Intimates Designer
hace 4 días
Manhattan
Russell Tobin's client, an American specialty retail company, is hiring an Intimates Designer in Manhattan, NY. Position: Intimates Designer Location: Manhattan, NY Hybrid (3 days onsite / 2 days remote) Schedule: Full-time, 40+ hours per week Pay Rate: $39 - $41/hr. Duration: Seasonal support with potential extension About the Role We are seeking a talented and passionate Intimates Designer to join a dynamic fashion design team focused on creating commercially successful and trend-forward intimate apparel collections. This role is ideal for a creative professional with strong lingerie/corsetry experience, an excellent eye for design, and the ability to balance innovation with business strategy. The Designer will contribute to the development of seasonal collections by driving concepts related to style, fit, fabric, color, and print while collaborating cross-functionally with merchandising, product development, marketing, and vendors. Key Responsibilities • Create brand-right, commercially viable designs aligned with seasonal concepts and business strategy, • Develop seasonal product assortments with a focus on style, fit, and fabric innovation, • Produce design sketches, prototypes, specifications, detailed tech packs, and fit updates, • Adapt and refine designs based on feedback throughout the development process, • Attend and support weekly fittings to ensure design intent and product execution, • Conduct market research and trend analysis across multiple platforms and competitors, • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Merchandising, Marketing, Product Development, and external vendors, • Support team presentations, mood boards, custom requests, and special projects, • Maintain accurate colored linesheets and PLM systems for cross-functional alignment, • Manage timelines, prioritize deliverables, and proactively identify potential issues, • Contribute ideas during brainstorming sessions and team meetings, • Continuously seek process improvements to support speed, agility, and efficiency Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Design or related field, • Minimum 3 years of design experience within a comparable retail/fashion environment, • Strong experience in lingerie/corsetry construction and understanding of female body silhouette, • Excellent fashion sense with strong attention to detail and product styling/performance, • Knowledge of fashion history, key designers, and market trends, • Proficiency in:, • Adobe Photoshop, • Adobe Illustrator, • Adobe InDesign, • Microsoft Office, • Experience with PLM systems is a plus, • Strong hand sketching ability is highly preferred, • Strong communication, presentation, and organizational skills, • Collaborative mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, • Highly motivated, adaptable, accountable, and solutions-oriented Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate is: • Creative and trend-driven, • Organized and detail-oriented, • A collaborative team player, • Passionate about intimate apparel design, • Dynamic, humble, trustworthy, and adaptable Important Notes • Candidates must have prior intimates/lingerie experience; candidates with only casualwear experience will not be considered, • Moderate domestic travel may be required, • Company equipment will be provided, • Interview process includes an initial touch-base conversation followed by a design project for shortlisted candidates Why Apply? This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-performing intimates design team while working on innovative collections in a collaborative and creative environment. Strong performers may have the opportunity for extension beyond the initial assignment. Russell Tobin is a leading minority-owned professional and technical recruitment and staffing advisory organization. We are comprised of specialized practices focusing on a variety of skill sets and industries. Having a depth and breadth of industry expertise, our subject matter experts are able to provide tailored and swift sourcing solutions to fulfill client hiring needs. In other words, we connect top talent with companies. We are the staffing arm of the Pride Global network, a minority-owned integrated human capital solutions firm, with additional offerings in vendor management, payroll programs, and business process optimization. Russell Tobin offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors. Equal Employment Opportunity Russell Tobin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Fair Chance Employment Russell Tobin is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances. Accommodations We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us. Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates: Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.