Assistant Designer

Assistant Designer (on-site)

We are an established woman’s fashion apparel brand with years of steady growth and expansion into different channels of distribution. To be able to support this continued growth, our Design Department is looking to bring on an Assistant Designer capable of managing the ever fluid nature of our business. The ideal candidate must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and will possess a near obsessive attention to detail and deadlines along with the ability to multitask and collaborate with other teams and vendors.

Duties Include

·        Assisting with seasonal trending and market research

·        New designs; Private Label and OLLC

·        Creating and maintaining tech packs

·        Manage all CAD updates as required; Private Label and OLLC

·        Managing CAD recolors, incl. remote freelance team

·        Managing Master CAD folder incl. monthly maintenance

·        Reviewing lab dips with Senior Designer and managing hard copies in-house

·        Managing lab dip and bulk trim card trackers

·        Managing of photoshoot trackers

·        Co-ordinating 1st fitting status with technical and managing photoshoot sample production accordingly

·        Managing photoshoot and fitting samples upon arrival

·        Photoshoot assistance incl. preparation and on-site

·        Providing technical & design team with design comments on all first fit samples upon arrival

·        Assist with fittings of own designs

·        Assist with pulling high resolution CADS for look-book purposes

·        Creating color cards for the wholesale teams VIP box selling tool

·        Managing of all wholesale sample requests and arranging samples for wholesales trips

·        Shipping samples to the factory or customer upon request

·        Co-ordinating delivery dates with production

·        Creating and maintaining WFX color cards per seasons and account

·        Providing administrative assistance with excel charts and presentations as required

·        Managing collection count incl. creation of initial plan and maintenance throughout the season

·        Assisting with look-book asset preparation

·        Supply replenishment when supplies are low (incl. office supplies, Pantone swatches, Lace yardage, hangtags, hangers, and swift tags etc.)

Qualifications and Skills

·        Dependable, organized, reliable, and motivated

·        1 to 5 years of experience

·        Fluent in English with good verbal and written skills

·        Knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

·        Technical design sketches/CADS

·        Sewing Experience

·        Experience in technical design (fitting/altering garments as well as size grading).

Benefits Package for The Position 

·        Paid Time Off

·        401K

·        Health Insurance

·        Dental Insurance

·        Vision Insurance

·        Employee Discounts

OH LA LA CHERI A brand of Ascension Lingerie LLC