Design Team Assistant — Fashion Trends & Production

Mac Duggal; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Mac Duggal seeks a dynamic, organized candidate to assist the design team in mood boards, trend research, and calendar management. You will coordinate fabric, trim, and embellishment research and maintain the swatch library, liaising with vendors and sales for regular updates.

The role requires strong communication in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment and a willingness to learn and contribute across the design process.

Qualifications

• Basic hand drawing skills a plus but not required.
• Associate or Bachelor's Degree in fashion related area.
• Proficient in Procreate, Excel and Google Drive.
• An understanding of the sample to production process.
• Ability to think both creatively and strategically.

Responsibilities

• Assist Design Team with mood boards, trend research, fabric, trim and embellishment research.
• Maintain swatch library and follow up with vendors for fabric requests.
• Assign style numbers to sketches and maintain sketch catalogues.
• Track samples from sketch to room arrival and coordinate timing with teams.
• Create and maintain design calendar and reports for sales/e-commerce.

Skills

Procreate

Excel

Google Drive

Hand drawing

Education

Associate or Bachelor's Degree in fashion related area

Tools

Procreate

Excel

Google Drive

Job description

Mac Duggal seeks a dynamic, organized candidate to assist the design team in mood boards, trend research, and calendar management. You will coordinate fabric, trim, and embellishment research and maintain the swatch library, liaising with vendors and sales for regular updates.

The role requires strong communication in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment and a willingness to learn and contribute across the design process.