Assistant Designer (Knits) — Shape Men’s Knit Vision

Urban-Outfitters-7e13a49d; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discounts

Benefits package

Job summary

Urban Outfitters is seeking an Assistant Designer (Knits) to join our Men's Design Team. The Assistant Designer is an integral creative who can navigate lightweight knits, heavyweight knits and sweaters, all while leveraging modern tools and creativity to push the boundaries of design.

As a brand ambassador, they partner closely with cross-functional teams across Buying, Product Development, and Print + Color to drive seasonal vision and respond to trends in real time.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of Design Experience preferred.
• Bachelor Degree in Fashion Design or related area of study strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of relevant fashion trends, customer behavior, and brand vision.
• Ability to balance creativity with business acumen, margin parameters, and process efficiencies.
• Strong hand and digital sketching ability
• Ability to independently conduct set-ups and fittings
• Adobe suite proficient
• Microsoft Office suite proficient
• AI prompting and generating for creative and presentation purpose (MJ, PromeAi, and ChatGPT)
• Treadstone and BOM maintenance
• Maintain organized and up to date line sheet and assortment tools at all time
• Highly organized with capacity to anticipate change

Responsibilities

• Sets up spec sheets for all bodies. Communicates fit and construction details to TechnicalDesign department
• Actively participates, contributes, and assists Design lead in creating seasonal assortment
• Provides feedback / approves all samples and design submits
• Assist in preparing presentation materials for seasonal benchmark meetings such as SketchReview, Finalization, and Print + Color day
• Executing accurate fabric, trim, and wash information in design packs and tech packs

Skills

Design experience

Trend knowledge

Brand vision

Hand sketching

Digital sketching

Setups and fittings

Education

Bachelor Degree in Fashion Design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office

AI prompting tools (MJ, PromeAi, ChatGPT)

Treadstone

BOM maintenance

Job description

Urban Outfitters is seeking an Assistant Designer (Knits) to join our Men's Design Team. The Assistant Designer is an integral creative who can navigate lightweight knits, heavyweight knits and sweaters, all while leveraging modern tools and creativity to push the boundaries of design.

As a brand ambassador, they partner closely with cross-functional teams across Buying, Product Development, and Print + Color to drive seasonal vision and respond to trends in real time.