Solomon Page Fashion & Beauty Hiring for TEXTILE DESIGN MANAGER – Soft Home at New York, New York Full Time

Our client, an established and rapidly growing DTC, Ecommerce, and Wholesale resource, is seeking a Soft Home Textile Design Manager to create and manage the design development process from the initial concept through approval.  This business is launching a partnership with a well-known celebrity.

Responsibilities:

• Develop designs and product mockups through hand rendering/CAD.

• Produce technical specs, die lines, print and woven repeats, color separations.  Specs must be detailed, accurate and production-ready artwork.

• Proactively problem-solve to ensure developments meet required aesthetic, price point, and assortment needs.

• Pull inspiration tears and assemble concept boards for development.

• Complete detailed design objectives for all new development.

• Upload technical specifications into Centric PLM system.

• Own the development process through daily communication with the product development team, category management and sourcing team. Strong collaboration.

• Send comments on strike-offs, product samples and issues product approvals.

• Manage 1+ artist and growth for a team.

Qualifications: 

• Ability to present designs to internal and external stakeholders to gain support for designs and design direction. 

• Experience creating and manipulating print/pattern artwork, colorways, create repeats, color separations, creating product mockups, renderings, and accurate production-ready technical packets. 

• Technical knowledge of the printing process, woven fabrics, product construction, sewing and embroidery techniques and terminology. 

• Expertise developing products directly with factories, understanding of development process from concept through commercialization.

• Strong graphic and typography skills.

• Deep understanding and love of the home market, competitive landscape, overall design trends.

• Ability to work independently as well as with a team in a fast-paced environment.

• Extremely organized and highly detail-oriented – excellent calendar adherence and ownership.

• Excellent time management skills.

• Experience presenting designs to partners in licensing arrangement. 

• Collaborative work environment partnering internally with sourcing, product development and category management teams. 

• Experience working and collaborating with external partners for licensing partnerships.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Textile Design, Surface Design, Graphic Design or related experience. 

• Minimum 5-8 years of design work experience with a focus on print and pattern, wovens, typography and icon development. 

• Experience in home textiles.

• Must be expert level in Adobe Creative Suite.

• Experience with Centric PLM (product lifecycle management) software a plus.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills. 

• Excellent organizational skills and keen attention to detail.

This role can be remote but must be able to work in the home office in mid-west one week a month or several days a month.  Client will offer relocation if preferred.