Assistant Product Designer – Apparel

The Walt Disney Company

Assistant Product Designer supporting the Apparel Product Design team at Disney Consumer Products. Involves concept, design, and collaboration for trend-right consumer centric products.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeGlendale • California, Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $79,400 - $106,400 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the Apparel Product Design team with concept, design, sketch, prototype (including assisting with art-to-product, sample creation where applicable), deliver and present trend-right consumer centric products that feature market-leading innovation and great price/value for each tier of the value pyramid
Assist in design presentation deliverables: room set up, product mock-ups, boards and line review decks
Collaborate with internal and external partners to assist product team with design and approval of all products
Coordinate product submissions for creative reviews and approvals with design team
Own maintaining product and market samples for the PD team
Ensures storage spaces are clean and organized
Support Product Design team in sorting and filing duplicate samples/submissions for the team members not in the same office
Assist the design team with PLM system, design development tool
Own keeping items up to date through the sample and development process
Monitor competitors, product innovation and market dynamics
Research Initial seasonal trends by category
Multi-task and prioritize multiple design projects within timelines
Adapt to change

Requirements

What you’ll need

Entry level Designer experience in Apparel Product Design
Knowledge in Softlines categories (e.g. raw materials, textiles, trims, treatments, print, pattern, graphic composition, manufacturing); understanding of sustainable materials a plus
Knowledge in garment fit and construction
Understanding of Infant/Youth safety standards a plus
Understanding of graphic/artwork applications and techniques- ability to set up production-ready files to communicate desired product execution
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong product design skills (e.g. garment sketching, graphic design, illustration, creative application and manipulation of art, final mechanical art, fabric and trim identification)
Demonstrated computer software skills in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, PowerPoint & Excel.
Experience in 3D garment design programs such as CLO (a plus)
Highly motivated problem solver that pays close attention to detail – excellent calendar adherence and ownership
Self-starter in anticipating and identifying the needs of and how to support the overall team

Benefits

Comp & perks

health insurance
savings benefits
educational opportunities
special extras that only Disney can provide

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Hard Skills & Tools

apparel product designgarment sketchinggraphic designillustrationfabric identificationtrim identification3D garment designproduction-ready filesgarment fitconstruction techniques

Soft Skills

strong verbal communicationstrong written communicationproblem solvingattention to detailcalendar adherenceself-startermulti-taskingprioritizationcollaborationadaptability