Here’s another fantastic opportunity available through The Fashion Network. It’s the perfect chance for an enterprising individual seeking a career involving design and trend research in NYC. We have many more current job openings—be sure to look through them all!
Design Director
Design and Trend Research:
- Lead the Design Team in development and execution of product designs to achieve overall product strategy and merchandise objectives.
- Set the brand/label’s seasonal fashion direction.
- Lead the research and development of seasonal trends.
- Interpret seasonal fashion direction, assortment opportunities, and merchandise trends for area of responsibility.
- Ensure designs meet merchant line plans, assortment strategies, and overall creative direction.
- Coordinate presentation materials for line previews and buy meetings.
- Travel to Europe/Asia to identify emerging themes and new inspirations.
- Responsible for shopping the retail markets seeking new merchandise/trend ideas.
- Responsible for shopping the trend market seeking design inspiration (materials, fashion, color, trade shows).
- Assist in identifying the key programs that comprise each classification.
- Oversee Designers in development of design development package components, as needed.
- Oversee Designers throughout the sampling process in reviewing development samples and approval of counter samples.
- Lead the Buy Meeting coordination process, including visual set-up, props, lifestyle, and design presentation.
- Buy Meeting and Preline presentation to the Divisions, explaining the design concepts and lifestyles of the brand.
The Design Director position is located in NYC and the salary goes up to 150k plus bonus and great benefits. Applicant must have sportswear experience.
Please send resume to jobs@thefashionetwork.com
