Print & Graphic Manager - Kids Apparel

Fourth Floor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Fourth Floor, a children's apparel brand, seeks a Graphic Art Manager to lead the evolution of creative output and the processes behind it in their New York City team. This role advances AI, creative technology, workflow, and technical execution.

You will drive AI-enabled creativity, establish practical workflows, and partner with Technology, Product Development, and sourcing to balance inventive vision with production feasibility. This is an on-site role in New York City.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in apparel graphic design, art, creative development or related field.
• 8-10+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong AI skills and experience with AI workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Monitor trends across fashion, retail, technology, and design to identify meaningful creative opportunities.
• Translate trends into relevant, original, and commercially viable graphic concepts while encouraging thoughtful experimentation with new aesthetics, techniques, materials, and AI-enabled tools.
• Identify and test AI, digital design, automation, and emerging technologies that can enhance creativity, efficiency, and productivity.
• Develop practical tools, workflows, and guidelines that enable successful technologies to be adopted and scaled across the Art organization.
• Optimize the artwork lifecycle by improving workflows, eliminating inefficiencies, and establishing scalable standards and best practices.
• Partner with Technology to strengthen systems, automation, asset management, and workflow visibility while maintaining creative flexibility.
• Ensure artwork is technically accurate, production-ready, and aligned with manufacturing capabilities and standards.
• Explore new production techniques and collaborate with Product Development, Technical Design, Sourcing, vendors, and Global teams to balance creative vision with execution.
• Connect creative, operational, technological, production, and commercial priorities across Art and partner functions.
• Identify opportunities, risks, and capability gaps; develop recommendations and business cases; and communicate priorities and progress to leadership.

Skills

AI skills

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in apparel graphic design, art, creative development or related field

Job description

Our client, a children's apparel brand, is seeking a Graphic Art Manager to join their New York City based team! The ideal candidate will drive the evolution of both the creative output and the processes, technologies, and capabilities behind it, identifying emerging trends across culture, graphics, technology, and consumer behavior to uncover new opportunities. This role advances AI, creative technology, workflow,and technical execution.

**requires 5 days on site

Responsibilities:

• Monitor trends across fashion, retail, technology, and design to identify meaningful creative opportunities
• Translate trends into relevant, original, and commercially viable graphic concepts while encouraging thoughtful experimentation with new aesthetics, techniques, materials, and AI-enabled tools
• Identify and test AI, digital design, automation, and emerging technologies that can enhance creativity, efficiency, and productivity
• Develop practical tools, workflows, and guidelines that enable successful technologies to be adopted and scaled across the Art organization
• Optimize the artwork lifecycle by improving workflows, eliminating inefficiencies, and establishing scalable standards and best practices
• Partner with Technology to strengthen systems, automation, asset management, and workflow visibility while maintaining creative flexibility
• Ensure artwork is technically accurate, production-ready, and aligned with manufacturing capabilities and standards
• Explore new production techniques and collaborate with Product Development, Technical Design, Sourcing, vendors, and Global teams to balance creative vision with execution.
• Connect creative, operational, technological, production, and commercial priorities across Art and partner functions.
• Identify opportunities, risks, and capability gaps; develop recommendations and business cases; and communicate priorities and progress to leadership.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in apparel graphic design, art, creative development or related field
• Strong understanding of Apparel Graphics
• 8-10+ years of relevant experience
• Strong AI skills and experience with AI workflows
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives
• Ability to multitask and prioritize in a dynamic environment
• Proactive team player with strong initiative
• Experience leading innovation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills