Knit Tops Technical Designer

Onsite: Midtown, NYC
Employment Type: Freelance
Onsite 4-5 days/week
32-40 hours/week
Duration: 2+ months
Pay Rate: $40/hr

Knit Tops Technical Designer

Our client, a leading retail organization, is seeking a detail-oriented Knit Tops Technical Designer to support the development and fit of knit-top product. This is a freelance opportunity based in New York, NY.
Work on development specs, garment specing, conduct fittings and process fit comments.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain technical specifications for knit-top styles.
• Create, review, and update garment measurements, construction details, and fit standards.
• Conduct fittings and translate feedback into clear, actionable fit comments.
• Partner with cross-functional teams and vendors throughout the product-development process.
• Help ensure consistency, quality, and accuracy from development through production.

What We’re Looking For

• Technical design experience focused on knit tops or comparable apparel categories.
• Strong knowledge of garment construction, specifications, measurement, and fit.
• Experience preparing development specs and processing fit comments.
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced product-development environment.

Director, Special Events
Lead the strategy, development, and execution of a premium brand’s special events and experiential marketing portfolio. This senior leadership role will create immersive experiences that strengthen customer connections, elevate brand positioning, and deliver measurable business impact.

Job Location: Westchester, Southern CT, Northern NJ or NYC

NO RELOCATION

Candidates must come from the Fashion or Beauty industries

What You’ll Do

• Develop and execute an annual experiential marketing and events strategy aligned with campaigns, product launches, retail initiatives, partnerships, and community priorities.
• Lead high-profile events including consumer activations, retail openings, influencer experiences, press previews, wholesale events, executive engagements, and philanthropic initiatives.
• Partner cross-functionally with Marketing, PR, Creative, Social, Retail, Ecommerce, Merchandising, Wholesale, and Product teams to deliver integrated brand moments.
• Oversee end-to-end event production, including concepts, venues, logistics, staffing, hospitality, vendors, budgets, and post-event reporting.
• Establish KPIs for attendance, engagement, earned media, social impact, customer acquisition, brand sentiment, sales impact, and ROI.
• Build and mentor a high-performing events team while managing agencies, freelancers, and external partners.

What You Bring

• 10+ years of progressive experience in experiential marketing, special events, hospitality, brand activations, or related fields.
• Proven success delivering complex, multi-market event programs and high-impact experiential campaigns.
• Exceptional leadership, creative storytelling, project management, budgeting, negotiation, and operational skills.
• Strong network of production agencies, hospitality partners, venues, vendors, and creative collaborators.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and travel as needed—including occasional evenings and weekends.

Benefits include: 401(k), commuter benefits, disability insurance, employee discount, wellness programs, and generous time off.

Director, Public Relations

Fashion Brand
Employment Type: Full-Time + Hybrid – 4 days/week in office in Stamford CT

About the Job

Our client is a growing premium consumer lifestyle and apparel organization seeking an experienced, strategic Director of Public Relations to lead earned media, brand storytelling, executive communications, and reputation management. This leader will help strengthen cultural relevance, elevate brand visibility, and create compelling narratives across consumer, lifestyle, business, retail, and fashion media.

Reporting to senior marketing leadership, the Director of Public Relations will develop and execute an integrated communications strategy that supports seasonal campaigns, product launches, partnerships, retail initiatives, and long-term business growth. The ideal candidate is an accomplished storyteller, trusted media advisor, collaborative people leader, and relationship-driven communications professional.

Key Responsibilities
Brand Communications Strategy

• Develop and lead a comprehensive public relations strategy to increase brand awareness, strengthen reputation, and build cultural relevance.
• Create earned-media plans supporting seasonal campaigns, product launches, collaborations, partnerships, retail initiatives, and corporate milestones.
• Partner with executive leadership to align communications with business priorities, brand positioning, and long-term growth objectives.
• Establish measurable performance indicators to demonstrate the impact of communications activity on brand awareness, engagement, and business results.

Media Relations & Brand Visibility

• Cultivate strong relationships with fashion, lifestyle, consumer, retail, business, travel, sports, and broadcast media contacts.
• Lead proactive media outreach and identify high-impact storytelling opportunities that build brand affinity with priority audiences.
• Develop executive thought-leadership opportunities, media profiles, and speaking engagements.
• Monitor media coverage, competitive activity, consumer sentiment, and cultural trends to identify opportunities and risks.

Integrated Campaign Communications

• Lead communications planning for seasonal collections, partnerships, retail openings, experiential activations, community initiatives, and corporate announcements.
• Partner with social media, creative, advertising, retail marketing, e-commerce, wholesale, merchandising, product, influencer, and talent teams to deliver unified storytelling.
• Create messaging frameworks that ensure consistency across earned, owned, shared, and paid channels.

Editorial, Product & Events Communications

• Oversee press previews, editor appointments, media events, collection launches, and product storytelling initiatives.
• Direct product seeding, editorial sample management, and showroom or press-office operations to maximize meaningful placements.
• Translate product innovation, craftsmanship, and seasonal assortments into compelling editorial narratives.
• Lead strategic planning and execution for press events, media previews, influencer experiences, launches, and VIP activations.

Corporate Communications & Leadership

• Advise senior leaders on executive messaging, corporate communications, issues management, and reputation strategy.
• Develop crisis communications plans and maintain readiness for emerging issues.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing public relations team in a collaborative, creative, and results-oriented environment.
• Manage external agency relationships, budgets, communications planning processes, and performance expectations.

What You Bring

• 10+ years of progressive public relations and communications experience within premium consumer brands, fashion, lifestyle, retail, or a leading public relations agency.
• Demonstrated success developing integrated earned-media strategies that build brand equity and support commercial growth.
• Established relationships with national fashion, lifestyle, consumer, business, travel, sports, and media industry contacts.
• Experience leading communications for consumer-facing brands with strong editorial and storytelling positioning.
• Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills.
• Proven experience managing agencies, budgets, media events, and cross-functional marketing initiatives.
• A strategic, detail-oriented mindset with the ability to translate ideas into high-quality execution.
• Collaborative leadership skills and the ability to influence stakeholders across functions and seniority levels.
• Strong understanding of the evolving media landscape, including digital publishing, creators, podcasts, newsletters, social platforms, and emerging communications channels.
• A passion for consumer brands, culture, storytelling, and building lasting audience connections.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• 401(k) plan
• Commuter benefits
• Paid family leave
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Life and disability insurance
• Wellness programs and fitness resources
• Employee product discount
• Paid time off and holiday schedule

Senior Account Executive – Accessories-LA

Employment Type: Full-Time | Location: Los Angeles, CA

We are seeking an accomplished Senior Account Executive to lead wholesale growth for a fashion accessories business in the Los Angeles market. This role is ideal for a relationship-driven sales professional with deep category knowledge and a proven ability to expand revenue through strategic retail partnerships.

In this role, you will own the full account lifecycle—from prospecting and account planning to seasonal presentations, order execution, forecasting, and post-sale follow-up. You will build long-term relationships with specialty retailers, department stores, ecommerce partners, and other wholesale channels while representing an evolving accessories collection.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, retain, and expand a portfolio of key wholesale accounts within the accessories market.
• Identify and develop new business with specialty, department store, and online retail partners.
• Present seasonal collections, product assortments, and tailored sales strategies to buyers and account stakeholders.
• Create account plans that support revenue targets, sell-through performance, and long-term partnership growth.
• Negotiate pricing, terms, assortments, delivery schedules, and promotional opportunities.
• Monitor orders, inventory requirements, deliveries, sales performance, and account communications.
• Analyze sales reports, customer feedback, and market trends to forecast demand and uncover growth opportunities.
• Collaborate with merchandising, product development, operations, and marketing teams to deliver strong customer outcomes.
• Represent the collection at market appointments, trade shows, buyer meetings, and relevant industry events.
• Maintain accurate account records, sales activity, forecasts, and pipeline updates.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of wholesale sales experience in fashion accessories, handbags, jewelry, footwear, or a related product category.
• Established relationships with retail buyers and wholesale partners strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success achieving sales goals and building profitable, long-term account relationships.
• Strong presentation, communication, negotiation, and relationship-management skills.
• Sound business judgment and the ability to interpret sales data into actionable account strategies.
• Highly organized, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Willingness to travel for customer meetings, markets, and trade events as needed.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced accessories sales leader who enjoys building meaningful retail partnerships, driving commercial growth, and bringing compelling product collections to market.

1st Through Production Patternmaker Needed

Fulltime Direct Hire

Salary 120-150k

Vernon, CA

We are looking for an experienced 1st Patternmaker to join our Ready-to-Wear team. This person will partner closely with Design, Technical Design, Product Development, and Production to create high-quality first patterns that reflect the brand’s aesthetic, fit standards, and construction requirements.

The ideal candidate has strong technical expertise in women’s RTW patternmaking, a sharp eye for proportion and fit, and the ability to translate design concepts into commercially viable garments.

Responsibilities

Create first patterns from sketches, technical flats, measurements, and design direction.

Develop patterns for a range of RTW categories, including wovens, knits, dresses, tailoring, denim, and outerwear as needed.

Attend fittings and collaborate with Technical Design to evaluate fit, balance, proportion, and construction.

Make pattern corrections following fittings and maintain clear pattern documentation.

Partner with Design and Product Development to ensure garments are aligned with the intended silhouette, fabric, and cost expectations.

Advise on construction methods, fabric behavior, and pattern feasibility throughout development.

Prepare patterns for grading, production handoff, and communication with factories and vendors.

Maintain accuracy, organization, and version control across all patterns and supporting materials.

Qualifications

5+ years of patternmaking experience in women’s Ready-to-Wear, preferably within contemporary, premium, or luxury fashion.

Strong knowledge of garment construction, fit, grading, and fabrication.

Experience creating first patterns from concept through production.

Proficiency in Gerber, Optitex, CLO, or comparable CAD patternmaking software.

Strong understanding of fit standards across a range of body types and product categories.

Detail-oriented with excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Ability to manage multiple development timelines in a fast-paced environment.

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys collaborating across teams and takes pride in bringing a design vision to life through exceptional fit and craftsmanship.

Currently seeking an experienced Product Developer to support the end-to-end development of women’s apparel across multiple categories. This role partners closely with cross-functional team as well as overseas vendors.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in apparel development, product costing, vendor communication, and seasonal calendar management. This person is highly organized, detail-oriented, solutions-focused, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Manage product development from initial concept through bulk production across various women’s apparel categories.
• Serve as a primary contact for factory partners, supporting product execution, pricing, margin goals, and key deadlines.
• Partner with cross-functional teams on prototypes, samples, approvals, materials, artwork, and production readiness.
• Develop and maintain fabric, color, style, and specification information throughout the seasonal development cycle.
• Identify sourcing, value-engineering, and process-improvement opportunities that support quality, speed, and profitability.
• Maintain development calendars and prepare product lines for milestone reviews.

Qualifications:

• Five or more years of women’s apparel product development experience is preferred
• Must be comfortable working with overseas vendors and have a solid understanding of costing, development timelines, and production processes.
• Proficiency with PLM systems, Illustrator, Excel, Google Workspace, Word, and Outlook
• High level of attention to detail and the ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

HR Manager

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on HR Manager to join a fast-paced retail organization in West Hollywood. This is an urgent hire for a strong HR leader who can partner closely with senior leadership, support employees across the business, and bring a practical, solutions-oriented approach to people operations.

The ideal candidate has a proven background in fashion or beauty and understands the pace, creativity, and operational demands of a consumer-facing brand. Experience in retail is essential. This individual should be comfortable balancing strategic HR partnership with day-to-day execution, building trust across teams, and helping create a strong employee experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted HR partner to leadership and employees across the organization.
• Lead employee relations, performance management, coaching, and conflict resolution.
• Support recruiting, onboarding, retention, and organizational development initiatives.
• Ensure HR policies, practices, and processes are consistent, compliant, and employee-focused.
• Partner with managers to strengthen team performance, communication, and engagement.
• Bring structure and sound judgment to a growing, evolving business environment.

Qualifications

• Strong HR leadership experience within the fashion or beauty industry is required.
• Retail experience required, including support of consumer-facing teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage sensitive employee matters with professionalism and discretion.
• Confident communicator with strong relationship-building and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.

We’re looking for a driven, detail-oriented Assistant Buyer to join our team. In this role, you’ll support the buying team with administrative tasks, order tracking, reporting, and data analysis to help inform inventory decisions and future buys.

Reporting to the VP of Buying, you’ll play an important role in supporting the division’s buying function, with a strong focus on data processing, organization, and analysis. The ideal candidate is highly organized, accurate, comfortable working with large data sets, and advanced in Excel.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Collect, organize, and assess internal and external data for analysis.
• Support the buying team by pulling reports, including sell-through, inventory management, open PO, and sales history reports.
• Research, organize, and tag product information.
• Issue, review, and manage purchase orders and supplier order confirmations.
• Maintain accurate purchase order details in the ERP system, including cost, style codes, shipping windows, images, and product descriptions.
• Partner cross-functionally with the logistics team to maintain shipping details and track product deliveries.
• Conduct competitive research on pricing, MSRP, imagery, and product information.
• Provide general administrative support to the sales and buying teams as needed.

What You’ll Bring:

• 5 years+ of experience in a fast-paced fashion wholesale buying or merchandising environment.
• Strong administrative, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables, SUMIF, and VLOOKUP.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Comfort working in a fast-moving environment where priorities may shift.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of products, competition, and business needs.
• An entrepreneurial mindset, strong work ethic, and eagerness to grow within the company.