Freelance Designer Woodinville, Washington, United States
About the role
BDA is seeking a highly creative and commercially minded Freelance Apparel Designer to help bring innovative, brand-right product concepts to life across men’s, women’s, and kids’ categories.
Responsibilities
- Create breakthrough products across various categories, including knits, wovens, tops, and bottoms in all departments, Men’s Women’s, and Kid’s.
- Lead the design process from conceptualization to final product, ensuring excellence in performance, function, and aesthetics.
- Partner with Sales, Merchandising, Sourcing, Product Development, Fit, to ideate, refine, and evolve design concepts, always pushing the boundaries of what's possible.
- Oversee the design process by conducting wear-testing, validation, and material development, ensuring each idea is tested rigorously and refined to meet client standards.
- Prepare compelling presentations that communicate the innovation behind your designs-crafting narratives, toolboxes, and frameworks that bring your concepts to life for key stakeholders.
- Share your expertise with teammates, helping them grow and develop their own design skills. Foster a collaborative, knowledge-sharing environment that elevates the entire team.
- Focus on creating commercially viable innovations that resonate with our client’s needs and strategic business goals.
- Create compelling designs and graphic assortments that are innovating, while staying true to branded client guardrails.
Requirements
- A deep passion for creating innovative products that appeal to clients.
- Using creative design to solve product cost limitations.
- Expertise in product construction, trims, materials, and apparel manufacturing with a keen eye for the finest details.
- A collaborative mindset, eager to work across teams to bring your ideas to life.
- Experience in leading the design process from concept to final product including costing, graphic creation and material development.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex ideas in a clear, inspiring way to internal teams and external clients.
- A commitment to continuous learning and knowledge sharing to help elevate the team's collective talent.
Qualifications
- Apparel Design Experience
- Material/Textile
- Technical Design
- Pattern and fit
- Manufacturing and production
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Prototype fitting
- AI tools - prompting and knowhow
- Technical drawing and specification package creation
- Presenting creative concepts
Skills
- Innovative Design Thinking
- Design Development
- Collaborative Problem-Solving
- Pressure-Test Assumptions
- Storytelling & Communication
- Development & Knowledge Sharing
- Drive Commercial Success
- Brand Expression
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements, including remote work options.
- Opportunities to work with leading brands and client programs.
- Continuous learning and professional development opportunities.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
Pay
We are open to reviewing proposed bill rates based on the contractor’s experience, scope of services, and project needs. Final compensation will be agreed upon before engagement begins and documented in the contractor agreement.
Schedule
This is a 1099 independent contractor opportunity and is not a W-2 employee position. The selected contractor will be engaged to provide services under an independent contractor agreement.
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