Kith
Women's Designer - Cut & Sew, Knitwear
Brooklyn, NY · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$75k-$90kDetected 21 days ago
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About the role
- Kith Women's is looking for a Women's cut & sew and knitwear designer to join their team.
- 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
- Create illustrator sketches based on allotted assortment per season
- Responsible for supporting design director in execution of women's product from sketch to tech-pack through development into bulk production
- Routinely update all master files, sketches and organize shared drives
- Capable of managing weekly design presentation tools across designated product categories
- 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
- 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.
Nice to have
- 3-5 years of experience in apparel design, womenswear specific is a plus
- Cut & sew knits and knitwear product category knowledge and construction knowledge is a must
- 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
- Professional Characteristics:
- Self-starter
- Team player
Compensation
- $75,000 - $90,000/annually
Company info
- 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 love for cereal, operates in 10 locations, as well as Sadelle's at Kith restaurants in Paris, Miami Design District, Toronto and Seoul.
- The Kinnect Foundation, a non-profit established and operated by Kith, is a non-profit devoted to creating positive change through education, community and social impact.
- Kith is an equal employment opportunity employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
- All career opportunities offered by Kith are fully on site, and if contacted, all email communication will come from a kith.com or kithnyc.com email address.
- Please note that any correspondence from an alternative email domain, or offering anything other than in-person work, is fraudulent.
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