Aerie by AEO, Inc. · 3 months ago
Sr Designer - Women's Bottoms
New York, NY, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$106K/yr - $125K/yr
8+ years expAerie by AEO, Inc. is seeking a Senior Designer for Women's Bottoms. The role involves collaborating with the Design Director to define seasonal concepts, overseeing tech pack creation, and ensuring alignment with production teams to achieve high-quality products.
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Responsibilities
Continuously identify and assess domestic and international market trends, ensuring their relevance to the AE brand identity
Collaborate with the Design Director to define seasonal key ideas, prints, wash and color direction, ensuring alignment with leadership's overarching seasonal concepts
Maintain thorough knowledge of raw materials, partnering with the material team for seasonal fabric sourcing, managing requests and approvals in weekly meetings, and supporting the Design Director with fabrication needs
Partner with the Design Director on seasonal presentations and key milestones, confidently addressing questions from executive leadership
Utilize excellent sketching and CAD skills to communicate proper proportion, details, and construction for presentation decks and tech packs
Ensure seasonal decks contain up-to-date information on details, wash, and color
Oversee tech pack creation, ensuring the design team accurately assembles information in PLM, proofing work, and providing an extra set of eyes across all styles, escalating questions to the Design Director as needed
Partner with the production team to schedule hand-offs according to calendar deadlines
Collaborate with the production team to achieve the highest quality product within the required cost structure
Oversee communication of spec and design intent to the technical design team. Attend and support all style fittings, guiding teams through fit comments, and supporting and proofing follow-up. Oversee trim, color, print, Gold tag, and shade band approvals with the design team
Partner with merchants to ensure design alignment on seasonal needs and changes throughout the season
Supervise and develop Assistant and Associate Designers, providing essential training and mentorship for their career advancement
Oversee the design team's daily operations and workload, prioritizing tasks across multiple, often overlapping seasons, and supporting daily vendor communications via email and mail
Partner with the Design Director on seasonal calendar and category-specific deadlines to ensure their achievability
In person/in-office collaboration is required, the frequency of such in-person/in-office collaboration (e.g., portion of week, entire week) is dictated by business needs. Such collaboration includes work centralized around product development, milestone meetings, fittings, and approvals
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Fashion or Art (or equivalent experience and education)
Experience working in Apparel. Woven's experience is a plus
8+ years related experience
Keen eye for color, trend, detail and construction
Able to multi-task and prioritize based on business objectives
Working knowledge of Adobe Suite (Illustrator/Photoshop/Indesign) and Excel. PLM experience is a plus
Ability to act as liaison between many departments, excellent communication, and analytic skills
Must be detail oriented, computer literate and able to handle multiple tasks at once
Benefits
Health care benefits (including medical, vision, and dental)
Wellness benefits
401(k) retirement benefits
Life and disability insurance
Employee stock purchase program
Paid time off
Paid sick leave
Parental leave and benefits
Paid Time Off, paid sick leave, and holiday pay vary by job level and type, job location, employment classification (part-time or full-time / exempt or non-exempt), and years of service.
Discretionary bonuses and other incentives at its discretion.
Company
Aerie by AEO, Inc.
We make intimates, apparel, activewear and swim. Every single piece is designed to make every girl feel good. #AerieREAL is about no retouching.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
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