Designer, Mens Underwear - Tommy Hilfiger

Calvin Klein; New York (NY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

PVH Corp. is seeking a Designer for Mens Underwear in the Tommy Hilfiger brand. You will guide designs from concept to development, applying trends to seasonal collections and ensuring production-ready artwork and tech packs.

You will collaborate with Senior Design leads and cross-functional teams, bringing voice and vision to color, fabrics, trims, and garments while contributing innovative ideas for brand evolution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in design or related field.
• 4–5 years in garment design with fabric knowledge.
• Independent decision maker with color/fabric/trim experience.
• Highly creative with fresh design ideas.

Responsibilities

• Translate trends into brand-appropriate designs.
• Create repeat patterns, textile designs, and motifs for collections.
• Prepare artwork and pattern files for production; ensure production-readiness.
• Develop digital sketches and translate concepts into cohesive collections.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to bring designs from concept to execution.
• Present product designs to sales and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Garment construction

Creative design

Decision making

Color palette

Brand awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Design Your Future at PVH

Designer, Mens Underwear - Tommy Hilfiger

The Designer position is a key role in the design and development of product from building initial concept to completion of development. This includes having the understanding of numerous design aesthetics and contributing viable designs to the necessary brands.

What You'll Do

• Takes direction from Senior Design leads and expands on direction/inspiration. It is important that the Designer have a voice and vision of their own
• Takes trend and market research and works innovative designs into brand appropriate styles
• Create repeat patterns, textile designs, and graphic motifs that align with the brand’s creative direction and seasonal collections
• Prepare artwork and pattern files for production, ensuring designs are technically accurate and production-ready
• Analyzes past best sellers and worst sellers for future development
• Reviews SKU plans to formulate needed design work for upcoming season
• Develop digital sketches and translate creative concepts into cohesive, commercially relevant collections
• Reviews pattern work with the Raw Materials team
• Develops new trims, waistbands and buttons
• Utilizes Illustrator/Photoshop to create artwork for trim development
• Create and maintain accurate, production-ready Tech Packs in Centric PLM, ensuring all BOM details are clearly documented
• Reviews all strike offs needed for NYO approval
• Coordinates and prepares new development hand off with the Tech and Design team
• Participates in seasonal trend presentation using Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and PowerPoint
• Collaborate effectively cross-functionally with teams across the organization to ensure alignment and bring designs from concept through execution
• Proactively contribute creative ideas, fresh perspectives, and innovative solutions to elevate the brand and design process
• Other related job functions are at the discretion of the manager as needed
• Attend all fittings
• Coordinating of correct info to PD for line list set up as necessary
• Travels to shop the market when applicable, as well as present product to key retailers
• Make & present compelling product presentations to Sales and Cross Functional Teams as necessary

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree
• 4 to 5 years related experience required. Knowledge of garment construction, fabrics, materials, and manufacturing
• Independent decision maker and critical thinker, with ultimate decisions made by the Design Lead and or the VP of Design. Daily decisions related to color, fabric, trim and sample check in will be reviewed and or made by the associate and elevated as necessary
• Highly creative in design to provide the appropriate amount of newness to drive sales.

Ability to handle multiple seasons & multiple Brands at one time within established deadlines

• Must have a good color sense and the ability to put together core and seasonal color palettes for development
• Detail oriented with good observation traits is necessary

This position is not eligible for sponsorship

Pay Range:$82,500---$117,100

PVH currently provides base salary ranges for all positions-on job advertisements-in the United States based on local requirements. These ranges are based on what PVH reasonably believes that it will pay an associate for their base salary for said position at the time of the posting. Individual compensation will ultimately be determined based on a variety of relevant factors including but-not limited to qualifications, geographic location and other relevant skills. PVH is committed to providing a market-competitive total rewards package to eligible associates, which includes diverse and robust health and insurance benefits to meet the varied needs of our associates and an above-market 401(k) contribution to help our associates save for retirement. We also offer career growth opportunities, empowering our associates to design their future at PVH.

PVH Corp. or its subsidiary ("PVH") is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications, consistent with applicable law and without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, PVH also has a strong corporate commitment to inclusion, diversity and to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill, ability, educational background, work quality, experience and potential. To achieve these goals, across the United States and its territories, PVH prohibits any PVH employee, agent or representative from requesting or otherwise considering any job applicant’s current or prior wages, salary or other compensation information in connection with the hiring process. Accordingly, applicants are asked not to disclose this salary history information to PVH