Assistant, Technical Designer

About the role

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Handbag Design Department to...

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with the designer to ensure that all specs created reflect the intentions of that designer.
• Ensure accuracy of all information captured in specs by self-checking sketches & dimensions.
• Absorb and execute final product spec updates and corrections for that season, ensuring that any and all changes to the product after market are approved by the design team.
• Affirm consistency across all factories and all seasons.
• Afford support in the review and correction of post-market samples.
• Afford support in the creation & maintenance of digital Design detail & standards libraries.
• Assist in research of product functionality trends across market.
• Afford support in CAD & artwork creation in Illustrator & Photoshop, as needed.
• Afford support in presentation organization, set up, & clean up.
• Afford support in Design workroom organization & maintenance.

Requirements

• Strong communication and email skills
• Detailed note taking & organizational skills
• Construction knowledge
• PREFERRED: Flexibility to work in-office, as needed, based on development calendar

Qualifications

• Minimum 0-3 years experience
• College degree in fashion design or a related field
• Illustrator and Photoshop experience required
• SUBSTANCE 3D experience a plus
• Raspberry AI, Adobe Firefly AI, or other product Design AI experience a plus
• Microsoft Excel experience a plus

Skills

• Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401 (K)
• Paid Paternity and Maternity leave
• Commuter Benefits
• Disability insurance
• Tuition assistance

Pay

$30.00-$30.31

Schedule

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