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Associate Designer Women’s Suiting
ICONMA, LLC
🇺🇸 United States
On-site
2 months ago
$44.49 – $48.15 / hour
- GIS
- Sketch
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- CAD
- Miro
2 months ago
Responsibilities:
- Research global markets to identify new seasonal trends, silhouettes, fabrics, techniques, product categories and competitive inspiration.
- Assist in developing concepts and sketches for seasonal product line and advocate for design ideas by presenting to internal leadership and cross functional partners.
- Develop strong internal cross functional relationships with Merchandising, Production, Technical design, client Sourcing (GIS), Visual Merchandising and Marketing to ensure product concept to store and site execution is a seamless experience.
- Partner with Production to create tech packs and communicate vision behind fit and product design, ensuring execution, quality, and desired margin targets are achieved.
- Ask effective questions and solicit feedback to understand needs.
- Complete structured assignments, like attending fit sessions with manager, and makes revisions to sketch and design packages based on stated priorities.
- Manage administration and follow up of product design process such as presentation boards creation to ensure team stays organized and hits required deadlines.
- Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and highly collaborative environment, with the ability to juggle multiple seasons at one time and track development deadlines.
- Possess an elevated sense of style, aesthetic, and color and understand how to translate trends through the lens of the customer and brand filter.
- Thorough knowledge of silhouette, fit, fabrication, construction, color use, sewing techniques, and trim; applied knowledge of garment construction methods to design process.
- Strong computer knowledge including Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Recognize and act on inconsistencies in data or results
Requirements:
- Adobe Illustrator (technical CAD sketching): critical for all three roles
- Strong taste level and understanding of the Banana Republic brand
- Strong work ethic and adaptability to change
- Garment construction knowledge and trend awareness: preferred but secondary
- Miro used for shared boards; easy to onboard, not a hard requirement
- No specific PLM system required
- No education requirement specified
- Women’s suiting preferred (construction and fit details differ from men’s)
- Men’s suiting acceptable over women’s non-suiting candidates
- 3-6 years experience ideal; flexible based on portfolio and sketching speed
Why Should You Apply?
- Health Benefits
- Referral Program
- Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
Associate Designer Women’s Suiting · ICONMA, LLC