Bedding Designer: Create Trend-Driven Collections

EnVogue International; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

EnVogue International in New York is seeking a Bedding Designer to craft trend-driven bedding collections focused on textile design, merchandising, materials, and market relevance. This hands-on role emphasizes artwork creation, trend forecasting, assortment development, and merchandising for major retail accounts.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of design experience in bedding or home textiles, strong CAD and print pattern skills, and proficiency in Illustrator/Photoshop.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Textile Design, Surface Design, Fashion Design, or related field.
• 5+ years of design experience in bedding, home textiles, or related soft home categories.
• Strong experience in textile design, print and pattern development, CADs, product merchandising, and assortment development.
• Knowledge of bedding fabrics, printing techniques, quilting, embroidery, and textile construction.
• Ability to develop cohesive, commercially viable collections with a strong understanding of retail merchandising, product coordination, and price-point positioning.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Experience working with overseas factories and major retail accounts preferred.
• Strong sense of color, pattern, scale, and emerging trends, with excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Portfolio demonstrating relevant bedding designs, textile artwork, product development, and merchandising work required.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop seasonal bedding collections, including comforters, duvet covers, quilts, sheet sets, shams, and coordinating accessories.
• Create original prints, patterns, graphics, textures, and colorways for bedding products.
• Research and forecast trends in bedding, home textiles, color, materials, and lifestyle products.
• Translate trends and retailer needs into cohesive, commercially relevant product assortments and merchandising concepts.
• Select fabrics, constructions, finishes, and embellishments, including quilting, embroidery, and decorative techniques.
• Develop presentation-ready CADs, repeats, color stories, mockups, and merchandising presentations for internal and buyer meetings.
• Merchandise bedding collections by coordinating patterns, colorways, textures, and complementary products across assortments.
• Prepare and review artwork, tech packs, strike-offs, lab dips, and samples to ensure design accuracy and quality.
• Work with overseas factories on fabric development, printing techniques, construction, and sample execution.
• Partner with Sales on buyer requests, retailer-specific assortments, product presentations, and merchandising strategies.
• Collaborate with Product Development, Sourcing, and Production to meet design, quality, costing, and timeline requirements.
• Stay current on retail trends, competitive products, and emerging developments in bedding and home textiles.

Skills

Textile design

Pattern development

CADs

Product merchandising

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Color theory

Portfolio

Education

Bachelor's degree in Textile Design or related field

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

EnVogue International in New York is seeking a Bedding Designer to craft trend-driven bedding collections focused on textile design, merchandising, materials, and market relevance. This hands-on role emphasizes artwork creation, trend forecasting, assortment development, and merchandising for major retail accounts.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of design experience in bedding or home textiles, strong CAD and print pattern skills, and proficiency in Illustrator/Photoshop.