Temp, Women's Design Team

ABOUT THE ROLE

Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Status: Temporary/100% on-site

Compensation: $35 - $40/hourly

Position Summary:

The Kith Women’s design team is looking for a temp for the cut & sew and active part of the business to join their team. This individual must have 3-5 years of experience in apparel design, be knowledgeable of the brand identity, and be willing to work on site 5 days a week. They are a team player, accountable, highly organized and possess a natural, yet professional ease at working with and relating to the needs of the business in a fast-paced environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary Responsibilities:

• Create illustrator sketches based on allotted assortment per season

• Prepare complete tech packs across all product categories, in sketch, construction and upload onto development platform with complete BOMs

• Responsible for supporting design director in execution of women’s product from sketch to techpack through development into bulk production

• Process/correspondence production comments through illustrator, PLM platform and email

• Attend bi-weekly fittings and taking notes, and following up with production matters, and processing comments per style 

• Routinely update all master files, sketches and organize shared drives 

• Capable of managing weekly design presentation tools across designated product categories

• Knowledgeable and proficient in email etiquette for internal and external emails to suppliers overseas

• Highly organized and meets given deadlines 

• Capable of maintaining positive and professional working relationships with cross functional team members and departments

Special Projects/Tasks:

• Capable of building market research reports, across designated product categories that pertain and are in line with KITH brand identity 

• Knowledgeable and capable of developing artwork logo developments, trim developments and building trim development charts per season

• Capable of building construction specific pages for development and finishing details for their respective product categories

REQUIREMENTS

Experience: 

• 3-5 years of experience in apparel design, womenswear specific is a plus

• Cut & sew knits product category knowledge and construction knowledge in base layer, mid and outer layer 

• Active product category knowledge and construction in base layer tops, bottoms, 1 pc dressing, and mid layer

• Experience and proficiency in executing production comments 

• Experience and proficiency in executing tech packs across multiple collections in both development and production on the day to to day

Skills: 

• Extremely organized, detail oriented, and analytical 

• Contributes positively to team dynamic 

• Highly knowledgeable of construction and experienced in the following product categories: cut & sew tops, fleece tops and bottoms. 

• Highly knowledgeable of construction and experienced in active: tops, bottoms, and 1 pc dressing

• Strong computer sketching skills in illustrator

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Must be able to handle multiple priorities 

• Possess a natural, yet professional ease at working with and relating to the needs in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment

• Must be flexible to adapt to these changing business needs or special projects

• Must be able to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality where appropriate

WHO YOU ARE

Professional Characteristics: 

• Self-starter

• Team player

• Someone that goes above and beyond

• Organized

Personal Characteristics:

• Responsible

• Curious

• Accountable

WHO WE ARE

Established in 2011 in New York City, Kith is a lif