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Women's Swimwear Design Director Job in Long Beach, CA, CA
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Long Beach, CA, CA
Full-time | Design - Apparel, Design - Technical Apparel, Development - Product, Management - Executive, Production - Apparel
About the job
add-black is in search of a Women's Swimwear Design Director to join the team in Long Beach, CA.
POSITION SUMMARY //
This is for a new role here at add-black. The Candidate MUST have extensive swim design experience. We are looking for someone to creatively direct a design team from concept thru design on an entire collection of bra cup sized swimwear.
Reports To // Creative Director/Owner
Market // Junior and Young Contemporary Swim
Division // Bra Cup Sized Swimwear Brand (sizes 32A-38DDD)
RESPONSIBILITIES // would include, but are not limited to the following:
• Research and build 5-6 trend and design presentations of swimwear each year to include color, print, silhouette and details.
• Design Direct a team each collection under the leadership of the Creative Director/Owner.
• Trend and Market Research-staying up with the market trends and merchandising trends in the competitive market and beyond are expected.
• Color Research and setting Color Palette each delivery.
• Create Print direction/story and color direction for textile team for each delivery.
• Working directly with the design team and product development/sourcing team to source new fabrics and trims each collection.
• Cad presentation containing 70+ unique designs broken down into 4-5 themes each presentation.
• Trend Presentation-work with team to create a trend book for each presentation that consists of macro and micro trends, key details by theme, color palette, trending and downtrending silhouettes, etc.
• Line Merchandising-ensuring balance of swim top frames and pants, cost efficiency, style uniqueness, and overall balance of concepts and color for each collection.
• Must be comfortable presenting each collection to buyers.
• Must be able to deliver strong, focused point of view to Creative Director, Design team and ultimately the buyers and merchants
• Must be present for all fittings and have a very clear understanding of fit, form and construction, as it relates to bra cup sizing (sizes 32A-38DDD)
• Travel a must: (*must have a passport)
• Market Shopping (domestic and international travel each set)
• Factory travel (international) to work on each collection
• Design presentations to our customers (domestic)
• Manage Inspiration Shopping budget
• Manage Print Purchasing Budget
• Manage T&A calendar as it applies to design team
POSITION SUMMARY //
This is for a new role here at add-black. The Candidate MUST have extensive swim design experience. We are looking for someone to creatively direct a design team from concept thru design on an entire collection of bra cup sized swimwear.
Reports To // Creative Director/Owner
Market // Junior and Young Contemporary Swim
Division // Bra Cup Sized Swimwear Brand (sizes 32A-38DDD)
RESPONSIBILITIES // would include, but are not limited to the following:
• Research and build 5-6 trend and design presentations of swimwear each year to include color, print, silhouette and details.
• Design Direct a team each collection under the leadership of the Creative Director/Owner.
• Trend and Market Research-staying up with the market trends and merchandising trends in the competitive market and beyond are expected.
• Color Research and setting Color Palette each delivery.
• Create Print direction/story and color direction for textile team for each delivery.
• Working directly with the design team and product development/sourcing team to source new fabrics and trims each collection.
• Cad presentation containing 70+ unique designs broken down into 4-5 themes each presentation.
• Trend Presentation-work with team to create a trend book for each presentation that consists of macro and micro trends, key details by theme, color palette, trending and downtrending silhouettes, etc.
• Line Merchandising-ensuring balance of swim top frames and pants, cost efficiency, style uniqueness, and overall balance of concepts and color for each collection.
• Must be comfortable presenting each collection to buyers.
• Must be able to deliver strong, focused point of view to Creative Director, Design team and ultimately the buyers and merchants
• Must be present for all fittings and have a very clear understanding of fit, form and construction, as it relates to bra cup sizing (sizes 32A-38DDD)
• Travel a must: (*must have a passport)
• Market Shopping (domestic and international travel each set)
• Factory travel (international) to work on each collection
• Design presentations to our customers (domestic)
• Manage Inspiration Shopping budget
• Manage Print Purchasing Budget
• Manage T&A calendar as it applies to design team