Associate Apparel Designer, Simms

About the role

The role of the Associate Designer within the Outdoor Performance platform team is crucial for enhancing product innovation and ensuring high-quality product standards. As an Associate Designer, you play a vital role in contributing to the product creation of innovative, functional apparel products that align with Simms Fishing Products requirements for performance, quality, and aesthetics.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with internal teams such as the design, materials, product development and merchandising team to transform ideas into tangible products and support the team in the product development process.
• Navigate and support the journey from concept creation to final production, ensuring that the development process runs smoothly and efficiently.
• Collaborate with the design team to develop color palettes along with print, yarn dyes and graphic applications on a seasonal basis.
• Manage Pantone documents and trim color documents throughout each seasonal development.
• Maintain an organized filing system keeping the design team on track and organized for each product development cycle.
• Manage design boards by season with seasonal sketches and ensure all sketches are updated to date.
• Create, maintain and update creative presentations – Visual line plans, support in sales meeting presentation creation, design review presentation creation and set up.
• Research and identify trends (color, trims, patterns/prints) and distill how to apply that information to seasonal product designs to appeal to target consumers.
• Aid in creating and manipulating prints, patterns, and texture fills.
• Maintain VLPs (Visual Line Plan) and capture changes throughout the entire development lifecycle – collaborating with sales and merchandising team to ensure all updates and revisions are accurate.
• Create and revise technical drawings in collaboration with design and product development to ensure tech packs are accurate and workable.
• Manage accessories (hats, gloves, gaiters) and logo apparel design and color placement while collaborating with the design manager and product development to ensure brand accuracy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Apparel Design, or related field
• Advanced skills in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Ability to strategically apply color to product categories
• Strong knowledge of garment construction
• Excellent conceptual skills with the ability to bring stories to life through design
• Comprehensive knowledge of silhouettes, fabrication, color/print usage, graphics, embellishments, and trims
• Tremendous attention to detail, and extraordinary time-management skills; ability to adhere to tight timelines and work equally well as a self-starter and team player
• Enthusiasm for apparel, high level of creativity, and a deep understanding of current and emerging trends
• Flexibility to adapt to a fast-paced, changing work environment and a willingness to learn/grow

Qualifications

• Ability to work cross-functionally with product development, sales and merchandising teams

Skills

• Ability to create technical garment sketches for tech packs and design reviews

Benefits

Our benefits package includes: medical and dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401K, PTO, paid holidays, gear discounts and the ability to add value to an exciting mission!

Pay

Annual Salary: $60,000.00 - $70,000.00