Creative Designer – New York, NY

Design expert in sports bras responsible for creating compelling category right products to meet multiple brands. A strong strategic leader who can collaborate with multiple partners effectively to drive brands’ right design.

Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to;

• Ability to identify trend, color, silhouette, fabrics, technology & key market/category shifts in performance and lifestyle product.
• Design collections that take into account consumer insights, cost, style, fit, fabric, trims, construction and technology all while being brand right.
• Collaborate with Director(s) and Business Unit(s) to establish seasonal key initiatives to drive business growth.
• Ensure product design execution is within target costs & margin requirements.
• Responsible for budget management of assigned product style(s) / line(s).
• Proficient in creating tech packs for garment sampling and production & through Flex PLM.
• Technical expertise in the performance sports bra category – independently conduct fit and prototype review sessions.
• Responsible for presenting lines at key accounts.
• Ability to manage multiple priority projects & development calendars and meet deadlines as outlined.
• Supervise, train and mentor associate & assistant designers.
• Strong taste level & ability to interpret trends into high volume saleable product.
• Identify problems and develop solutions or innovative approaches to the design and development of sports bras that enhance the consumers wearing experience.

Qualifications:
Minimum Education and Experience Required:

Critical Skills & Attributes:

• Strong communication, organizational and presentation skills.
  
• Ability to receive design critique and respond with multiple solutions.
  
• Ability to respond quickly to multiple projects with strong time management skills, and stay on calendar deadlines.
  
• Ability to interface with factories and outside vendors.
  
• Ability to work within a cross-functional team of Marketing, Merchandising, Production, Product Development and other design teams for maximum productivity.
  
• Ability to successfully interface with accounts & drive business initiatives.
  
• Expertise in performance sports bra construction and technical fit including molded cup development.
  
• Ability to illustrate designs and concepts in both hand-sketched and computer rendered formats.
  
• Superior computer skills: Flex PLM, Mac, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, In Design; Word, Excel.
  

Experience/Skills/Education Requirements:

• BS/BA Degree required or AA Fashion Degree with 9 years of equivalent experience.
• 7 years in the industry required.
• People Management experience required.
• Travel required both domestically and internationally.

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status

EOE/AA: Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled

Only applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact us directly:

Telephone: 877.999.5553

Email: HBI_TA@hanes.com