Assistant Designer

DESIGNER ASSISTANT

Location: Seattle

Position: Full Time

About Outdoor Research

At Outdoor Research®, we built a company from a feeling: the urge to get out. It’s what drives us. We love coming to work every day and inventing ever better solutions to what nature throws our way. But we’re more than just the gear we build. We’re part of a community of friends whose lives are connected by our common need to be outside. Our tribe is devoted to exploring our outdoor passions and challenging ourselves in the mountains, water and deserts of the planet we love so much.

And we want you in it, because we’re pretty sure that the bigger our tribe gets, the better off the world will be.

About this role

We are looking for a well-organized, color passionate, artistically inclined and ready to learn Assistant Designer. This position reports to the Design Director while working closely with the cross-functional product team including internal and external designers, Product Managers, Tech Design and Product integrity teams.

If you are a self-starter, with great problem-solving skills who can own and maintain several projects concurrently, we would love to talk to you. We are a fast-paced, casual and technically outdoor product-focused environment.

What you will do

Design Assistant:

• Create and maintain Category Line Plan (visual line plans) for Apparel and Accessories in partnership with Designers and Product Managers.

• Complete and maintain Master Label and Logo binder

• Maintain sample rack, ensure correct season is represented and storing past seasons. Organize and facilitate sample giveaways

• Partner with Product Managers on athlete and consumer events or focus groups may include short travel to events

  Color:

• Manage lab dips for all categories (Apparel and Accessories), including fabric and trims from SMS through production as needed.

• Partner with materials mills and Hong Kong office on lab dip approvals through production as the primary point person.

• Partner with Design Director on the creation of Color Presentation tools

• Build and maintain Master Lab Dip document

• Select and maintain colors for the Master Trim Color book

• Assist Design team in running reports that track where colors are used in the line for efficiency tracking.

What you should bring to the table

• Degree from accredited apparel design/ merchandising/ development program

• 1-2 years related design assistance experience preferred or previous internships

• Strong sense of color, with visual color accuracy required, must pass the color accuracy test

• Design composition skills utilized for presentation materials

• Strong organizational skills required to maintain multiple master tool kits

• Experience with the lab dip process a plus

• Experience developing trims a plus

• Experience maintaining Category Line Plans (also referred to as colored line art/ visual line plans/ grids) a plus

• General understanding of the outdoor sports markets and trends

• Demonstrates initiative and follow through in all areas of responsibility

• Willingness to seek input and evaluate information to make commercially responsible decisions

• Comfortable with teamwork atmosphere and ability to be flexible and agile within the work environment and scope of responsibility

• Computer literate with ability to use Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook; Quick skill learning required. Strong competency in Adobe Illustrator. Experience with InDesign a plus

What do we bring to the table?

• 10 paid holidays each year and 3 floating holidays

• Transportation benefits

• PTO and sick/safe time

• Paid volunteer time

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans

• 401K with company match

• Bouldering wall, work out room, gear rentals

• Product discounts

• Employee interest groups including various sports activities and our one and only Fun Force club

Outdoor Research is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law.

Our company’s Core Mission is to provide innovation and inspiration for the relentless adventurer. Please visit us at www.outdoorresearch.com for more information.