Senior Designer
$110,000–$120,000 year
HybridLos Angeles, California, United States
Job Summary
Drive the seasonal design process for women's hard woven assortments from concept through pre-production, researching trend direction in silhouettes, fabrics, and colors to build mood boards and define brand narratives. Create detailed technical sketches and specification packages, then partner with technical design, vendors, and mills to oversee sample development, fit sessions, and product refinements while balancing creativity with commercial viability. Manage the full development workflow, ensuring timely execution against the calendar, maintaining digital archives, and presenting collections to leadership and sales teams.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Fashion Design or a related field
- 7-10 years of experience in women's ready-to-wear design
- significant experience in woven categories
- Strong understanding of woven fabrics, garment construction, patternmaking principles, and fit
- Experience working within the contemporary or premium apparel market
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, PLM systems, and Microsoft Office
- Strong trend awareness and the ability to translate market insights into commercially successful product
- Excellent organizational, communication, and collaboration skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Passion for product, attention to detail, and a strong eye for color, proportion, fabrication, and styling
- deep understanding of contemporary fashion trends
- woven product development
- garment construction
- fit
- fabric innovation
- Create elevated, fashion-forward concepts aligned with the brand's aesthetic and positioning within the premium contemporary market
- Build seasonal mood boards, color stories, fabric direction, and design concepts for internal and external presentations
- Collaborate with the Creative Director to define seasonal woven RTW narratives and key seasonal must-haves
- Design and develop women's hard woven assortments, including jackets, tops, dresses, skirts, pants, and other woven categories from initial concept through pre-production
- Create detailed technical sketches in Illustrator and initiate specification packages as the first step in the cross-functional workflow
- Partner with Technical Design on prototype reviews, fit sessions, construction details, and product refinements
- Oversee sample development and collaborate with mills, trim vendors, and factories to achieve the desired aesthetic, quality, and fit
- Ensure all designs balance creativity, quality, cost, and commercial viability while supporting margin goals and assortment architecture
- Maintain fabric, trim, and color libraries; partner with suppliers to source innovative materials and development opportunities
- Work closely with Production and vendors to achieve price, lead time, and quality goals
- Collaborate with Merchandising to ensure line sheets and assortments are accurate and aligned with seasonal line plans
- Maintain strong vendor relationships to drive product feasibility, sample execution, and ontime development
- Manage all design boards, digital archives, and PLM entries to ensure the accuracy and organization of the design pipeline
- Ensure timely execution of all design deliverables against the development calendar
- Manage workflow for woven product development, ensuring samples, tech packs, approvals, and revisions meet key milestones
- Prepare and present seasonal collections, concepts, and key categories for leadership, sales, and showroom meetings
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