-task.
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office including Microsoft Teams.
- Experience in apparel, sports apparel and knits.
Salary : $200,000 - $250,000