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About the Role:
The CK Global Outerwear Designer manager serves as a key executional partner in translating global design direction into commercially viable product for the Calvin Klein Consumer. Focused on bringing pre-selected seasonal concepts to market, this role is responsible for adapting existing styles, managing product updates, and ensuring design accuracy throughout the development process. The Design manger collaborates closely with cross-functional teams—including Merchandising, Technical Design and Product Development—to maintain seasonal timelines, meet margin goals and deliver high-quality product aligned with brand standards.
What You'll Do:
Assist Design Director to interpret seasonal concept, color, and key item direction.
Follows global (EU) design direction and leverages curated styles selected by SVP Merchandising Leadership for the North America market.
Creates and illustrates cohesive product groups, incorporating solids, stripes, and novelty designs with an understanding of color theory, materials, garment construction and brand identity.
Able to multi-task and work across multiple seasons simultaneously—balancing in-season execution with forward-looking concepting.
Coordinates with cross-functional partners to obtain original samples, artwork, and cost information; creates or updates designs to meet aesthetic and margin targets.
Creates detailed technical drawings for tech packs, ensures data accuracy in BOMs in PLM (Centric) and manages ongoing updates and communication with PD partners and vendors.
Drives and leverages opportunities to align fabric and trim across channels, where applicable.
Manages library of artwork updates and CAD files, ensuring style and color accuracy across all systems and presentations.
Manages virtual presentation tools (e.g., Visulon) and builds digital boards for internal and external use.
Attends and contributes to fittings; collaborates with Technical Design to ensure fit intent and construction quality.
Reviews and approves lab dips, handlooms, wash panels and PP samples, including additional colorways.
Participates in development and post-proto meetings to ensure feedback is clearly documented, communicated, and actioned across teams.
Ensures alignment on key calendar milestones and proactively resolves potential delays.
Prepares and presents compelling design boards and product reviews to leadership and cross-functional teams.
What You'll Bring:
8-10 years of related outerwear design experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent
Must have design experience and an inherent understanding of the design process
Must have proficient knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, Excel, Web PLM, MIRO
A strong work ethic is essential. Given the fast-paced and evolving nature of the business, this role requires someone who can adapt quickly to frequent directional and practical changes. The ideal candidate is highly self-motivated, proactive, and able to manage shifting priorities while consistently delivering high-quality work on time.
Strong organization, communication and time-management skills
Works both collaboratively and independently
Exhibits passion to support team goals and approaches tasks with solution-oriented mindset
Utilize creative problem solving skills to constantly evolve processes for more efficiency, agility, and growth
Your Wellbeing is Our Priority
At PVH, we offer competitive, cost-effective, and comprehensive benefit packages. We strive to provide options when it comes to your health, finances, and work-life balance. This includes:
Pay & Insurance: Competitive pay, bonus programs, best in class medical insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and more.
401(k): An above-market 401(k) contribution to help our eligible associates save for retirement.
Flexible Workplace: Generous company-paid holidays, paid time off, hybrid working arrangements, volunteer opportunities, seasonal hours, and flexible work schedules.
Wellbeing Support: A variety of wellbeing tools and programs such as, Headspace membership, reimbursement for fitness memberships and/or digital meditation subscriptions, and the opportunity to earn up to $200 a year in rewards for exercising and participating in healthy activities.
Care.com Services: Access to services for childcare, elder care, adoption preparation, pet care, plus reimbursement for backup care when your regular plans fall through.
Education Assistance: Receive support for continued education including tuition reimbursement.
Associate Discount: Shop at our company outlets and e-commerce sites at a discount.
Please note, eligibility depends on employment status, location and length of time employed with PVH and our benefits may be subject to change. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
About PVH:
We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach, we are driving fashion forward for good, as one team with one vision and one plan. That’s the Power of Us, that’s the Power of PVH+.
One of PVH’s greatest strengths is our people. Our collective desire is to create a workplace environment where every individual is valued, and every voice is heard, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. Learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at PVH here.
PVH Corp. or its subsidiary ("PVH") is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, PVH is also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill, ability, educational background, work quality, experience and potential.
To achieve these goals, across the United States and its territories, PVH prohibits any PVH employee, agent or representative from requesting or otherwise considering any job applicant’s current or prior wages, salary or other compensation information in connection with the hiring process. Accordingly, applicants are asked not to disclose this salary history information to PVH.
PVH Corp. New York, New York, USA Office
501 7th Ave, New York, NY, United States
PVH Corp. Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA Office
1001 Frontier Road, Bridgewater, NJ, United States, 08807
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