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Senior Designer
Perry Ellis
Miami, FL, United States
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The Senior Designer is responsible for the design and execution across all classifications.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Manage design process for a given season, by building strong, balanced assortments that include core and fashion items as it pertains to multiple product categories.
• Responsible for executing entire product design process to include market research, mood boards, developing color palettes, designing, sketching and fittings.
• Create designs within the agreed-upon market trends and that support merchant line plans, assortment strategies, price points and overall creative direction.
• Communicate effectively with overseas offices and vendors to ensure product execution according to design intent
• Continuous development of both woven and knit fabrics every season, working together with sourcing department, to achieve expensive looks at sharp point prices.
• Direct the development of prints, trims, sweaters and embroideries.
• Accountable for growing business, process improvement and seeking opportunities to positively affect the company.
• Ensure product design package is complete, accurate and handed off to product development team, tech department and vendors on time for prototypes and salesmen samples.
• Selects, trains, motivates and evaluates direct reports. Encourages proper growth within the company and developing of subordinates.
• Domestic travel for design inspiration as well as for sales presentations with accounts buyers and trade shows.
• Leads technical design fittings, clearly defines go-forward directives and ensures that updates are executed
• Responsible for design presentations to Sales Force, Merchandising and Customers.
• Responsible for designing multiple sku plans for different brands with distinctly unique product assortments, four times per year.
REQUIREMENTS:
• 8+ years design experience including two years of managerial experience
• Bachelors degree in Fashion Design
• In-depth knowledge of design techniques and processes across multiple categories.
• Proven leadership/management skills.
• Strong listening skills and ability to interpret product feedback.
• Ability to interact comfortably with all levels of the organization .
• Proven time management and organizational skills .
• Proven excellent presentation skills.
• Superior Taste level.
• Strong color sense.
• Thorough knowledge of silhouettes, fabrication, colorways, sewing techniques, graphics and trims.
• Ability to think three-dimensionally and to visualize from swatch to body.
• Knowledge and good understanding of merchandising as it relates to sales and store environment.
• Ability to set a creative tone and to inspire ideas/new concepts; ability to conceptually visualize and build a line .