ASSOCIATE DESIGNER - Women's Contemporary
Greylin is a fast growing LA-based women’s contemporary brand seeking a talented Associate Designer to join our team. The role is for full time and will focus on all categories - from dresses, blouses, to outerwear. Exciting opportunity to grow as a designer in a hands on intimate and collaborative environment.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with head designer to assist with preparing each seasonal collection for RTW from concept to delivery
- Communicate daily with overseas vendors to ensure timely arrival of samples
- Analyze key product trends in marketplace and translate ideas into products that are relevant for our brand
- Maintains design records and ensures line sheets and tech packs are up to date
- Ability to create detailed flats and tech packs
- Contribute to the creativity of designs
- Conduct preliminary design research
- Maintain organization of styles and style info throughout the entire design process
- Pull fabrics, develop concepts, assemble presentation boards for meetings, and prepare mock-ups, color-ups, inspirational photos
- Create Illustrator and hand sketches; prepare specification sheets and line sheets and update as necessary
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Design
- 2-3 years’ experience in women's contemporary brand
- Excellent hand sketching skills
- Proficient in Photoshop and Illustrator
- Ability to create detailed tech packs
- Ability to multitask and work under pressure in a fast paced environment
- Hardworking, kind, problem solver who leads by example
- Excellent time management with a sense of priority for deadlines and attention to detail
Please submit resume with some examples of your current work.