Assistant Designer

TekWissen LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

TekWissen Group is hiring an Assistant Designer in Manhattan, NY for a 2-month hybrid assignment. The role involves assisting with developing brand-right, commercially viable designs and coordinating across color, print, fit and fabric.

You will create sketches, CAD images and support sample management while aligning with business strategy. The position requires a basic to intermediate design background, strong organization, and effective communication with internal teams and vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Entry-level with some design experience in a comparable retail environment.
• Proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign; MS Office skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist with creation of commercially viable product designs across collections.
• Coordinate brand-right designs tied to concept, strategy, color, fit and fabric.
• Create design sketches and CAD images; maintain sample room.
• Prepare boards, presentations and line milestones for meetings.
• Communicate development details to internal partners and vendors to ensure timely delivery.
• Support fittings and follow-up with technical design for execution.

Skills

Design sense

Collaboration

Presentation skills

Detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

MS Office

Job description

Overview :

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The below job opportunity is to one of Our clients who is the world's largest intimates specialty retailer offering a wide assortment of modern, fashion-inspired collections including signature bras, panties, lingerie, casual sleepwear, swim and athleisure, as well as award-winning prestige fragrances and body care.

Job Title:

Assistant Designer

Location:

Manhattan, NY 10038

Duration:

2 Months

Job Type:

Temporary assignment

Work Type:

Hybrid

Job Description:

Your Role:

• Our Assistant Designer is an individual contributor responsible for assisting with the creation of commercially viable product designs across collections.


• Coordinates and delivers brand-right designs that tie back to the overall concept and business strategy; encompassing style, color/print, fit and fabric for new/existing product lines.


• Applies a solid working knowledge of fashion trends and consumer needs to product designs.


• Demonstrates a passion for the brand, inspires individuals and relies on limited experience to plan and accomplish goals.


• Takes direction under immediate supervision, exercising a minimal degree of scope/decision making.

Your Impact:

• Assist the design team in the creation of brand-right, commercial designs that reflect the conceptual direction/business strategy


• Deliver design sketches/prototypes and provide clear specifications for construction


• Build and maintain the sample room


• Create flat sketches and CAD images


• Prepare design team for routine and milestone meetings, including the coordination of line presentation boards/tableaus and selection of product samples


• Communicate ongoing development details to internal partners (i.e. Production, Tech, Merchants) and vendors, ensuring all communication is flowing to the correct people


• Partner with technical design on fit and execution of prototypes, assisting with scheduled fittings and necessary follow-up


• Track and organize development samples, ensuring they are delivered within required timelines and seamlessly passed off to key parties


• Attend routine team meetings and key partner alignment sessions


• Adapt designs based on feedback, incorporating for finalization


• Apply processes to understand/anticipate the needs of the customer in order to exceed customer expectations and readily react to their needs


• Utilize resources in sourcing new ideas, both internally and externally, and stay up to date on competitor research/trend analysis


• Communicate point of view clearly through mood boards and concept tears


• Achieve set goals with acute attention-to-detail, tracking progress & anticipating potential issues


• Pursue/embrace opportunities to personally grow and develop skills/competencies


• Develop and understand the VS eye/brand identity and specific category


• Build and maintain effective relations with key partners


• Seek to improve process to deliver efficiently with speed/agility

Your Experience

• Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience


• Entry level with some design experience in a comparable retail environment


• Microsoft Office, Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign proficiency; Centric a plus


• Exceptional talent with a commercial fashion eye and detail in product styling/performance


• Exceptional organizational skills


• Ability to recall information


• Customer service philosophy


• Collaborative partner with a team-oriented approach


• Highly motivated, passionate and results oriented


• Solid communication and presentation skills


• Solid understanding and ability to communicate construction instructions


• Champion for change and able to react with speed and agility


• Flexible and creative problem solver


• Personal professionalism and accountability

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.