Dreamwear

Product Manager

• Independently oversee entire PD and production process for assigned brands, categories, and customers from initial sourcing through bulk production
• Develop and negotiate product costing with overseas vendors to achieve margin targets while maintaining quality standards
• Analyze cost breakdowns and identify opportunities for cost savings through sourcing, material, and construction alternatives
• Regularly collaborate with Director of Product Development on sourcing plans and vendor performance
• Create time-and-action calendars and oversee follow through
• Ensure timely delivery of merchandise based on time and action calendars and company inventory needs
• Manage daily communication with overseas manufacturers and production offices
• Attend fittings with Design and Tech teams to ensure costing and delivery requirements are maintained
• Determine sourcing strategy and allocate production across factories based on costing, capacity, quality performance, and delivery capabilities
• Spearhead launch of new customer accounts and/or licensed brands
• Ability to ensure compliance with customer requirements
• Manage one or more direct reports, delegate work appropriately, and oversee team growth
• Initiate and lead cross functional internal meetings
• Willingness to participate in projects and large company initiatives
• Ability to creatively and independently problem solve with respect to internal and external factors

Product Development Manager

Product Development

• Take initiative & familiarize yourself with company categories/styles
• Open and distribute packages from factories
• Distribute and sign in new fit samples to fit department, showing fit samples to PD and Design
• Attend fittings to familiarize yourself with managing and costing aspects of the fit in order to educate yourself on how garment fit/fabrics/styling/etc affect price and delivery
• Send lab dips, strike off, & PP comments to the factories if needed, enter into product maintenance screen for each PO, and file into books
• Send new order CADs to sales/design/PD teams as directed to by PD person
• Work with Graphics on updating hangtags/call outs/hangers/photos/packing methods as needed based on direction given to you by PD person
• Help prepare for customer and market appointments by preparing samples, requesting samples from factories, and putting them back after
• Help maintain customer closet for all brands as well as category sample racks as needed
• Be flexible to work on special/rush projects as needed

Product Development Intern

Accounting Manager

• Oversee and manage the Accounts Payable department, (team of three), including invoice processing, vendor relationships, payment approvals, and AP aging review.
• Manage the day-to-day flow of accounting transactions into the general ledger, including recording and reviewing journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Coordinate with warehouse partners, licensors, vendors, and cross-functional teams to resolve billing, invoicing, and reporting discrepancies.
• Supervise, train, and develop staff, fostering a collaborative and accountable team environment.
• Identify and implement process improvements to strengthen internal controls, efficiency, and accuracy across AP and general accounting functions.
• Own the royalty reporting submission process across licensed brands, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with license agreement terms.
• Support audit requests (financial statement audits, 401(k)/ERISA audits, and licensor royalty audits) with organized, accurate documentation.
• Prepare and analyze financial statements and related reports to support management decision-making.
• Work closely with the Senior Accounting Manager and CFO to support month-end and year-end close, including preparation of supporting schedules and variance analysis.
• Prepare ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as requested by the CFO.

Designer

• Research the market and collaborate with designer on seasonal color forecasting and trends, appropriate development and print concepts.
• Bring ideas and concepts for design and development to senior team.
• Attend design meetings, proto reviews, and line reviews.
• Attend fittings and provide comments.
• Prepare presentations for internal and external meetings.
• Develop strong working relationships with cross function team members (Sales, Product Development, Graphics) through communication and problem solving.
• Work with senior team in CADing, choosing colors and prints for design presentations.
• Assist designers with color palettes and flat sketching.
• Approve print and graphics strike offs.
• Oversee completion of accurate technical development packages that include construction details, sketches, fabrications, trims, print, and color details.
• Oversee accurate completion of production packages including color and trim specifications and preparing production ready print and graphic artwork.
• Correspond with overseas factories regarding development, production, and costings.
• Delegate and organize tasks to Associates, Assistants, and Interns based on priority.
• May be responsible for managing a direct report, evaluating performance, and overseeing growth.

Senior Associate Designer – Sleepwear

Assistant

• L ocat e CADS in the design server in accordance with style numbers, then upload and arrange them to FileMaker
• Update CADs with appropriate information for catalog and showroom binders
• Fulfill group CAD requests via FileMaker and email for jpeg images to supplement the sales team database (called OA)
• C reat e and email presentation sheets to factories
• A ssist in recoloring and rendering cads in Photoshop
• Occasionally a ssist CAD Artists in creating flat sketches
• C reate digital color palates

Assistant CAD Artist

• Research the market for seasonal trends, colors, prints and silhouettes to support the senior team.
• Responsible for sending out tech packs and sample requests, along with production artwork and color standards.
• Execute organized and accurate technical development packages that include construction details, sketches, fabrications, trims, print, and color details.
• Correspond with overseas factories regarding production.
• Assist designers with the trim and fabric library, color pallets, and flat sketching.
• Work with the senior team to make sure artwork is sized correctly and for choosing colors.
• Execute production packages including color and trim specifications and prepare production ready print and graphic artwork.
• Track and follow up on development and fabric sourcing.

Assistant Designer – Juicy Couture Sleepwear

Graphics Designer

• Manage the packaging and branding for several brands within Dreamwear.
• Recommend a visual representation of the concept for all new projects.
• Communicate the objectives both orally and visually.
• Maintain communication between business and creative types and review other designers' work.
• Execute design of garment hangtags, logos, mockups, production approval, and retouching of images.
• Fully responsible for the layout of packaging artwork across the team and understand die-lines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional departments to drive digital creativity, website, and trend sheets.

Graphic Design – Packaging Manager

• Help the team with a variety of responsibilities, particularly working on all photo retouching in support of the graphics and ecommerce assets
• Manage samples and assisting at photoshoots
• Oversee all photo retouching and other needed edits
• Assist the graphic design department with designing garment hangtags, logos, mock-ups, production approvals and reviewing print layouts
• Collaborate with graphic design team to determine the needs for new tags/ look books/ etc.
• Assist graphic designers on multiple diverse brands at the same time, while following brand guidelines
• Organize factory artwork proofs
• Weekly store shopping trips for market research