Outerwear/Jacket Designer

Employment Type: Freelance
Duration: 2–3 months

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Outerwear/Jacket Designer for an urgent freelance assignment within the fashion and apparel industry. This role will support seasonal product development over a 2–3 month engagement, creating commercially relevant outerwear and jacket designs that balance trend direction, product quality, fit, and customer appeal.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop women’s outerwear and jacket concepts from initial inspiration through sample review and production handoff.
• Create design sketches, technical flats, colorways, mood boards, and presentation materials.
• Research seasonal trends, silhouettes, fabrications, trims, washes, embellishments, and competitive product.
• Translate design concepts into clear direction for construction details, fit, finishes, and materials.
• Collaborate with merchandising, technical design, sourcing, and production partners throughout development.
• Review samples, identify revisions, and communicate updates to support quality, fit, and design intent.
• Manage multiple priorities and deliver polished work within accelerated development timelines.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing women’s outerwear and jackets in a fashion apparel environment.
• Strong knowledge of garment construction, fabrication, trims, fit, and product development processes.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator; Photoshop and PLM experience are preferred.
• Excellent sketching, technical flat, color, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently, take creative direction, and adapt quickly in a fast-paced setting.
• A portfolio demonstrating relevant outerwear or jacket design work is required.

This is an urgent freelance opportunity. Candidates who can begin promptly and commit to a 2–3 month engagement are encouraged to apply.

We are looking for a highly detail-oriented Tech Pack Designer to join our team and bring custom merchandise concepts from creative development through production.

The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of apparel and merchandise construction, excellent technical design skills, and an exceptional eye for detail. You should be comfortable working across multiple product categories, interpreting creative direction, and creating tech packs that leave little room for interpretation.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Create detailed, production-ready tech packs for apparel, accessories, packaging, and other merchandise.
• Translate creative concepts, sketches, and artwork into accurate technical specifications.
• Develop detailed flats, construction details, measurements, callouts, material specifications, color information, and artwork placement.
• Prepare organized files for factories and production vendors, ensuring all required information is clearly communicated.
• Create and maintain measurement charts, specification sheets, and grading information as needed.
• Partner with designers, producers, vendors, and manufacturers to resolve technical questions and production issues.
• Review samples and provide clear technical feedback for revisions.
• Track revisions and ensure the latest approved files are used throughout production.
• Review artwork, dimensions, placements, trims, materials, labels, embroidery, screen printing, and embellishment details for accuracy.
• Help establish and maintain consistent technical standards and templates across Beyond Studios merchandise programs.
• Review vendor submissions and samples against approved designs and tech packs.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.

What We’re Looking For:

• 3+ years of experience creating tech packs or technical design files for apparel, merchandise, fashion, or consumer products.
• Strong knowledge of garment construction, materials, trims, printing, embroidery, and production processes.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite is required.
• Strong understanding of measurements, specifications, garment terminology, and manufacturing requirements.
• Ability to create clean, organized, easy-to-follow technical documentation.
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to catch inconsistencies before they become production issues.
• Strong communication, organization, and project-management skills.
• Ability to work quickly and accurately across multiple projects at once.
• Comfort working from creative direction while making informed technical decisions.
• Experience working directly with domestic and overseas factories or production vendors is a plus.
• Experience with PLM, product development, or production-management systems is a plus.

Freelance Inventory Planning Assistant

Luxury apparel and accessories brand based in New York is seeking an organized, analytical Inventory Planning Support professional to help optimize inventory visibility, allocation, and reporting across retail locations. This freelance opportunity is ideal for someone who is highly proficient in Excel, comfortable working with retail data, and able to communicate clearly with cross-functional commercial teams.

What You’ll Do

• Support inventory planning and consolidation activities across assigned retail channels.
• Partner with stores and commercial leaders to communicate local inventory levels, priorities, and opportunities.
• Assist with inventory allocation decisions based on store events, selling trends, and market needs.
• Prepare and maintain weekly and monthly sales reports for planning and business stakeholders.
• Compile, validate, and format inventory and sales data for analysis and leadership review.
• Help identify data discrepancies, inventory risks, and replenishment opportunities.
• Maintain clear documentation and support timely follow-up on planning-related requests.

Qualifications

• Advanced Excel skills, including formulas, pivot tables, data aggregation, and presentation-ready formatting.
• Working knowledge of retail math and inventory planning concepts.
• Strong analytical skills with close attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Previous experience supporting retail, luxury, merchandising, planning, or allocation teams is preferred.

Orange County based apparel company is seeking a Technical Designer – men’s and women’s apparel to join the team immediately for a temporary position

*this role is onsite. Only local & available candidates will be considered

• Own the technical development process for apparel from initial concept through production, ensuring strong fit, construction quality, and timely execution.
• Lead fit reviews with cross-functional partners to assess silhouette, proportion, mobility, and overall garment appearance.
• Evaluate samples with precision, document issues clearly, and recommend practical solutions to improve fit and construction.
• Communicate revisions to manufacturing partners using technical documentation, pattern updates, and visual references.
• Maintain accurate measurement specs, construction details, and technical package information throughout development.
• Create and revise patterns as needed, including grading updates and technical corrections.
• Support consistency across categories by upholding established fit standards, construction methods, and block integrity.
• Partner closely with design and product teams early in development to translate creative concepts into production-ready specifications.
• Review garment details for quality, functionality, and cost awareness while balancing aesthetic intent.
• Build and maintain foundational blocks, fit references, and technical standards libraries.
• Track development progress across multiple styles and categories, managing deadlines in a fast-moving environment.
• Prepare detailed fit notes, technical comments, and quality-related reports to support smooth execution.
• Savvy within Illustrator, Photoshop, Excel and PLM systems
• Collaborate effectively with merchandising, product development, and design teams to drive alignment throughout the process.
• Bring strong knowledge of garment construction, fabric behavior, grading, and production requirements.
• Ideal candidates have 5+ years technical design experience within men’s women’s apparel and pattern making knowledge
• Experience working within private label preferred
• Experience working across multiple product categories is preferred; denim knowledge is a plus.

We’re looking for an experienced Footwear Merchandising professional to support a fast-paced Kids Footwear team. This opportunity focuses on assortment planning, grading, product lifecycle management, store distribution, reporting, pricing, and seasonal merchandising activities.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong understanding of retail merchandising, DTC performance, product assortments, inventory analysis, and allocation processes. They should be highly analytical, organized, detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage Kids Footwear assortments, grading, product lifecycle, and store distribution.
• Create and maintain seasonal merchandising tools and planning documents.
• Analyze weekly business performance, sales trends, out-of-stocks, chase opportunities, and promotional pricing.
• Prepare weekly reporting, category reviews, and DTC trading meetings.
• Participate in weekly allocation and demand review meetings.
• Support retail and digital price changes across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico.
• Communicate pricing updates and changes to retail stores.
• Maintain accurate product setup, catalog information, and pricing across internal systems.
• Troubleshoot missing pricing and product data issues within Centric PLM and Aptos.
• Coordinate product loads and maintain accurate merchandising records.
• Prepare Retail GTM presentations, monthly recaps, and seasonal planning materials.
• Support DTC GTM planning and monthly MAP meetings.
• Conduct site scrubs, launch performance reviews, and global test analyses.
• Prepare store visit reports and support sidewalk sales and retail activations.
• Coordinate catalog management, distribution center communication, and sample management.
• Partner cross-functionally with Merchandising, Planning, Allocation, Retail, Digital, and Operations teams.

Qualifications:

• Previous experience in Footwear Merchandising, Retail Merchandising, or Merchandise Planning.
• Kids Footwear experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of assortment planning, grading, allocations, and product lifecycle management.
• Experience analyzing sales performance, inventory, sell-through, and product trends.
• Familiarity with DTC merchandising, pricing strategies, and promotional analysis.
• Experience supporting retail and digital merchandising operations.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Comfort managing multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
• Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience preparing merchandising reports, presentations, and seasonal planning tools.
• Ability to work independently and adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable with a hybrid schedule in Boston

Required Technical Skills:

• Footwear Merchandising and Assortment Planning
• Product Grading and Lifecycle Management
• Store Distribution and Allocation
• Retail and DTC Merchandising
• Weekly Sales and Inventory Reporting
• Pricing Analysis and Promotional Planning
• Product Setup and Catalog Management
• Retail and Digital Price Changes
• Seasonal Planning and GTM Presentations
• Microsoft Excel and advanced spreadsheet skills
• Centric PLM preferred
• Aptos preferred
• Data Analysis and Reporting
• Sample Management
• Cross-Functional Communication

Seeking a proactive, highly organized Wholesale Sales Assistant to provide essential support to a busy sales team in the apparel industry. The ideal candidate is resourceful, dependable, and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage administrative responsibilities, maintain accurate information, and follow through on critical tasks. You will help ensure that orders, samples, deadlines, and sales materials are organized and moving forward.

Details:
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $52,000 annually
Start Date: TBD
Location: Commerce, CA

Key Responsibilities

• Enter, review, and track purchase orders, ensuring all details are accurate and current.
• Maintain spreadsheets, sales trackers, calendars, and key milestone dates.
• Follow up on outstanding orders, approvals, deliveries, and internal action items.
• Track samples and help maintain an organized, presentation-ready sample room.
• Prepare samples, sales materials, and supporting information for meetings and presentations.
• Provide day-to-day administrative support to the sales team.
• Coordinate with internal departments and external partners to obtain updates and resolve open items.
• Assist with reporting, data entry, filing, and other sales operations projects as needed.
• Help keep priorities organized in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in sales support, fashion, apparel, merchandising, planning, or a related field.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Comfort working with spreadsheets, data entry, purchase orders, and order tracking.
• Excellent follow-up skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities at once.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• A collaborative, team-oriented approach and a willingness to take initiative.

Preferred Background

• Planning experience is a plus.
• Experience with fashion showrooms, apparel brands, or wholesale sales environments is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with sample management, purchase orders, and sales operations is a plus.

Hybrid schedule in Long Island City

Associate Product Developer
Location: Tampa
Contract: 6 months with possibility to extend
Rate: $26/hr
40 hours/week
Schedule: work from home Mon and Fri, onsite Tue-Thur

We are seeking an organized, detail-oriented Associate Product Developer to support the product development process from concept through production readiness. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys collaborating across teams to bring apparel products to life.

What You’ll Do

• Support the development of assigned styles from concept development through sample and production readiness.
• Maintain development trackers, databases, calendars, and status reports to keep projects on schedule.
• Assist with bills of materials, artwork, comment sheets, technical documentation, and product updates.
• Coordinate with cross-functional partners and vendors to address discrepancies and maintain accurate development records.
• Track prototypes and samples, organize the sample library, and prepare samples for key meetings and fittings.
• Document meeting notes, action items, and product feedback.
• Support weekly KPI reporting, special projects, presentations, and general product-development administration.
• Help manage work-in-progress updates, data entry, parcel coordination, and other operational tasks.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Product Development or a related field.
• 1–3 years of apparel-industry experience, or relevant fashion-industry internship experience.
• Knowledge of garment development and the apparel production process.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative, solution-oriented approach.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; familiarity with PLM, Adobe Illustrator, and pattern software is preferred.
• Experience with 3D software is a plus.