SWEET RAIN APPAREL, INC.

Sweet Rain Apparel Inc., is a womenswear wholesale company based in Los Angeles. Established in spring of 2000, Sweet Rain entered the fashion market offering on-trend looks and high quality clothing to customers globally. Through materiality and textiles, our seasonal collections of garments play with silhouettes, colors, patterns, and texture. Being a wholesale clothing company, it gives us the freedom to create varying aesthetics throughout our collections due to the audience each collection is targeted for.

Sweet Rain Apparel is hiring an Assistant designer for it’s other label: Pretty Damage/ IG @prettydamage.label / www.shopprettydamage.com

The Assistant designer has to have an understanding of all aspects of the garment lifecycle from concept to final development & fittings. This position must research relevant trends and have the ability to communicate with cross functional teams such as Merchandising and Production. Assistant designer must attend all photoshoots, coordinate samples, and assist head designer with all design aspects.

 Assistant designer will also participate in fashion trade shows by creating seasonal collections & looks, while also attending to these locations.

Duties:

·        Understand concept to design to final development

·        Needs to manage cross-functional communication between all teams

·        Provide organization by handling new garments –this includes making sure all samples are presentable

·        Research concepts; create sketches, prototypes and artwork throughout the concept development phase

·        Market research

·        Ensure all styles are developed in a timely manner

·        Manage and update Tech Packs

·        Organize and maintain all samples, design rooms & design tools, such as prototypes, fabrics, & color requests

·        Ability to multitask and handle multiple projects while meeting deadlines

·        Excellent communication skills mandatory- this position communicates daily with oversees vendors

·        Must work well in team collaboration and proactively solve problems

Skills/Qualification

·        Studied in Fashion Design with a Bachelors Degree

·        Understanding customer preferences on fashion and style trends

·        Strong sketching skills, color sense, and fabric knowledge

·        Strong written and verbal communication with presentation skills

·        Detail oriented

·        Must have experience constructing various types of garments

·        Ability to assess data, make judgments, problem solve, and recommend solutions

·        Strong sense of aesthetic and passion for clothes/styling

·        Must have a sense of current fast fashion trends

·        Familiar with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Microsoft Word & Excel

·        Positive attitude, energetic and a desire to work with the Company

SWEET RAIN APPAREL, INC.