Contemporary Womenswear Designer
- Employer
- Rationalle
- Location
- New York City, New York (US)
- Closing date
- 5 Dec 2021
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- Function
- Design - Garments & Accessories
- Level
- Entry Level / Assistant
- Contract Type
- Freelance
- Hours
- Part Time
Job Details
We are RATIONALLE, an exciting new Women’s Contemporary brand based in NYC, hiring a fashion designer who wants to be part of creating a new brand. Similar brands would be Ganni, House of Sunny, Paloma Wool, and Simonett. If you are familiar with these brands, it's probably a good fit. The vibe of the brand is cool and fresh, and we encourage you to push your creativity. This job is remote and applicant can be located anywhere. She/he must be curious, energetic, diligent, and a hard-working person. The position is part time/freelance with the intention of moving to full time.
Please apply with both a resume and a portfolio. A portfolio is a requirement to be considered. All resumes submitted without a portfolio will not be considered.
Your responsibilities:
- Create design direction and fabric/trim selections into designs for upcoming seasons
- Create tech packs
- Create original flat sketches based on upcoming trends and mainstream designs
- Work with sample rooms and vendors to monitor and track samples, ensuring information on tech pack is accurately translated into development samples
- Research trends and bring in new ideas through competitive shopping, forecasting websites, and runway shows
- Research and source on latest trend of fabric, trim, and embellishments and present to the team
- Basic print design
Requirements:
- Must have 2+ years of Fashion Design experience with Women's contemporary brand
- Must have strong original design aesthetic, color sense, and conceptual skills
- Ability to create flat sketches by hand and illustrations in CAD
- Basic garment construction knowledge required
- Comprehensive knowledge of silhouettes, fabrication, color/print usage, graphics, embellishment layouts, and trim required
- Flexibility to adapt in a well to fast paced, rapidly changing work environment
- Must be a team player and open to take direction
We are looking for:
- Someone who is excited about creating a new brand
- Someone who can hit deadlines
- Someone on the pulse of trends but also able to create new innovative designs
- A good and fast communicator
- A fast, efficient work style
Please submit both a resume and portfolio to apply to erica@rationalle.com
Company
Rationalle is a contemporary womenswear label.
- Website
- http://www.rationalle.com/
- Telephone
- 9738868505
- Location
-
545 8th Ave
Suite 1250
New York
NY
10018
US
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