Home Textile Designer — CAD, Trends & Graphics

Valid8 Financial, Inc.; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Caro Home in Stamford, CT, is seeking a Designer to shape visuals for product development, including illustrations, logos, layouts, and photos. You will drive the visual language across collections and contribute to line sheets, color development, and color management.

You will collaborate with PD and Sales to build assortments, prepare tech packs, and curate trend boards. Strong CAD and Adobe Suite skills are essential for creating factory-ready artwork and compelling customer presentations.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience working in home textile design.
• Extensive experience and talent working with printed textiles.
• Expert knowledge of indexing artwork, creating repeats.
• Experience color separating to create factory-ready artwork tech packages.
• Ability to create original designs and create designs off of inspiration.
• Good color sense to create colorways.
• Must be highly proactive with an acute attention to deadlines.
• Excellent organizational skills for computer files and vendor information.
• Self‑motivated with the ability to work independently as well as within a team.
• Knowledge of CAD, Adobe Suite.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and create customer presentations per sales instructions.
• Build comprehensive assortments and sample boards to communicate collections to buyers.
• Update and recolor line sheets per customer request and keep records up to date.
• Assist in showroom setup for customer meetings.
• Attend and participate in buyer meetings when available.
• Create tech packs for overseas vendors and follow development from concept to completion.
• Adhere to seasonal calendars for accounts/categories.
• Review color standards and lab dips with vendors and maintain digital color libraries.
• Develop trend boards and curations for meetings and color palettes.
• Upload tech packs to BeProduct and track development samples with PD teams.
• Review samples with PD and vendors to ensure color and construction accuracy.
• Create CAD prints and repeat artwork, color edits, and palette matching.
• Attend weekly cross-functional meetings; share updates and insights.
• Conduct competitive shopping with photos and notes on cost, origin, and packaging.
• Research trends online and in-store to guide Caro Home directions.

Skills

Home textile design

Printed textiles

Color management

Deadline driven

Independent work

Team collaboration

Trend research

Tools

CAD

Adobe Suite

BeProduct PLM

Job description

Caro Home in Stamford, CT, is seeking a Designer to shape visuals for product development, including illustrations, logos, layouts, and photos. You will drive the visual language across collections and contribute to line sheets, color development, and color management.

You will collaborate with PD and Sales to build assortments, prepare tech packs, and curate trend boards. Strong CAD and Adobe Suite skills are essential for creating factory-ready artwork and compelling customer presentations.