Designer - Men's Activewear

Fourth Floor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fourth Floor in New York is seeking a Designer to join the men's activewear team, guiding products from concept through development. This role is onsite in NYC four days a week, with close collaboration across design, technical, and production teams.

You will translate market trends into color palettes and tech packs, coordinate with international factories, and ensure samples meet our standards for fit, construction, and materials.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years experience of activewear design.
• Strong understanding of apparel construction, garment fit, materials, trims, and print development.
• Experience working with factories and international vendors.
• Proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop, and Excel.
• Strong CAD skills and ability to execute detailed drawings and development packages.

Responsibilities

• Manage the design through development process, leading products from initial concepts through final product.
• Analyze market trends and competitive brands to identify new seasonal opportunities.
• Use brand strategy to create seasonal inspiration, color palettes, and concept presentations.
• Create apparel sketches and CAD drawings in Adobe Illustrator.
• Develop new fabrics when needed as well as choose fabrics, trims, and components.
• Create tech packs including sketches, measurements, construction details, colorways, materials, artwork, and labeling.
• Coordinate product development with international factories and manage factory questions.
• Assess samples by evaluating fit, construction, materials, and color compared to approved standards.
• Collaborate with Technical Team during fittings to provide feedback for Production Team and factories.
• Partner with Design Assistant to review and approve production submissions such as lab dips, bulk fabric, trims, artwork, labeling, and hangtags.

Education

Activewear design experience (4-5 years)

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

Excel

CAD

Job description

Our client, a textile & apparel manufacturing company, is looking for a Designer to join their men's activewear team in New York!

*4 days onsite in NYC

Responsibilities:

• Manage the design through development process, leading products from initial concepts through final product
• Analyze market trends and competitive brands to identify new seasonal opportunities
• Use brand strategy to create seasonal inspiration, color palettes, and concept presentations
• Create apparel sketches and CAD drawings in Adobe Illustrator
• Develop new fabrics when needed as well as choose fabrics, trims, and components
• Create tech packs including sketches, measurements, construction details, colorways, materials, artwork, and labeling
• Coordinate product development with international factories and manage factory questions
• Assess samples by evaluating fit, construction, materials, and color compared to approved standards
• Collaborate with Technical Team during fittings to provide feedback for Production Team and factories
• Partner with Design Assistant to review and approve production submissions such as lab dips, bulk fabric, trims, artwork, labeling, and hangtags

Qualifications:

• 4-5 years experience of activewear design
• Strong understanding of apparel construction, garment fit, materials, trims, and print development
• Experience working with factories and international vendors
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Excel
• Strong CAD skills and ability to execute detailed drawings and create development packages
• Strong organizational skills
• Can create and change colorways, technical sketches, print layouts, and pattern artwork for development and production
• Strong written and verbal communication skills