JOB DESCRIPTION
Position: Designer
Reports To: Creative Director - Bedding
GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
As a Designer, you will play a crucial role in creating innovative and commercially creative textiles, aligning with current technical capabilities. Collaboration across the team, including sales, is key to success in this role.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and revise designs in accordance with the annual Creative Direction, established by the Creative Director.
- Maintain art and inspiration files encompassing concepts for the total bed, including panel, border, and cover design.
- Cultivate an 'open file' of individual concepts and design ideas for creative freedom development.
- Collaborate closely with the R&D Knit manager to devise alternative design solutions and address technical challenges.
- Work in tandem with design colleagues and the R&D Knit manager to tackle design issues creatively.
- Prepare diligently for all working sessions, product reviews, and kick-off meetings.
- Adhere to timelines and schedules for deliverables as outlined in the creative brief.
Customer Specific Responsibilities:
- In supporting the company's success, drive top-line growth through effort, solutions, and customer engagement.
- Develop compelling concepts and designs aligned with the aesthetics and technical requirements of customers' design briefs.
- Evaluate constructions and select those offering the highest visual appearance of value and quality.
- Adjust designs to meet target cost parameters, collaborating closely with the R&D Knit manager.
- Revise designs or develop new concepts based on customer feedback.
- Create compelling digital presentations for customer-facing product reviews.
- Author and maintain customer presentation files, detailed meeting notes, and design development walls.
- Adhere to customer- timelines and schedules for deliverables outlined in the design brief.
- Collaborate with assigned sales agents, R&D Knit manager, Creative Director, and customers as required to achieve successful outcomes.
WORK EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
- Advanced understanding of circular knitting machines and jacquard constructions.
- Proficient knowledge of circular knit and machine capabilities, as well as jacquard fabric and weave constructions.
- Strong artistic background with skills in creating original art, hand-drawing, and illustration.
- Ability to translate art into easily repeatable patterns.
- Advanced skills in EAT (including Layer Editor), Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop), and 3-D rendering.
- General knowledge of AI generating software and prompt creation.
- Highly organized and time-oriented, capable of efficiently completing multiple tasks and projects within deadlines.
- Effective communication skills with a proactive approach to follow-up.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high levels of quality, detail, and accuracy.
- Minimum 3 to 5 years of proven experience.
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor of Arts in Textile Design.