Senior Designer - Sunham Home Fashions : Job Details

Sunham Home, soft home textile company, is seeking a skilled Sr. Designer who will be primarily responsible for all designs related to the Designer's assigned Brand.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Product Development, Brand partners, and Head of Brands Division to execute design direction given.
• Attend kick off meetings with PD and Sales partners in order to understand overall vision and scope of each project.
• Develop new design concepts, maintaining brand integrity.
• Create concept boards for new design concepts.
• Research Design and Brand specific trends and interpret into saleable product for the brand and account.
• Liaising with brand partners, customers, department heads, product development and sales staff to plan and develop designs; makes customer presentations.
• Create detailed rendering of design concepts for preliminary review by PD and Brand partners.
• Work in collaboration with PD and/or Sales departments on a daily basis to accurately interpret, represent and to execute brand partner requests.
• Help to design each seasonal Market with the collaborative direction from Head of Brands Design, Merchandising and Sales teams.
• Put together tech packs.
• Be able to ensure proper adaptation of design into production process.
• Communicate with overseas teams in SHO, INO and PAK regarding ongoing design projects, as needed.
• Prepares product presentation materials.
• Assess and approve completed samples and production standards from overseas.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of new design and production techniques and textile technology.
• Work proactively according to development calendar to stay on timelines and work through product approvals
• Assist with Showroom design and set up.
• Conduct site visit, comp shopping, attend ‘creative' venues and other sources of ideas for designs.
• Sources fabrics and other materials at trade fairs, markets and antique shops.
• Attend trade shows domestically and internationally to understand seasonal trend direction and implement them into design work.
• Keeping up to date and spotting home fashion trends in fabric design by reading forecasts in trade magazines and using internet resources.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

A minimum of 5-7 years textile design experience. Experience in soft home goods required. Brand experience highly desirable.

Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from college or university.

Must have specific expertise in all soft home categories. This includes: all soft bedding, soft bath and decorative pillows

COMPUTER SKILLS:

To perform this job successfully must be highly skilled using Illustrator and Photoshop. Should have proficiency in Microsoft word products.

Hybrid role - 4 days in mid-town NY Design Studio and 1 WFH on Fridays