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Free People · 6 hours ago

Free People Senior Designer - Dresses

Philadelphia, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Free People is a fashion company seeking a Senior Designer to lead the development of their Dresses category. The role involves designing seasonal collections, forecasting fashion trends, and collaborating with the design team to create unique and innovative dress designs.

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Responsibilities

The Senior Designer will lead the design creation, development, and execution of own brand product appropriate for Free People Dresses with a focus on Femmes, Sexy and Only at Free People sensibilities

Be able to recognize and accurately forecast fashion and cultural trends and understand how they relate to the Free People customer. As a Senior Designer Dresses, you will play a key role in collaborating, brainstorming, and presenting monthly trend direction for your category alongside the Design Director

Thrive in a fast-paced environment, constantly pushing new ideas, concepts as well as responding to business objectives with creative and innovative designs to move the category forward

Attend all fittings and support the Team through problem solving fit issues and communicating

Support seasonal development calendar for both Retail & Whls deliveries

Creative Contribution to the design process including sketching new ideas with the help of procreate and Adobe programs (Illustrator, Photoshop), researching new trends and ideas as well as utilizing ai platforms to increase creative research (such as MidJourney, PromeAi)

Manage development and execution of all design packages alongside Assistant Designer and participate in all follow-up communication related to each package in partnership with the Design Coordinator & Product Development team

Strong initiative and point of view on design research and staying up to date with industry trend direction, color direction, and fabric innovations that can relate to the Free People target customer

Execute original design ideas through sketches and draped & sewn mocks to communicate design’s vision in key meetings

The Senior Designer Dresses will also oversee 1-2 Assistant Designers

Qualification

Dresses DesignFabric/Sewing KnowledgeCreative Trend VisionProcreateAdobe IllustratorAdobe PhotoshopMicrosoft OfficeProject ManagementCommunication SkillsOrganizational SkillsTeam Management

Required

Ability to work on-site 3-5 days per week at our Home Office (Navy Yard) in Philadelphia, PA

Creativity is a must! Having a strength in pushing new ideas, silhouettes, and design concepts

Demonstrate the vision to identify trends in their early stages and understand their impact to fashion, so we can be one step ahead for the aspirational customer

Expertise in taking aspirational ideas, focusing on the key details and make them work for a broader audience

Ability to research and report on industry trend direction, color/print direction, and fabric innovations approximately 9-12 months ahead of season

Passionate about dresses!!!!

Excellent hand sketching and CAD skills in Procreate, Photoshop, Illustrator

Strong understanding of Cut & Sew Knits (Jersey) & Woven fabrications and technical ability to apply that knowledge on to fits and designs

Ability to drape, mock and sew

Strong sense of organizational skills as well as passionate of fast speed environment

Excellent communication skills to communicate ideas and inspirations to others and to interact with Designers, Buyers and other Cross Functional partners

Strong project management skills and ability to manage the whole design process for multiple projects at different production stages

Ability to respond to business objectives with creative, innovative, and cost-effective design solutions

Proficient in Microsoft platforms (Excel, Powerpoint, Word)