Senior Textiles Design Lead for Hand-Loomed Rugs

Kickstart Seed Fund; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous PTO

Health benefits

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Perks for Havenly

Job summary

Havenly is seeking a Senior Textiles Designer to expand our textile collections, focusing on hand-loomed and hand-knotted rugs. You will own the development of signature styles from concept to production, while mentoring a growing design team and collaborating with Product Development, Merchandising and Supply Chain.

You will lead the end-to-end design process, identify opportunities from trends and customer needs, and oversee budgets for sampling and travel.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of hands-on textile and rug design experience.
• 4+ years managing a design team.
• Experience with hand-made rugs using natural, sustainable materials.
• Ability to own the design process end-to-end from concept to production.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of Havenly Brand's textile collections.
• Identify assortment opportunities with cross-functional teams and market data insights.
• Create technical sketches, specifications, sample comments, and QC documents across languages.
• Mentor the design team and foster a culture of elevated design and sustainability.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain to ensure QC standards across the product lifecycle.
• Oversee team priorities and align timelines with internal resources and artisan partners.
• Manage annual budgets for sampling and team travel.
• Present new collections to leadership and internal teams.

Skills

Textile & rug design

Team leadership

Creative problem solving

Travel internationally

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Havenly is seeking a Senior Textiles Designer to expand our textile collections, focusing on hand-loomed and hand-knotted rugs. You will own the development of signature styles from concept to production, while mentoring a growing design team and collaborating with Product Development, Merchandising and Supply Chain.

You will lead the end-to-end design process, identify opportunities from trends and customer needs, and oversee budgets for sampling and travel.