Join our Design Team as an Assistant Designer and play a key role in bringing the Windsor vision to life. You’ll collaborate side-by-side with our in-house designers to create exclusive pieces that capture the essence of our brand and inspire our girl to feel confident, feminine, and fashion-forward. We’re looking for someone who lives and breathes fashion—someone with an eye for emerging trends, a love for social media inspiration, and the ability to translate seasonal influences into must-have styles for our Windsor customer.
Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities:
Create accurate flat sketches for design development & complete tech sheets with rough specs. Send tech sheets and/or tear sheets to vendors, assigning style numbers, and following up on PD’s. Create accurate technical specs to support design development and production. Assist Designers with vendor appointments, sourcing fabrics, and trims that fall into the trend direction given. Support Designers with organizing sketches, fabrics, trims and PD’s. Organize & maintain sample system by department & vendor. Supervise design development during the designer’s absence, including fittings, detailing, and style adaptations. Stay current on emerging fashion trends and industry developments in fabric, color, and silhouette. Collaborate with the Fashion Team in creating mood/trend boards & quarterly trend forecasting as needed.Key Qualifications & Requirements:
3+ years of experience as a Design Assistant in the fast fashion industry. Solid understanding of designs from a technical perspective, i.e. producing patterns and technical specifications Knowledge of fabrications, silhouettes, colorways, garment construction, and trim. Proficient in the Adobe creative suite (illustrator and photoshop) Someone with an eye for emerging trends, a love for social media inspiration, and the ability to translate seasonal influences into must-have styles. Able to multitask and work in a fast paced industry. Excellent communication skills to build vendor relationships Embodies our core Windsor values & mission statement.Physical/Environmental Demands and Overtime & Availability:
Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. Must have the ability to walk short distances. Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a small amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Repetitive motion. Adequate movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. Team members are required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.
*Job descriptions are merely a summary of the position. Duties and responsibilities are subject to change and may include any other that management finds necessary to successfully maintain business operations.
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