Senior Surface Designer — Prints & Textiles

verabradley; Roanoke (IN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Vera Bradley is seeking a surface design specialist to translate trend direction into production-ready prints for home and apparel lines. You will develop cohesive artwork across silhouettes, manage color records, and ensure artwork meets vendor and execution requirements.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product design, development, and material teams, maintaining high aesthetic standards, and staying current with industry trends to enrich the brand aesthetic.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate artistic ability to draw, sketch and illustrate
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and production-ready file standards
• Proficiency in Pantone color systems across creative and production settings
• Experience in fashion/textile surface design preferred

Responsibilities

• Create complementary and coordinating print/surface designs and recolor artwork within production parameters
• Engineer surface design repeats, placements, and complex files with technical precision
• Prepare production-ready artwork files and maintain art/color records in PLM and VibeIQ
• Collaborate with product design, development and material teams to meet vendor and costing requirements
• Stay current on industry trends and translate trends into cohesive artwork collections

Skills

Adobe Illustrator

Pantone

Textile design

Mac/PC proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in textile design

Tools

FlexPLM

VibeIQ

Job description

Vera Bradley is seeking a surface design specialist to translate trend direction into production-ready prints for home and apparel lines. You will develop cohesive artwork across silhouettes, manage color records, and ensure artwork meets vendor and execution requirements.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product design, development, and material teams, maintaining high aesthetic standards, and staying current with industry trends to enrich the brand aesthetic.