Apparel Designer

Apparel Designer –

T2B is looking for an outstanding apparel designer. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing and executing product designs that achieve T2B’s private brand objectives, and overall product strategy. This is a great opportunity to infuse your creative designs into an expanding product line as well as to modify current designs to anticipate upcoming and progressive fashion trends.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

• Strong fashion sense and ability to translate merchant/ market input into highly salable product.
• Create and present design concepts to Product Team, and Vendor partners.
• Create new styles to include market research, conceptual presentations, design and direction through fabric, print, spec and fit processes..
• Apply understanding of design process and business objectives to ensure consistency and drive brand equity.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Overseas Offices, and Vendors to achieve product execution and maintain design integrity.
• Produce cohesive product presentations to sell concept to entire team, including boards, tear sheets and samples, etc.
• Evaluate all meeting and production samples with extended team.
• Participate as a member of creative team for continual improvement of product.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with merchandising, production and technical design teams.
• Responsible for entire design process to include market research, conceptual presentations, design and direction through fabric, print, spec and fit processes.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop relationships and interact with extended team and vendors to exchange ideas, leverage expertise and streamline the process.
• Ability to travel as necessary.

Requirements/Qualifications:

Education & Experience:

• BS, BA in Fashion Design, Fine Art or related field.
• 1-2 year experience in related field, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated creative ability.
• Knowledge of design and product development processes.
• Presentation and organizational skills.
• Proven design expertise in our product categories.
• Commercial sense and market knowledge.
• Strong listening skills and experience assimilating product feedback.
• Ability to prioritize and manage workload with multiple deadlines.
• Demonstrated proactive thinking and problem solving ability; team player.
• Ability to research and apply market/trend information.
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Adobe Illustrator.

To Apply please submit your resume, contact information and sample portfolio or link to your previous work.

Job Type: Full-time

Required education:

• Bachelor’s

Required experience:

• fashion design: 2 years