Textile Design Director
Ruggable
Design Director – Ready-to-Wear
GOOD AMERICAN
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Los Angeles • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Researches trends and applies newness and modernity to the brand during the design process.
- Mentors and provides inspirational leadership to all team members.
- Continually strives for design excellence and looks for ways to improve current processes, enhance team collaboration, and overall elevate the brand.
- Assists the Creative Director in presenting the line during sales meetings.
- Presents market research and sketches to the Creative Director.
- Manages the design process from initial sketch to production.
- Ensures top quality of all category products.
- Coordinates with cross-functional teams to create and manage designer calendar.
- Directs all Designers, Assistant Designers and Associate Designers to ensure that all trim designs and sample orders are handed off to TBGS according to calendar.
- Delegates appropriate tasks/projects to the Designer, Associate Designer, Assistant Designer and monitors and reviews their progress.
- Provides leadership and serves as a mentor to the Designer, Associate Designer, and Assistant Designer and any interns.
- Partners with the Merchandising & Pre-production teams to ensure costs of the materials, treatments and trims are within our initial FOB costing.
- Partners closely with the Production team to ensure timely production goals are met.
- Collaborates with Patternmakers, Development and Technical Designers to confirm desired garment construction and look.
- Meets with trim & fabric vendors / attends trade shows to research new fabrics, trims, and technology.
- Participates in fabric selections and initial print reviews during seasonal meetings.
- Meets with print/textile vendors and partners with graphic designer to create seasonal prints.
- Attends fittings and works with the Tech team to ensure design intent and fits are properly executed.
Requirements
- Minimum of 7-10 years of Fashion Design, specifically RTW category experience
- Exceptionally high taste level
- Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design or equivalent required
- Knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Excel and Word
- Proven ability to manage, mentor and motivate a team
- Excellent verbal and written communicator
- Thrives in a highly dynamic, fast paced environment
- Must be onsite four days a week
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Fashion DesignRTW (Ready-to-Wear) DesignSketchingGarment ConstructionFabric SelectionPrint DesignTrim DesignSample Order ManagementMarket Research
Soft skills
LeadershipMentoringTeam CollaborationCommunicationMotivationDynamic Environment Adaptability
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design