Women's Designer - Cut & Sew, Knitwear

ABOUT THE ROLE

Location: HQ - Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Status: Full-time/100% on-site

Compensation: $75,000 - $90,000/annually

Position Summary:

Kith Women’s is looking for a Women’s cut & sew and knitwear designer to join their team. This individual must have 3-5 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:

• Create illustrator sketches based on allotted assortment per season

• Prepare complete tech packs across all product categories, in sketch, construction and upload onto development platform with complete BOMs

• Responsible for supporting design director in execution of women’s product from sketch to tech-pack through development into bulk production

• Process/correspondence production comments through illustrator, PLM platform and email

• Attend bi-weekly fittings and taking notes, and following up with production matters, and processing comments per style

• Routinely update all master files, sketches and organize shared drives

• Capable of managing weekly design presentation tools across designated product categories

• 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 building market research reports, across designated product categories that pertain and are in line with KITH brand identity

• Knowledgeable and capable of developing artwork logo developments, trim developments and building trim development charts per season

• Capable of building construction specific pages for development and finishing details for their respective product categories

REQUIREMENTS

Experience:

• 3-5 years of experience in apparel design, womenswear specific is a plus

• Cut & sew knits and knitwear product category knowledge and construction knowledge is a must

• Active product category knowledge and construction in base layer tops, bottoms, 1 pc dressing, and mid layer

• Experience and proficiency in executing production comments

• Experience and proficiency in executing tech packs across multiple collections in both development and production on the day to to day

Skills:

• Extremely organized, detail oriented, and analytical

• Contributes positively to team dynamic

• Highly knowledgeable of construction and experienced in the following product categories: cut & sew tops, fleece tops and bottoms.

• Highly knowledgeable in building knitwear through a clear understanding of gg, tension, ends, etc.

• Highly knowledgeable of construction and experienced in active: tops, bottoms, and 1 pc dressing

• Strong computer sketching skills in illustrator

• 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.