Free People Associate Designer Wovens

The Associate Designer for Woven Tops will actively participate in the creation of seasonal collections, including sewing or mocking up original ideas for key design meetings. They will assist in creating product that represents the unique style of the Free People customer within our Collection woven tops range. • Execute specific design development projects as assigned by the Assistant Design Director and Design manager • Contribution to the design process including sketching new ideas with the help of procreate or/and Adobe Illustrator programs, researching new trends and ideas as well as utilizing ai platforms to increase creative research • Own completing technical sketches for monthly design packages - as well as manage all sketch updates for all of your designs • Supports with trim sourcing, BOM updates and helping the team as needed during the development process • Manage development and execution of all design development packages and participate in all follow-up communication of all design packages related to each style in partnership with the Design Coordinator & Product Development team. • Execute original design ideas through draped & sewn mocks as well as hand sketches to communicate design's vision for key meetings with the support of the Design Director alongside collaborating with the larger Collection Tops team. • Bring creative contribution to the design process including sketching new ideas with the help of procreate and Adobe programs (Illustrator, Photoshop), researching new trends and ideas as well as utilizing ai platforms to increase creative research (such as MidJourney) • Collaborate closely and proactively with wider design team to help prepare upcoming meetings to help achieve design deadlines.