Associate Designer - Women's Five Pocket Denim

Madewell, Inc.; Northern, New York (KY, NY); Hybrid; USD 64,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing

Associate discount

Summer Fridays

Community impact

Job summary

J.Crew Group (JCG) is seeking a designer to collaborate with the Senior Designer on concepts, color stories, fabrics, prints, trims and graphics. You will prepare professional boards with illustrations, CAD artwork, fabrication, and samples, while researching trends and raw materials.

You’ll support Technical Design with specs from concept to design cards. The role requires strong illustration, garment construction knowledge, and proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop, and MS Office.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years design experience
• Apparel Design degree
• Strong illustration skills
• Demonstrated creative sense and ability
• Trend/fashion awareness
• Technical sketching ability (flat and illustration)
• Working knowledge of garment construction and trim
• Garment measurement and specification experience
• Knowledge of lab dips
• Excellent color sense
• Self directed
• Team player
• Ability to multi-task
• Strong written and communication skills
• Good follow through, sense of urgency
• Demonstrated ability to do creative, focused visual presentations
• Proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Word, and Excel

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Senior Designer to develop concepts and color stories.
• Prepare presentation boards with CAD artwork, fabrication, and garment samples.
• Research seasonal trends, themes, colors, raw materials, styling, and trims.
• Work with Technical Design to prepare specs from concept to design cards.
• Coordinate with Production to maintain concept through production.

Skills

Design experience

Illustration

Creativity

Fashion trend awareness

Technical sketching

Garment construction

Garment specs

Lab dips

Color sense

Self-motivation

Team player

Multitasking

Communication skills

Follow-through

Visual presentations

Education

Apparel Design degree

Tools

Illustrator

Photoshop

Microsoft Word

Excel

Job description

The Role + Purpose

Work closely with the Senior Designer to create concepts, select color stories, and develop fabrics, prints, trim, and graphics. Prepare professional presentation boards with illustrations, CAD artwork, fabrication, and garment samples. Assists in research of seasonal trends, themes, colors, raw materials, styling, and trims. Work with Technical Design in preparing specs from initial concept to technical design cards. Work with Production to maintain design concept through out production process.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years Design experience
• Apparel Design degree
• Strong illustration skills
• Demonstrated creative sense and ability
• Trend/fashion awareness
• Technical sketching ability (flat and illustration)
• Working knowledge of garment construction and trim
• Garment measurement and specification experience
• Knowledge of lab dips
• Excellent color sense
• Self directed
• Team player
• Ability to multi-task
• Strong written and communication skills
• Good follow through, sense of urgency
• Demonstrated ability to do creative, focused visual presentations
• Proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Word, and Excel

Benefits + Perks

• Health & Well-being - Eligible associates and family members receive medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance, family planning (fertility, adoption & surrogacy support), fitness discounts, medical travel and more.
• Associate Discount - We love our products just as much as you do! That’s why we offer a great associate discount across all of our brands (J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell).
• Summer Fridays - In addition to our hybrid work model, we also close our office at 1:00 PM every Friday during the Summer months.
• Community Impact - We support the communities where we live and work through our philanthropic efforts and the J.Crew Cares Program.
• Winter Break - In addition to our PTO package, J.Crew Group offers a winter break at the end of December to eligible full-time associates at the Home Office to provide time to refresh and recharge.
• Note: Availability of these benefits and perks may be subject to work location & employment type and may have certain eligibility requirements.

Salary Range: $64,200.00 - $79,600.00

At J.Crew Group (JCG) we aim to pay competitively for our company’s size and industry. The base salary offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region of work premises, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. The base salary is just one component of J.Crew Group’s competitive total rewards strategy that also includes the opportunity for bonus, competitive benefits and perks. One of our core focuses here at JCG is creating a community and culture that builds belonging. We are deeply committed to our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts, and we warmly welcome job applicants of all backgrounds. JCG is proud to affirmatively provide equal opportunity to all associates and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin or citizenship, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, legally protected physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected under applicable law.

Our workplace should be a safe haven, where you flourish and succeed both as an individual and teammate. Discrimination, harassment and intimidation have no place in our offices, stores, or contact and distribution centers. We will not tolerate it in any form, and furthermore, it is illegal. This applies not only to our associates but also to vendors and customers. We explicitly prohibit discrimination based on the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identification and expression, legally protected physical or mental disability, genetic information (including characteristics, testing and refusing to submit to a test), veteran status or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state or local law. Any behavior or acts that violate this policy will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.