Senior Designer

Sweet Apparel Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Sweet Apparel Inc. in Midtown Manhattan is seeking a Senior Designer to join the design team on-site. You will drive trend research, silhouette development, and creative direction for dresses, tops, bottoms, and athleisure, collaborating with product development and overseas partners.

You bring 7+ years of apparel design experience, a strong CAD/Illustrator skill set, and a proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment across time zones.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of apparel design experience.
• Strong CAD, technical flats, and tech pack skills.
• Licensed apparel experience is preferred.
• Experience with overseas factories is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct trend, market, and competitive research across fashion categories.
• Identify silhouettes, fabrics, colors, and category opportunities.
• Translate trend insights into seasonal direction and presentations.
• Develop apparel across dresses, tops, bottoms, athleisure, and special projects.
• Create CADs, technical flats, colorways, tech packs, and presentations.
• Maintain development materials communicating design intent clearly.
• Partner with design, product development, merchandising, planning, supply chain, and overseas teams.
• Participate in fit reviews, evaluate samples, and document revisions.

Skills

Trend research

Cross-team collaboration

Project management

Time management

Presentation skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Time zone coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

CAD software

Job description

Sweet Apparel Inc. is a fast-paced apparel manufacturer specializing in quick turn production for juniors, women’s, men’s, and kids’ clothing. The company is recognized for high standards in design, quality, and timely delivery to retail partners and brands. Teams collaborate closely across design, production, and operations to bring fashion-forward products to market efficiently.

We are growing and looking for a full-time, Senior Designer to join the design team on-site at the Midtown Manhattan office!

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct trend, market, and competitive research across contemporary, fast-fashion, and lifestyle brands.
• Identify relevant silhouettes, fabrics, colors, details, and category opportunities.
• Translate trend insights into actionable product ideas, seasonal direction, and presentations.
• Develop apparel across dresses, tops, bottoms, athleisure, and special projects.
• Create and revise CADs, technical flats, colorways, tech packs, and presentations using Adobe Illustrator and other creative tools.
• Maintain accurate development materials that clearly communicate design intent and support sample execution.
• Partner with product development, technical design, merchandising, planning, supply chain, and overseas teams.
• Participate in fit reviews, evaluate samples and factory feedback, and document revisions throughout development.
• Support multi-channel, wholesale, B2B, and partnership programs as needed.
• Manage multiple development calendars and style counts while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Contribute to special projects, collaborations, presentations, assortment planning, and seasonal line reviews.
• Use AI-powered tools to support trend analysis, concept development, product visualization, presentations, and workflow efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design or a related field preferred
• 7+ years of apparel design experience
• Strong experience in licensed apparel
• Strong understanding of contemporary, fast-fashion, and lifestyle markets
• Advanced Adobe Illustrator skills required; Photoshop and InDesign are a plus
• Strong CAD, technical flat, tech pack, presentation, garment construction, fit, fabrication, and product development skills
• Experience working with overseas factories preferred
• Strong organization, communication, presentation, and project-management skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and collaborate across time zones when needed

Target compensation for this role starts at $90k dependent on experience.