Women's Assistant Designer

ABOUT THE ROLE

Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Status: Full-Time/ 100% on-site

Compensation: $50,000 - $60,000/annually

Position Summary:

Kith Women’s is looking for an assistant designer to support the women’s team specifically in Cut & Sew or Wovens responsibilities. This individual will ideally have 1-2  years of experience in apparel design, be knowledgeable of the brand identity and be willing to work on site 5 days a week. Team player, accountable, highly organized and possesses a natural, yet professional ease at working with and relating to the needs of the business in a fast-paced environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary Responsibilities:

• Comb through production emails that pertain to your designer’s styles, flagging, and drafting responses before reviewing and finalizing responses with designer.
• Setting up documents such as line sheets, tech-packs or processing design comments as directed by designer.
• Setting up tech design hand off sketches, following approved sketch review. Should be accurate and completed the day beforehand to review with designated designer.
• Take thorough and accurate notes during bi-weekly fittings in support of the designer, and to process production comments.
• Prepare and build out accurate tech pack shells during development stages.
• Prepare and build out accurate production comments during production stages.
• Routinely update all master files, sketches and organize shared drives.
• Knowledgeable and proficient in email etiquette for internal and external emails to suppliers overseas.
• Highly organized and meets given deadlines.
• Capable of maintaining positive and professional working relationships with cross functional team members and departments.

Special Projects/Tasks:

• Capable of finishing out tasks such as production comments as advised by manager.
• Capable of active engagement in fittings through thorough note taking per designated product categories.
• Capable of finishing or setting up tech pack templates per designated product categories, including uploading.
• Capable of flagging and drafting emails that require attention per assigned style,  prior to reviewing with designated manager.
• Capable of managing weekly design presentation tools across designated product categories, updating sketches as advised, and organizing as advised by designer.

REQUIREMENTS

Experience:

• 1-2 years of experience in apparel design, womenswear specific is a plus
• Experience in taking notes during fittings and applying them accordingly/communicating cross functionally where needed
• Experience in developing soft and hard trims as directed by designer
• Experience in building out tech pack shells at a level of proficiency with high accuracy as directed by designer
• Experience and proficiency in executing production comments as directed by designer

Skills:

• Extremely organized, detail oriented, and analytical
• Strong note taking skills
• Strong computer skills in Adobe Illustrator
• Excellent in accountability, thoroughness and attention to detail 
• Contributes positively to team dynamic
• Knowledgeable of general apparel construction
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Must be able to handle multiple priorities
• Possess a natural, yet professional ease at working with and relating to the needs in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Must be flexible to adapt to these changing business needs or special projects
• Must be able to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality where appropriate

WHO YOU ARE

Professional Characteristics:

• Self-starter
• Team player
• Someone that goes above and beyond
• Organized

Personal Characteristics:

• Responsible
• Curious
• Accountable

WHO WE ARE

Established in 2011 in New York City, Kith is a lifestyle brand and specialty retailer that offers seasonal collections of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, accessories and footwear through a distinct lens of personal storytelling. Kith embodies a multi-faceted lifestyle, with uncompromising detail to fabrication and design. Led by Founder, CEO and Creative Director Ronnie Fieg, the brand is known globally for evoking nostalgia from a dynamic point of view, and working closely with a carefully selected set of best-in-class collaborators.

Kith operates 16 standalone boutiques around the world, and 3 shop-in-shops. Kith Treats, conceived from Fieg’s childhood love for cereal, operates in 10 locations, as well as Sadelle’s at Kith restaurants in Paris, Miami Design District, Toronto and Seoul.

The Kinnect Foundation, a non-profit established and operated by Kith, is a non-profit devoted to creating positive change through education, community and social impact.

Kith is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

All career opportunities offered by Kith are fully on site, and if contacted, all email communication will come from a kith.com or kithnyc.com email address. Please note that any correspondence from an alternative email domain, or offering anything other than in-person work, is fraudulent.