ASSISTANT DESIGNER

Liverpool is an innovative, lifestyle brand committed to inspiring personal style and helping its community of customers feel like the best version of themselves. We offer a relatable and intentional design aesthetic featuring feminine silhouettes.

Assistant Designer:

 Responsibilities:

• Assist in inspiration research.
• Assist in tracking styles from proto stage through SMS, including lab dips, print strike-offs & trim development.
• Assist in sourcing fabric information for new fabric development.
• Assist in creating print detail sheets & tracking strike-off development.
• Helps to set up meeting areas for design review and style out meetings making sure all samples are steamed, tagged and organized.
• Strong communicator with cross functional teams & overseas factories (China & India).
• Checks in all samples as they arrive from factory at proto and salesman sample stage.
• Maintains a well-organized fabric, trim & yarn archives library season to season.
• Collaborate and actively share creative insights with team members.
• Assist in preparation for key meetings such as Concept & Sketch Review.
• Ensure all meetings are prepared with appropriate line sheets, and reference materials.
• Ownership of development & SMS linesheet updates
• Create and manipulate CADS in Illustrator.
• Build construction pages and BOMs.
• Input and maintain styles in PLM.
• Assist with fittings, take note of changes and incorporate updates across line sheets & PLM.
• Adhere to time and action calendar.
• Contribute positively to team dynamic and assist wherever possible.
• Follow through on tasks assigned to you in a timely manner.
• Maintain a consistent sense of urgency while being creative.

Required Skills:

• 1+ year industry experience
• Working knowledge of PLM a plus.
• Strong sketching / Adobe Illustrator skills.
• Working knowledge of Adobe InDesign & Excel.
• Knowledge of garment construction.
• Possess a creative spirit, and effectively express your ideas.
• Must be proactive and naturally inclined to problem-solve.
• Excellent communication skills – verbal, written and presentation.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new processes. Not afraid to ask questions.
• Ability to multi-task and adjust workload as a result of shifting priorities.
• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to establish and maintain positive working-relationships among team members, management and cross-functional teams.