Cut & Sew, Menswear Design Intern

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Cut & Sew, Menswear Design Intern will work directly with the Junior Designers, Director, and Product Development to assist in the design process across multiple categories. The Cut & Sew, Menswear Design Intern will balance creative tasks with basic maintenance and organization of the Unisex/Mens/Cut&Sew/Print&Graphics departments.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Cut & Sew, Menswear Design Intern will support the Associate Designer, Designer, and Director in the following areas:

• Assist in creating Photoshop sketches, garment construction and silhouette proposals.
• Coordinate and establish all SMS reference swatches, colorways and standards.
• Assist design team to develop, coordinate, track and follow-up with print, wash and special technique development both domestically and overseas.
• Assist design team with CADs of prints and graphics.
• Coordinate and track all vintage / archive samples and swatch rentals while managing the vintage log.
• Research together with the design team at the library, archives and vintage resources to contribute to presentations.
• Participate and take notes in all design meetings.
• Attend, participate and take notes at all proto sample and SMS fittings.
• Prepare and track in house samples for styling, line review and market.
• Assist team to update and maintain presentation boards.
• Update flat sketches, artworks, swatches, fit photos, inspiration photos and SMS colorway samples (either swatches or CAD representations).
• Assist team to maintain thumbnails.
• Contribute design details to seasonal Product Knowledge Book.
• Organize and maintain wash library.
• Pickup daily parcels, organize and maintain workspaces, coordinate off-site trips, update sketches for RLM input, coordinate reference draping, coordinate swatch making, coordinate construction reference swatches.
• Assist technical design team with development tech packs during peak crunch-time.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Fashion Design.
• 0 – 1 year of experience, or strong internship experience.
• Ability to hand sketch. Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Adobe Photoshop, and Illustrator.
• Experience with InDesign a plus, but not required.
• Proficient sewing skills.
• Sense of color and print.
• Basic understanding of technical packages.
• Strong time management, ability to prioritize multiple deadlines.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.