Assistant Designer, Men’s Knitwear, White Label

rag & bone; New York (NY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Rag & Bone is seeking a Men's Knitwear Assistant with background in shirting, fabric development and tailoring who will support Men’s Designer with daily tasks and seasonal projects.

The role focuses on knitwear design development, fabric boards, trend research, and collaboration with the design team on tech packs, fittings, and show prep in New York. Strong knowledge of knitwear and proficiency in Illustrator/Photoshop are required.

Qualifications

• Must have knitwear technical knowledge.
• Interest in shirting and fabric basics.
• Experience with knits garments.
• Desire to work within knitwear product area.
• Be extremely organized with ability to multi-task.
• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

Responsibilities

• Manage fabric design and development from hand loom through SMS fabric.
• Create and maintain seasonal boards (physical & digital versions) and keep boards updated after meetings and fittings.
• Trend/Vintage research based on seasonal inspiration.
• Coordinate with sample room for any alterations for Show/Market.
• Assist in setting up Tech Packs and sketches where necessary.
• Edit sketches in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Assist with sketch annotations for SMS and ensure information aligns with SMS Tech Packs.
• Set up and edit linesheets in Adobe Illustrator.
• Attend fittings when necessary and collate design information for Tech Packs.

Skills

Knitwear knowledge

Organization & multitasking

Interest in shirting & fabrics

Attention to detail

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

Level/Title position is reporting into

Head of Design

Job Summary

Rag & Bone is looking for a Men's knitwear Assistant with background or experience in shirting, fabric development and tailoring who will support Men’s Designer with daily tasks and seasonal projects

Responsibilities

• Manage fabric design and development from hand loom through SMS fabric
• Create and maintain seasonal boards (physical & digital versions) and keep boards updated after meetings and fittings.
• Trend/Vintage research based on seasonal inspiration
• Manage rentals, past protos and reference styles for meetings and reference.
• Research for seasonal design concepts
• Assist in design and set up of mock-ups and trials.
• Assist in setting up of Tech Packs and sketches where necessary
• Edit sketches in Adobe Illustrator and photoshop
• Assist with sketch annotations for SMS (coordinating with Technical Designer to ensure all information is in-line with SMS Tech Packs)
• Setting up and editing linesheets in Adobe Illustrator
• Attending fittings when necessary (proto /SMS stage – assist in collating design information for Tech Packs)
• Assist in ordering trim for SMS
• Manage and organize trims/labels/combo fabrics etc for protos and sms
• Manage storage/archive samples
• Coordinate with sample room for any alterations for Show/Market

Requirements (skills, qualifications, education, etc)

• Must have technical knowledge of knitwear
• Passion for shirting, fabric basics and different weaves a plus
• Experience with knits garments
• Must have desire to work within knitwear specific product area
• Must be extremely organized and have ability to multi-task
• Must have thorough knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop