Job description
Our global footwear and apparel client is hiring a Designer on a 4 month contract that can be done remotely. This position is eligible for benefits and sick time.
In this role:
- Collect, organize, prepare, and assemble designer sketches and artwork (graphics, allover prints, logos, photographs) for use in documents and presentations.
-Scan and colorblock design sketches.
- Scan, edit, and crop photo art.
- Assist designers in creating additional colorways of garments.
-Maintain correct sketches for use in additional colorways of garments.
- Maintain correct sketches for use in line art database.
- Page Layout - Create documents to support the commercialization of apparel: visual line plan, category concept sheets, silhouette line art pages, flow plans, and merchandising pages.
- Combine illustrations, text, product data, photos, and graphics as needed.
- Work with category team to define and produce product image collections in both printed and electronic formats.
- Meet deadlines for creation and distribution of documents.
- Assembly - Perform paste-up and trimming on large format documents for business meetings.
- Duplicate and distribute documents to category and regional partners for use in the apparel commercialization process.
- Project Management - communicate with product line managers, designers, graphic designers, developers, and others about the status of product and product images.
- Review product status, project status, and production deadlines with category and geography business partners.
- The DA position would take direction from the Design Director and designers to:
-assist with palette creation
-assist with coloring up portions of the line
-complete decks/presentation tools
-help complete files for uploads
Skills:
- Minimum of 2 years experience with graphic design, illustration, and page layout software in a team or production environment.
- Excellent organizational and people skills.
- Working knowledge of at least 4 of the following applications: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or PageMaker; Quark Xpress; and/or MacroMedia Freehand.
