Jewelry Designer

Centric Brands; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Centric Brands is seeking an experienced Jewelry Designer to translate concepts into finished product—working with style plans, sales targets, and trend directions. You will collaborate with design, production, and external vendors to ensure timely, cost-effective development that meets market needs.

The role emphasizes strong sketching, CAD, and 3D rendering skills, with 4–7 years of jewelry design experience and a bachelor's degree in fashion design or related field.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design or applicable field.
• 4-7 years experience in jewelry design.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, Adobe products, CAD.
• Knowledge of 3D Rendering (Rhino, JewelCad) and Matrix Gold/Matrix 9.0/ZBrush.
• Superior organizational skills and excellent communication; team oriented.
• Ability to multi-task, meet deadlines, and stay detail oriented.
• Creativity, technical capability, and merchandising sensibility; strong sketching ability.
• Deep experience with jewelry fabrication techniques.

Responsibilities

• Execute seasonal jewelry design development from concept to delivery.
• Create and refine design concepts that meet market needs and sales goals.
• Ensure timely execution of each stage in the product development process.
• Design sketches and review specs, line sheets, and PLM entries.
• Collaborate with vendors and internal teams; manage fittings and approvals.
• Maintain design archives and ensure consistency with color standards.

Skills

Jewelry design

Sketching

Color sense

Creativity

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design or applicable field

Tools

Rhino

JewelCad

Matrix Gold

Matrix 9.0

ZBrush

CAD

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

About Us

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment and beauty. Centric Brands is focused on our customers and our brands that will drive the company’s future growth. We are defined by innovation as we seize new opportunities and thrive in an environment informed by creativity and thinking that is both analytical and outside the box. Centric Brands reflects a team built on respect, for others and for the hard work it takes to achieve our goals and build our bright future together.

About Us

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment and beauty. Centric Brands is focused on our customers and our brands that will drive the company’s future growth. We are defined by innovation as we seize new opportunities and thrive in an environment informed by creativity and thinking that is both analytical and outside the box. Centric Brands reflects a team built on respect, for others and for the hard work it takes to achieve our goals and build our bright future together.

Designer

What could be more exciting than putting your mark on some of the world’s most famous and well-loved fashion brands? As a designer for Centric Brands, you’ll use your skills and creativity to create designs based on style plans, sales needs and emerging trends. You will also ensure that your work can be transformed into a finished product in a timely manner and at an appropriate price point. This means working not only with our design and production teams, but also building collaborative relationships with outside vendors and other external stakeholders. The challenges are exciting and the possibilities endless – as you contribute your skills in a vibrant, customer- and people-centric culture that celebrates you as a valuable member of the team.

Specific Responsibilities Would Include

The Jewelry Designer executes the seasonal design development process, from concept to delivery, by creating and executing original, trend-appropriate design concepts that meet market needs and drive sales, and ensuring the timely execution of each stage in the process.

Roles & Responsibilities

Strategy & Innovation

• Research and identify trend directions; perform competitive analysis; pull and review fabrics, design concepts, presentation boards for meetings, mock-ups, color-ups, inspirational photos
• Execute development of initial seasonal design category in context of larger assortment and cost structure

Operations & Results

• Design according to style plans, sales needs and emerging trends; ensure timely execution of product development calendar
• Create Illustrator sketches; review specification sheets and line sheets; ensure accuracy of product development logs, line sheets, boards and design archives library; ensure maintenance of designs in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system or shared drives
• Select and review raw materials and trims; ensure maintenance of fabric/trim library
• Approve lab dips with Senior Designer(s) and ensure consistency with color standards and licensor directives, where appropriate; review prints and graphics where appropriate and advise revisions; manage fit process

Customers & Relationships

• Coordinate follow-up with internal and external customers and partners, including technical design, production and vendors; manager interoffice communication
• Build collaborative relationships with vendors and internal customers

Leadership & Teams

• Contribute positively to team dynamic and manage up where necessary
• Attract, develop and retain talent

Our Best Fit Candidate Would Have

Qualifications

• Superior organizational skills and excellent communication skills; team oriented
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines; highly detail oriented, meticulous and creative
• Creativity, technical capability and sensibility for merchandising; strong ability to sketch
• Deep experience of jewelry and fabrication techniques.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design or applicable field.
• 4-7 years experience in jewelry design
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, Adobe products, CAD and Mac computers
• Must have knowledge of 3D Rendering (Rhino, JewelCad) other systems (Matrix Gold, Matrix 9.0, ZBrush)