Home Textiles Designer

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Town & Country Living is seeking a design-focused artist to create original artwork for customer lines, including brands and private labels. You will design prints, woven and embellished products and manage the design process from inspiration to production-ready tech packs.

The role requires expertise in printing processes, fabrics, and color theory, with strong proficiency in Mac OS and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop). Collaboration with agents and factories worldwide is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience cleaning files, producing repeats, color separation, and production-ready art.
• Ability to research product trends for design and development.
• Skilled in creating pattern repeats, layouts, and color sense.
• Ability to work independently and in a team with strong communication.
• Proficient in presenting concepts and preparing production-ready art files.
• Proficient with Mac OS and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop).

Responsibilities

• Create original artwork for customer product lines and private labels.
• Design customer products for prints, woven and embellished categories.
• Understand printing, fabrics, construction, sewing and embroidery terminology.
• Manage design process from inspiration to production-ready tech packs.
• Produce technical specs, die lines, prints, and color separations for factories.
• Communicate with agents and overseas factories on design execution.
• Participate in trend research and develop new design concepts.
• Create trends and planograms for customer presentations.
• Attend internal and customer meetings.

Skills

File cleaning

Color separation

Production specs

Adobe Creative Suite

Illustrator

Photoshop

Mac proficiency

Trends research

Tools

Die lines

Job description

Description

Description

Town & Country Living is a global leader in home décor, textiles, and design. Our expanded family includes Home Dynamix and Amalgamated Textiles, providing more than 60 years of combined experience in the home décor industry. The combination of all three companies together brings unmatched expertise and excellence in sales, design, development, sourcing, supply chain efficiencies, customer service, and e-commerce fulfillment. With our company’s diverse multi-product assortment across all home categories, we can provide excellent offerings and service to our retail partners while responding quickly to the ever-changing needs of the marketplace.

KEY RESPONSIBILTIES

• Create original artwork for customer specific product lines, including brands and private label
• Design specific customer related products for prints, woven and embellished product categories.
• Understanding of printing process, woven fabrics, product construction, sewing and embroidery techniques and terminology.
• Manage design process from inspiration to production ready spec kits/tech packs
• Produce technical specs, die lines, print and woven repeats, color separations for production ready files to send factories.
• Communicate with agents and factories overseas on design product execution.
• Participate in design and trend research, identifying new trends, techniques, color ideas and product concepts.
• Create trends, designs and planograms for customer presentations.
• Attend internal and customer meetings.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• Highly skilled at cleaning files, repeats, color separation, production and spec art.
• Possess a keen creative eye for design and be able to research product trends for design and product development.
• Must understand how to create a pattern repeat, design a layout and have an excellent color sense.
• Must be able to work independently and in a team setting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment with strong attention to detail
• Must have creative skills in presentation execution, design aesthetic and able to set up production ready art files and die lines for factories.
• Must be highly proficient with Mac operating systems and Adobe Creative Suite software, including Illustrator and Photoshop.