Description:
The Design team is looking for a Senior Designer, to be responsible for ensuring the best creations for their commodity, and always staying abreast of new trends and markets to best serve all customer needs.
Main Responsibilities
- Translate vision and emerging trends into the assigned product lines based on concept direction;
- Maximize sales and gross profits and minimize shuffles and unplanned markdowns (with Product Manager);
- Create and coordinate multiple pieces that aim to satisfy our clientele and corresponds to our brand image;
- Work with technical designers, patternmakers, and fit technicians to ensure our clothing corresponds to our specifics;
- Build a relationship with the Buying team that fosters the development of innovative, relevant and fashion-forward designs;
- Build a relationship with the Production team that takes into consideration manufacturing limitations, yet pushes our expectations of quality, lead time and price/value;
- Research and develop new fabrics, washes, trims and finishes that are within our cost constraints and elevate the brand;
- Adhere to design calendar;
- Shop international and domestic market for seasonal research.
Qualifications
- DEC, Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design;
- 8+ years of design experience;
- Detail-oriented and self-motivated;
- Good Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word) skills;
- Strong color sense;
- Excellent knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop;
- French or English is required for daily communication with suppliers, employees, and stakeholders, both within and outside of Quebec;
- Sound judgment and a good understanding of trends and the fashion apparel industry.