Knitwear Designer
Boston Based Women’s Lifestyle Fashion brand, seeking a highly energized and creative Knitwear Designer who will create and execute the vision of the Chief Creative Officer.
Candidates must have a strong eye for trends, femininity, and color are important. The ideal candidate will have strong communication, collaboration, and organization skills with the ability to design from concept to finish amongst a tight-knit team.
The Designer will be an integral member of the design and development function and will work in a fast-paced, flexible, and collaborative environment.
Hybrid working office model (flexible with work days in office 2-3 per week)
The Sweater Designer will report to the Senior Director of Knitwear.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsible for the research, design and development of silhouettes in knits
- Responsible for yarn sourcing and swatch development
- Develop brand-appropriate knitwear in line with seasonal concepts and color palettes—design with entire collection in mind.
- Form and compose outfits, ensuring that a capsule point of view and pairings remain critical. Must have a high comfort level visually communicating these ideas and concepts.
- Sketch and present concepts based on design direction
- Set up tech packs, own the bill of materials, and communicate design details to technical design team
- Participate in fittings, while updating design details and sketches as needed
- Organization and upkeep of swatches and archives
OWNERSHIP
- Participate in, and champion creative collaboration across the design team.
- Drive and manage the creative process to deliver projects on time and on budget; track and manage multiple project timelines in various stages of completion to ensure all timelines are met.
- Ensure creative output is consistently brand-appropriate
- Manage the design and development process from concept through final proto/sample, including but not limited to flat sketch, initial spec, tech packs, trim details and production fit approval.
- Image retouching as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
- 4 year degree in Design or related field
- 3 – 5 years of knitwear experience, high level of proficiency in knitwear
- History of contributing innovations within a collaborative environment
- Knowledge of yarn and knitwear construction and finishes
- Adept at understanding yarns; how to color top dyes and yarn dyes
- Strong understanding of garment construction
- Confident sense of style, silhouette and color
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
- Strong computer knowledge in PDM, Photoshop/Illustrator
- Strong attention to detail, with powerful organizational, time management, and presentation skills
- Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a fast paced environment
- Well organized, problem solver with a positive can do attitude
- Ability to motivate, lead and work well cross functionally
- Potential for International and domestic travel