Infant Blanket & Textile Designer
hace 15 días
New York
Infant Blanket & Textile Designer \n Position Type: Full-time or Freelance \n Hourly Range: $35 – 50 hourly \n Department: Soft Home / Pillows \n \n ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES \n Enchante is seeking a talented Infant Blanket & Textile Designer to support the development of our growing infant blanket and nursery category. The ideal candidate will have experience in textile design, surface pattern design, graphic design, or soft-home product development, with a strong understanding of baby and nursery trends, color, print, and commercial retail design. Please submit a resume and portfolio showcasing relevant textile, surface pattern, infant, nursery, bedding, or soft-home design work. \n\n • Develop original artwork and patterns for infant blankets, bedding, throws, and related nursery products\n, • Create seamless repeats, placement prints, character artwork, and coordinating patterns\n, • Develop seasonal and everyday collections based on current market and retail trends\n, • Create colorways, CADs, and product mockups for internal review and buyer presentations\n, • Translate creative direction and inspiration into commercially viable products\n, • Prepare production-ready artwork and technical files for factories\n, • Make revisions to artwork, color, scale, and layout based on internal, buyer, and factory feedback\n, • Research trends in baby, nursery, home textiles, color, print, and pattern\n, • Work closely with product development, sourcing, sales, and merchandising teams\n, • Perform related duties as assigned\n\n \n COMPETENCIES \n\n • Experience designing for mass retail, department stores, off-price, specialty retail, or private-label programs is a plus\n, • Experience preparing artwork for textile production is a plus\n, • Knowledge of infant and nursery market trends is a plus\n, • Experience communicating with overseas factories or product development teams\n, • Experience in textile design, surface pattern design, graphic design, or related product design\n, • Portfolio demonstrating relevant work in baby, infant, nursery, bedding, blankets, soft home, or children's products\n, • Strong understanding of pattern repeats, color, print, and textile applications\n, • Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop\n, • Ability to create professional CADs and presentation-ready product mockups\n, • Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects and revisions\n, • Ability to balance creativity with commercial retail needs\n\n \n EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE \n Bachelor’s degree in Textile Design, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Fine Arts, or a related field, with 5+ years of experience in textile, print, pattern, or fashion design. \n