Womenswear Design Associate - Timeless Silhouettes & CAD

Manière De Voir; New York (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Manière De Voir is seeking a creative Womenswear Associate Designer based in New York, USA. The role focuses on supporting the creation of authentic designs, developing technical drawings, specifications and CADs for production, and collaborating with Production and Product Development on supplier allocation and costing obstacles.

You will manage fabric and trim libraries, attend weekly fit sessions, and prepare monthly CAD boards and design sign-off packs, contributing to timeless silhouettes

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years' experience in a similar role.
• Experience working for/with high-end tasteful retailers is essential.
• Exceptional levels of taste and aesthetic judgement is essential.
• Confident using Adobe Software (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
• Highly organised with good time management skills.
• Willingness and flexibility to adapt ways of working to meet brand requirements and deadlines.
• A confident individual with the ability to individually present work to a wider team.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the creation of authentic designs by creating technical drawings and specifications for production.
• Focusing on enhancing the details, fabrication and construction of timeless silhouettes and co-ords, ensuring everything is truly original and tasteful.
• Manage sourcing requests to suppliers i.e., fabric and trim
• Managing the organisation of the fabric and trim library
• Partner with Production and Product Development on supplier allocation, costing obstacles, and quality adherence.
• Attend weekly fit sessions giving input into design details whilst assisting the garment technologists with any CADs needed on the back of changes for fit comments.
• Preparing monthly release CAD boards for display
• Preparing design and sign-off meeting note packs

Skills

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Time management

Presentation skills

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Manière De Voir is seeking a creative Womenswear Associate Designer based in New York, USA. The role focuses on supporting the creation of authentic designs, developing technical drawings, specifications and CADs for production, and collaborating with Production and Product Development on supplier allocation and costing obstacles.

You will manage fabric and trim libraries, attend weekly fit sessions, and prepare monthly CAD boards and design sign-off packs, contributing to timeless silhouettes