Women's Assistant Designer

ABOUT THE ROLE

Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Status: Full-Time/ 100% on-site

Compensation: $50,000 - $60,000/annually

Position Summary:

Kith Women’s is looking for an assistant designer to support the women’s team specifically in Cut & Sew or Wovens responsibilities. This individual will ideally have 1-2  years of experience in apparel design, be knowledgeable of the brand identity and be willing to work on site 5 days a week. Team player, accountable, highly organized and possesses a natural, yet professional ease at working with and relating to the needs of the business in a fast-paced environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary Responsibilities:

• Comb through production emails that pertain to your designer’s styles, flagging, and drafting responses before reviewing and finalizing responses with designer.
• Setting up documents such as line sheets, tech-packs or processing design comments as directed by designer.
• Setting up tech design hand off sketches, following approved sketch review. Should be accurate and completed the day beforehand to review with designated designer.
• Take thorough and accurate notes during bi-weekly fittings in support of the designer, and to process production comments.
• Prepare and build out accurate tech pack shells during development stages.
• Prepare and build out accurate production comments during production stages.
• Routinely update all master files, sketches and organize shared drives.
• 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 finishing out tasks such as production comments as advised by manager.
• Capable of active engagement in fittings through thorough note taking per designated product categories.
• Capable of finishing or setting up tech pack templates per designated product categories, including uploading.
• Capable of flagging and drafting emails that require attention per assigned style,  prior to reviewing with designated manager.
• Capable of managing weekly design presentation tools across designated product categories, updating sketches as advised, and organizing as advised by designer.

REQUIREMENTS

Experience:

• 1-2 years of experience in apparel design, womenswear specific is a plus
• Experience in taking notes during fittings and applying them accordingly/communicating cross functionally where needed
• Experience in developing soft and hard trims as directed by designer
• Experience in building out tech pack shells at a level of proficiency with high accuracy as directed by designer
• Experience and proficiency in executing production comments as directed by designer

Skills:

• Extremely organized, detail oriented, and analytical
• Strong note taking skills
• Strong computer skills in Adobe Illustrator
• Excellent in accountability, thoroughness and attention to detail 
• Contributes positively to team dynamic
• Knowledgeable of general apparel construction
• 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 lifestyle brand and specialty retailer that offers seasonal collections of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, accessories and footwear through a distinct lens of personal storytelling. Kith embodies a multi-faceted lifestyle, with uncompromising detail to fabrication and design. Led by Founder, CEO and Creative Director Ronnie Fieg, the brand is known globally for evoking nostalgia from a dynamic point of view, and working closely with a carefully selected set of best-in-class collaborators.

Kith operates 16 standalone boutiques around the world, and 3 shop-in-shops. Kith Treats, conceived from Fieg’s childhood l