Key Account Sales Manager – Footwear
We are seeking a seasoned Key Account Sales Manager to lead and grow footwear business across major national retail accounts. This person will manage existing relationships, identify new opportunities, and partner closely with internal design and leadership teams to support product development, pricing, and sell-through.
Key Account Relationships
The ideal candidate will have strong, established relationships with national footwear and retail accounts, including:
- Off-price retailers, including TJ Maxx, Ross, and similar major accounts
- Mid-tier department and family footwear retailers, including Kohl’s, DSW, and Off Broadway Shoes
- Warehouse clubs, including Costco and BJ’s Wholesale Club
- Additional national department store, footwear, and value-channel accounts
Responsibilities
- Manage and expand relationships with national key accounts across off-price, department store, specialty footwear, and club channels.
- Develop new business opportunities aligned with distribution and growth strategies.
- Present seasonal assortments, product opportunities, and sales strategies to retail partners.
- Partner with design and management teams on market trends, pricing, product direction, and sell-through performance.
- Conduct regular account and store visits to stay close to marketplace activity and retailer needs.
- Support the full product lifecycle, from initial concept through point of sale.
Qualifications
- 5–10 years of footwear sales and key account management experience.
- Strong background selling into national footwear, department store, off-price, and club accounts.
- Established relationships with buyers and decision-makers across relevant retail channels.
- Strong presentation, communication, negotiation, and financial skills.
- Experience working closely with design, merchandising, and leadership teams.
- Highly motivated, independent, and collaborative approach.
This role is 5 days onsite in Orange County.
Job Summary
The Creative Coordinator is responsible for managing the day-to-day flow of creative assets, licensor approvals, and product submissions across multiple licensed apparel programs. This role serves as the operational hub between Design, Sales, Product Development, and Licensing partners, ensuring artwork, concepts, and revisions move efficiently from ideation through approval.
The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and an exceptional communicator who thrives in a fast-paced apparel environment. This individual will coordinate submissions, monitor approval timelines, maintain creative assets, and help keep seasonal product calendars on schedule while supporting the Design team throughout the product development process.
We move quickly, think collaboratively, and value ideas over hierarchy. Our Creative team doesn’t simply create artwork—they help bring brands to life through speed, organization, and execution.
You’ll be surrounded by a team that’s:
- Hands-on and highly collaborative
- Driven by speed, creativity, and results
- Deep in licensing, apparel, and streetwear culture
- Always evolving and scaling
Responsibilities
- Create and assemble licensor submission packages for licensed apparel programs.
- Submit new concepts, artwork, and product presentations through licensor approval systems.
- Manage artwork revisions and resubmit updated creative based on licensor feedback.
- Proactively follow up with licensors to obtain approvals and maintain project momentum.
- Prepare and distribute weekly submission status reports to internal stakeholders.
- Build seasonal sales catalogs, presentation decks, and other sales support materials.
- Assist the Design team with CAD revisions, artwork updates, and file organization.
- Maintain organized digital assets, submission history, and approval documentation.
- Coordinate with Design, Product Development, Sales, and overseas manufacturing partners to ensure projects remain on schedule.
- Perform additional duties as assigned in support of the Creative Department.
Success Looks Like
Within 90 Days
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- Independently manage daily licensor submissions and approval tracking.
- Gain a strong understanding of licensed brands, creative workflow, and seasonal calendars.
- Build consistent communication with internal teams and licensing partners.
- Deliver accurate weekly submission reports and maintain organized project files.
Within 12 Months
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- Become the primary coordinator for all creative approvals across assigned brands.
- Improve submission turnaround times through proactive follow-up and organization.
- Support multiple product launches while maintaining high levels of accuracy.
- Establish trusted working relationships across Design, Sales, Product Development, and Licensing teams.
Growth Looks Like
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- Take ownership of creative approval timelines from concept through final approval.
- Identify workflow improvements that increase efficiency and reduce approval delays.
- Support the Design team by improving organization, documentation, and creative asset management.
- Expand responsibilities into project management, seasonal planning, and cross-functional coordination.
Qualifications
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- 1–3 years of experience in apparel, licensing, product development, design coordination, or a related field.
- Detail-oriented with exceptional organizational skills.
- Ability to multitask and manage multiple deadlines simultaneously.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat). Expert design skills are not required.
- Comfortable working in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.
- Positive, collaborative attitude and willingness to support a fast-moving team.
Assistant Designer, Juniors
We are looking for a creative and detail-oriented Assistant Designer to support a busy juniors fast fashion business. This role is ideal for someone with a strong sense of trend, solid technical design skills, and the ability to work across multiple product categories in a fast-moving environment.
The Assistant Designer will work closely with the design team to help develop commercially relevant product from concept through execution. The right candidate is highly organized, collaborative, and comfortable balancing multiple priorities and deadlines.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the design and development of product for a juniors fast fashion business across a range of categories.
- Research seasonal trends, emerging fashion directions, and competitive product to support new development.
- Create sketches, flats, CADs, color assortments, and presentation materials.
- Help prepare and maintain tech packs and other design documentation.
- Support the development of fabrics, trims, washes, prints, color stories, and silhouettes.
- Track samples, update comments, and assist with fittings and revisions.
- Partner with cross-functional teams including merchandising, product development, and production to support the product lifecycle.
- Prepare materials for meetings, presentations, and seasonal reviews.
- Keep up with market trends and the evolving juniors customer.
Qualifications
- 1–3 years of experience in apparel design or an assistant design role.
- Background in juniors apparel preferred.
- Experience in fast-paced, high-volume retail environments is a plus.
- Ability to work across multiple categories.
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and follow-through.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a dynamic setting.
- Strong eye for trend, color, and commercially viable product.
- Fashion design degree or comparable experience preferred.
We are seeking an experienced Freelance Tech Designer to provide short-term support on an upcoming apparel development project! This is a great opportunity for a detail-oriented technical design professional who can jump in quickly, work independently, and help keep product development moving smoothly and on schedule.
Responsibilities
- Support the development and maintenance of apparel technical packages, specifications, and product documentation.
- Review garment measurements, construction details, fit comments, and physical samples to ensure accuracy and consistency throughout the development process.
- Partner closely with cross-functional teams to address technical design needs, troubleshoot issues, and help maintain key development timelines.
- Review and communicate fit and construction updates clearly and accurately.
- Maintain organized, up-to-date technical documentation throughout the sample and production process.
- Help identify and resolve technical issues to ensure garments meet established fit, construction, and quality standards.
- Provide hands-on support wherever needed to keep the development process on track during this short-term project.
Qualifications
- Previous experience in technical design within the apparel or fashion industry.
- Strong understanding of garment construction, fit, measurements, grading, and technical specifications.
- Highly detail-oriented with a strong eye for accuracy and consistency.
- Ability to interpret technical information and communicate updates effectively with cross-functional partners.
- Comfortable working independently, prioritizing multiple tasks, and adapting quickly in a fast-paced environment.
- Reliable, responsive, and able to step into a project with minimal ramp-up time.
We are looking for a dependable, hands-on, and detail-oriented technical design professional who can make an immediate impact. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys jumping into projects, solving technical challenges, and helping ensure product development stays on schedule.
We’re looking for an experienced Senior Dress Designer with a passion for creating trend-forward, fashion-driven collections. This role will own the dress category from concept through final sample while leading creative direction, mentoring junior designers, and collaborating cross-functionally to bring innovative collections to life.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design trend-driven dresses from concept through final approval.
- Research trends, silhouettes, fabrics, and market inspiration.
- Source fabrics, trims, linings, and specialty materials.
- Create detailed tech packs and oversee product development.
- Lead proto fittings, ensuring exceptional fit and construction.
- Manage seasonal calendars, sample tracking, and development timelines.
- Partner with Product Development, Production, Creative, and overseas teams.
- Mentor junior designers and help drive creative direction for the dress category.
Qualifications:
- 5–8+ years of fashion design experience with a strong focus on dresses.
- Experience within fast-fashion or trend-driven apparel brands.
- Strong expertise in garment construction, draping, fit, fabrics, trims, prints, and embellishments.
- Experience leading fittings and managing products from concept through production.
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Microsoft Excel.
- Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
- Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Fashion Design or a related field.
Relocation Package Available
Outerwear Designer- Womens
Client Overview: Privately owned and operated outerwear manufacturer, with more than 40years of experience as a leader in quality outerwear, with its own proprietary and licensed brand names as well as diverse private label offerings.
Position Overview: We are looking for a true outerwear designer with hands-on experience developing women’s outerwear. This is a small-team role in New York City. The person needs to be able to work closely with the merchant and technical designer to manage the development process from concept through production handoff.
Key Responsibilities:
• Research trend, color, fabric, trims, and competitive outerwear product
• Develop seasonal women’s outerwear concepts
• Create flat sketches, line sheets, and detailed tech packs
• Work on fabric, trim, lining, and hardware
• Review samples, lab dips, trims, and fit comments
• Work closely with the merchant and technical designer throughout the development process
• Maintain organized updates to tech packs, samples, and development timelines
Qualifications:
• Strong women’s outerwear design experience
• Strong Adobe Illustrator skills
• Ability to create detailed flat sketches and tech packs
• Strong understanding of outerwear construction, fabrics, trims, linings, hardware, fit, and garment details
• Experience reviewing samples and development comments
• Organized and able to manage multiple styles at once
• Experience working in a PLM system
• Experience in a small-team environment
• Experience with private label, wholesale, or retail-driven product development
Freelance Assistant Color & Print Technologist
About the Role
American Eagle Outfitters’ Aerie brand is seeking a detail-oriented Freelance Assistant Color & Print Technologist to support the seasonal color and print approval process. This role will help ensure color consistency and adherence to established standards across Aerie’s mills, vendors, and manufacturing partners while providing designers with the tools and resources needed to bring color inspiration to life.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the inventory, filing, ordering, and distribution of seasonal color standards and design tools.
- Create and distribute digital seasonal color palettes to internal partners and external suppliers.
- Maintain accurate databases for seasonal color standards, thread approvals, lab dips, trims, prints, and bulk submissions.
- Coordinate the distribution of seasonal color palettes to thread suppliers for product development.
- Review lab dips, prints, trims, and color submissions; document comments and required corrective actions.
- Pull body color approvals for trims and collaborate with Design as needed.
- Maintain organized historical records and archives of lab dips, trims, prints, and bulk approvals.
- Support additional color, print, and product development projects as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Color Technology, Textiles, Apparel, or a related discipline preferred.
- Ability to pass the Munsell Color Test with Superior Discrimination.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, and follow-through.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Strong interpersonal, problem-solving, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Comfort collaborating across Design, Product Development, vendors, mills, and suppliers.
- Adobe Creative Suite experience is a plus.
Senior Account Executive, Footwear
We are seeking a seasoned wholesale sales professional to lead and grow key footwear accounts. This role will own seasonal business planning, account strategy, and customer relationships across major department stores and national retail partners.
The ideal candidate brings strong footwear or fashion wholesale experience, a deep understanding of retail math, and the ability to turn sales data into clear business decisions. This is a highly cross-functional role requiring trusted partnership with Planning, Merchandising, Production, Marketing, and retail customers.
Responsibilities
- Lead seasonal account plans focused on sales, margin, profitability, and market share.
- Manage forecasting, receipt planning, sell-in targets, and ongoing account performance.
- Identify growth opportunities across categories, product assortments, distribution, and customer channels.
- Build strong relationships with key wholesale partners and serve as a strategic advocate for both the customer and the brand.
- Lead customer meetings, market appointments, presentations, negotiations, and seasonal investment discussions.
- Partner with internal teams to shape assortments, support business priorities, and deliver seasonal objectives.
- Review sales and product results to identify risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
- Use data and customer insights to support informed decisions and drive account growth.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of wholesale sales or account management experience; footwear background strongly preferred.
- Experience managing major department stores and national retail accounts.
- Strong background in retail math, sales planning, forecasting, and wholesale business drivers.
- Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, and data analysis.
- Experience with wholesale fashion systems, including NuORDER, RLM, and MicroStrategy.
- Comfort using AI-enabled tools, including Microsoft Copilot, for analysis, presentations, and productivity.
- Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-management skills.
- Collaborative leadership style with a high level of ownership and accountability.
- Interest in fashion, product, and evolving consumer trends.
Compensation & Benefits
- Paid time off and holiday calendar
- Summer Fridays
- 401(k) match and paid parental leave
- Wellness and commuter benefits
- Employee discounts, internal mobility opportunities, and exclusive employee sales
We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the interview and application process.
