Coordinates fashion design operations across design, technical, sourcing, production, and overseas teams. Responsibilities include reviewing and uploading tech packs, maintaining design standards, coordinating fittings and updates, resolving production issues, managing seasonal deadlines, communicating style changes, and arranging production materials. The role requires strong organization, communication, attention to detail, Excel proficiency, and Adobe Creative Suite skills, with consistent in-office attendance.
Description
Haddad is a privately held family business with over 100 years of experience in the children’s apparel & accessories industry. A leader in the industry, Haddad Brands is the exclusive global licensee for the most iconic brands in the world, including Nike, Jordan, Converse, Hurley, Levi’s, Polo, Abercrombie and Fitch, Lacoste, and Huggies. Supported by a team of professionals skilled in design, sourcing, production, sales, marketing & distribution of premium quality children’s wear, Haddad distributes globally to 100+ countries and maintains sales and sourcing offices in 22 cities globally, including New York, Paris, Hilversum, Shanghai, Egypt, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Montreal.
Overview:
The Design Operations Associate will work closely with cross functional partners to ensure consistent and accurate workflow across all brands.
Key Accountabilities:
- Check and oversee tech packs for all details throughout the season
- Facilitate the uploading of tech packs inclusive of spec pages, and artwork for sourcing
- Ensure all production package requests are processed accurately and in a timely manner
- Meet all deadlines in adherence to the design calendar
- Work directly with Design, Technical, and Sourcing on all seasonal style specifications
- Maintain Design Standards across specified brand(s)
- Attend and participate in fittings and ensure changes/updates are executed within tech packs and communicated to Sourcing/Overseas Offices
- Resolve pre-production and production issues by partnering with both design and sourcing/production/PA/TD to ensure design’s intent is met
- Manage daily communication with Overseas Offices/Factories and expedite resolutions to issues in a concise and timely manner
- Communicate and confirm updates/changes to styles to Souring Team
- Coordinate any additional materials needed for Production
- Communicate on workload, solve for solutions, and elevate issues
- Attend and participate in Daily Team meetings and Training sessions
- Special projects as assigned
Requirements
Required Skills/Abilities/Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design, Product Development or related field
- 2+ years of experience in the fashion industry as an Assistant or Associate
- Excellent Excel skills
- Excellent organizational and communication skills with attention to detail
- Must be a strategic thinker, persuasive and collaborative
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (including InDesign)
Consistent in-office presence is vital to the role as it is for all Haddad Brands team members, so that we all have a full appreciation, aesthetically and tactilely, of the qualities that define our brand partners’ products and set them apart from their competitors.
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