Job Description
Location: HQ - Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Status: Full-time/100% on-site
Compensation: $60,000-$65,000 annually
Position Summary The Assistant Designer will be assisting the Graphics team with the technical aspects of the business - including techpacks, construction details, expanding our technique output, evolution and development, design into new silhouettes within the graphics key bodies, and design into select Men's apparel. This person should be organized and be a liaison to other teams to ensure everyone is aligned on all collections cross functionally.
Responsibilities - Work on techpacks and report alongside graphics team across multiple projects in a fast paced environment.
- Design into select Men's graphics apparel skus
- Collaborate with graphic designer in elevating current bodies and exploring new ones.
- Assist on the product development of graphic styles and techniques (understanding product lifecycle processes).
- Assist team with factory communications and technical specs of newly designed bodies.
- Assist in being a liaison across product development and production teams to ensure correct artwork and techpack output.
- Attend weekly design meetings and recap with graphic designer.
Qualifications - Equipped with 1-3 year(s) experience.
- Collaborative team player and self-starter.
- Detail oriented designer.
- PLM experience and understanding.
- Ability to manage multiple project with strong organization skills and meet deadlines.
- Experienced in fashion terminologies, product development and design.
- Exceptional communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
- Proficient in Google Sheets,/Excel, PLM systems, Adobe Suite.
- Understands sports and Informed on fashion brands and the fashion scene.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Fashion design tech skills are a strong plus.
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.
Job Tags
Full time, Seasonal work