New Women's Contemporary Brand Is Hiring A Fashion Designer (Remote)

We are an exciting new Women’s Contemporary brand based in NYC, hiring a fashion designer who wants to be part of creating a new brand.

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Winnie Liu

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We are an exciting new Women’s Contemporary brand based in NYC, hiring a fashion designer who wants to be part of creating a new brand. Similar brands would be Ganni, House of Sunny, Paloma Wool, and Simonett. If you are familiar with these brands, it's probably a good fit. The vibe of the brand is cool and fresh, and we encourage you to push your creativity. This job is remote and applicant can be located anywhere. She/he must be curious, energetic, diligent, and a hard-working person. The position is part time/freelance with the intention of moving to full time.

Please apply with both a resume and a portfolio to erica@babelfair.com. A portfolio is a requirement to be considered. All resumes submitted without a portfolio will not be considered.

Your responsibilities:

Create design direction and fabric/trim selections into designs for upcoming seasons
Create original flat sketches based on upcoming trends and mainstream designs
Work with sample rooms and vendors to monitor and track samples, ensuring information on tech pack is accurately translated into development samples
Research trends and bring in new ideas through competitive shopping, forecasting websites, and runway shows
Research and source on latest trend of fabric, trim, and embellishments and present to the team
Basic print design
Create cost sheets and product lists on Excel before the season launch
Organize all the design materials in the library.

Requirements:

Must have a Bachelor’s or Associates degree in Fashion Apparel Design
Must have 2+ years of Fashion Design experience with Women's contemporary brand
Must have strong design aesthetic, color sense, and conceptual skills
Ability to create flat sketches by hand and illustrations in CAD
Must be proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, Excel, and Word
Basic garment construction knowledge required
Comprehensive knowledge of silhouettes, fabrication, color/print usage, graphics, embellishment layouts, and trim required
Flexibility to adapt in a well to fast paced, rapidly changing work environment
Must be a team player and open to take direction