Senior Designer – Celebrity Collaboration Collection (TV Shopping)

Jump Design Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jump Design Group in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Designer to own the creative vision and product for celebrity-collaboration collections on HSN. You will set trend, print, color and fabric direction, build the line plan and present seasonally to merchandising.

You’ll lead a small team and partner with celebrity talent, on-air hosts and HSN partners. The role is primarily directing but hands-on in fittings and development.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in apparel design with senior or director experience
• Experience leading an HSN or QVC line
• Proven track record of owning a line with significant annual sales
• Excellent presentation and communication skills to merchandising and executives
• Experience managing a design team including graphic/tech designers

Responsibilities

• Set trend, print, color and fabric direction for each season
• Build line plan and merchandise assortments per delivery calendar
• Lead development with overseas factories including costing input
• Direct a design team and coordinate with stakeholders on mood/concepts
• Prepare on-air styling directions and train hosts for new styles

Skills

Presentation skills

Team leadership

Line ownership

Vendor collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design or related field

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

PLM

Job description

Jump Design Group is hiring an experienced Senior Designer to own the creative vision and product for a celebrity-collaboration collection(s) on HSN. This role sets trend, print, color and fabric direction, builds the line plan, and presents seasonally to HSN merchandising. They lead a small and growing dedicated team and partner closely with the celebrity talent, on-air hosts and HSN buying, tech and sourcing teams.

The ideal candidate is a polished, confident presenter who has managed a TV-shopping (HSN or QVC) talent-based line, translating a personality’s style into brand-right, sellable assortments on a strict development calendar. This is primarily a directing role, but the right person is comfortable being hands-on when needed, especially in fittings and during development.

Reporting & team

Reports to the President, Jump Design Group. Full time.

Direct reports: Associate Designer (FT)

Shared resources: Tech Designers, Production Manager, Sales/PD Coordinator and part-time Graphic Designer(s), shared with the division’s other celebrity collections

Peer: Design Director(s) for the division’s other HSN collections and the corporate Design Director

Key responsibilities

Creative direction

• Set trend, print, color and fabric direction for each season and monthly assortment
• Interpret market trends and celebrity inspiration for the HSN customer and the celebrity partner’s brand
• Keep the brand consistent and clearly differentiated from the division’s other HSN brands
• Partner with the celebrity talent and their team on print direction, concepts and fit preferences

Line planning & merchandising

• Build the line plan and merchandise assortments by delivery, in line with HSN’s development calendar
• Build and deliver compelling concept boards, line presentations and decks to HSN merchandising, senior management and the celebrity partner each season
• Merchandise assortments with HSN buying, sourcing and technical design teams
• Develop concepts for HSN Today’s Special Value (TSV) and other key airtime opportunities
• Partner with buyers through the full product life cycle, using sales results and customer reviews to shape future lines

Development & sourcing

• Lead fabric direction, sourcing and development with overseas factories, including costing input
• Approve artwork, lab dips, color standards and protos with the Tech Designer and Graphic Designer, and step in hands-on at fittings and during development when needed

Team leadership

• Manage and develop the Associate Designer; direct the shared Tech Designers, Production Manager, Graphic Designer and Sales/PD Coordinator on this collection
• Run team concept and mood sessions each season and hold the team to calendar deadlines

On-air & HSN partnership

• Prepare and train on-air talent and hosts on new styles, fabrications and design details
• Give styling direction for on-air presentations
• Travel to HSN (Pennsylvania) for presentations, fittings and airings as needed

Required qualifications

Strong presentation skills are essential: this person is the face of the collection to HSN, the celebrity partner and on-air talent.

• 10+ years in apparel design, including experience as a Senior Designer or Design Director who has led a line and a team
• Direct experience leading an HSN or QVC line, ideally one built around on-air talent or a celebrity designer
• Track record of owning a line of meaningful scale (roughly $20M+ annual sales) on a TV-shopping development calendar
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, with a record of presenting concepts and assortments to TV-shopping merchandising, buying teams and executives
• Experience managing a design team that includes designers, graphic designers and tech design
• Experience training on-air talent and hosts on product
• Experience working with overseas factories on development, costing and sourcing
• Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design or a related field

Preferred qualifications & skills

• Experience launching brand extensions or sub-brands within a TV-shopping line
• Women’s apparel plus adjacent categories (sleep, lounge, knits, base layers)
• Experience across mass and specialty retail (e.g., Target, Kohl’s, Walmart) as well as TV shopping
• Strong trend and color forecasting, print design and styling direction
• Expert in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop; PLM experience

Portfolio required

Compensation, location & travel

Title: Senior Designer

Base salary: $135,000–$150,000, depending on experience

Location: New York, NY, Jump Design Group office

Travel: regular trips to HSN in Pennsylvania, plus market travel as needed

Start: ASAP