Senior Designer Baby, Newborn and Infant - UA Kids

About the role

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets, and sells high-quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s, and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment, and beauty. We are focused on our customers and our brands that will drive the company’s future growth. We are defined by innovation as we seize new opportunities and thrive in an environment informed by creativity and thinking that is both analytical and outside the box. Centric Brands reflects a team built on respect, for others and for the hard work it takes to achieve our goals and build our bright future together.

Specific Responsibilities

• Create fashion-forward, commercially viable designs for Layette, Newborn, and Infant Boys & Girls.
• Support the overall creative direction of the brand by translating trends, inspiration, and brand vision into modern, compelling assortments that resonate with today’s parents while remaining appropriate for infant wear.
• Execute seasonal concepts from ideation through final development, ensuring designs meet standards of quality, comfort, and safety.
• Partner with Design Director and cross-functional teams to build balanced, trend-right assortments.
• Contribute to the development of silhouettes, prints, and fabrications appropriate for infant categories.
• Help refine style assortments to ensure clarity, cohesion, and commercial viability.
• Elevate core and basic items through thoughtful design details and updated color/application.
• Execute design development from sketch through production with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Create Illustrator sketches, CADs, and technical packages for development.
• Review lab dips, strike-offs, prints, and samples, ensuring alignment with design intent.
• Collaborate with technical design and production teams on fit, construction, and quality.
• Ensure all designs meet safety, comfort, and regulatory standards for infant apparel.
• Maintain awareness of fashion, lifestyle, and consumer trends relevant to infant and children’s wear.
• Conduct market research and competitive shopping to inform design direction.
• Support preparation of seasonal presentations, concept boards, and design reviews.
• Work closely with merchandising, production, and technical design partners to execute seasonal goals.
• Contribute to a collaborative, creative team environment.
• Provide support and mentorship to junior designers when needed.
• Manage multiple projects with strong organizational and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design or related field.
• 5–8+ years of apparel design experience, with experience in layette, newborn, or infant categories preferred.
• Strong design sensibility with the ability to translate trends into age-appropriate product.
• Knowledge of infant construction, materials, and safety requirements.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, CAD systems, Microsoft Office, and Mac platforms.
• Strong sketching, color sense, and attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and collaboration skills.

Benefits

At Centric Brands, we provide an industry-competitive salary, along with a comprehensive benefits plan (medical, dental, vision) that includes a matching 401(k), Summer Fridays, generous PTO, merchandise discounts, excellent career development opportunities, and a work environment that reflects our industry leadership. Our social impact program, Centric Cares, focuses on volunteerism to make a difference in communities we live and work in, and our D&I committee is shaping the future of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Centric Brands through workshops, resources, and inspiring conversation.

Pay

$95,000 - $120,000

Schedule

Full-time