Design Director

The Designer Director is involved in the entire product design process to include market research, inspiration board development and presentation, design, flat sketching, creating mock ups, specing, sourcing and fitting. The Designer Director is responsible for managing design projects independently, as well as collaboratively, with the Merchandiser and Creative Director. Ability to follow and understand the Merch plan and collect trend information, fabric, print, color, and trims to put initial concept boards together Present concept boards to the team: Creative Director, VP of Sales, Company Principal, and in case of licensed brands to their teams Upon approval of initial concepts, ability to take direction from the meeting and create specific boards for requested deliveries that fulfill the Merch plan and captures the target customer and price points Do trim mock ups prior to finalizing concepts CAD and/or hand color sketches for initial board presentations Supervise and mentor assistants that are assigned to help with any given project Supervise the sourcing all fabric, trims, and any other components needed for the delivery from reliable venders in the appropriate part of the world for the correct pricing and minimums, After initial sign off of delivery, work with sourcing to procure all necessary items for initial samples and duplicates with documented purchase orders. Flat sketch CAD adopted styles in Illustrator program Mock up preliminary line sheets for meetings Work with the Art Department to initiate all print components Print approvals Work with the Graded patterns to develop markers for engineered designs Provide style tracking chart and spec pack for patternmakers. Schedule and attend fittings with principal or product manager.