Senior Expert Designer, Speed Apparel Product Design

Job Title: Senior Expert Designer, Speed Apparel Product Design
Location: Beaverton, OR
Duration: 03 months

Job Description:

Expected contract length: 13 weeks from the start date

Team details & who they will work with: Apparel designer for Speed Design, Global Brand

Interviews: Depends on what portfolios look like, 1 panel style interview, talk through candidates process and portfolio

Desired Candidate Profile:

Minimum required years of experience: 10 YOE in Apparel design, most recent roles were as individual contributors to work, is a doer

Education requirements: Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience

Must have skills:

Working with very quick to market products, working on projects with a 1 year out from now go to market timeline, creating in-line apparel products

Creating apparel chassis - the silhouette and base shape of apparel piece, pulling on current trends and getting to market

Portfolios: Shows a collection that has gone to market from sketch to final product, has personal taste outside of the brands taste/style guides

Nice to have skills:

Experience in Mens and womens, Street wear, and performance wear - basketball, training, global football, and golf

Collaborating with internal and external graphic designers and color designers, highly organized and strong communication skills

Software/technical requirements:

Ai experience

Previous client/industry experience preference: Yes

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We re looking for an exceptional Senior Expert Designer to bring their experience, craftsmanship, problem-solving abilities, and above all, creativity to design industry-defining apparel on insanely fast timelines. The ideal candidate is highly creative, with an exceptional eye for silhouette, style, method of make, and a strong understanding of lifestyle and performance attributes. You ll obsess over the importance of details and believe that only the best product design the kind that genuinely WOWs consumers earns a Jumpman. The ideal candidate will elevate the art of apparel design by blending expertise in digital tools with craftsman-level making and construction skills, using renderings and physical samples to persuasively communicate ideas and concepts at the highest level.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Your goal is to push revolutionary aesthetics in apparel design, partnering closely with small cross-functional teams and making quick decisions to drive the future of Brand Design. You will work across a range of designs, pushing creative boundaries with speed and efficiency. Your work encompasses concepting and ideating through the lens of the Brand consumer; creating apparel concepts digitally and physically; finalizing tech packs; collaborating closely with Merchants, Technical Development, and cross-functional Design teams; and working with manufacturing and external partners to ensure the continuity and fidelity of your vision and story through to the consumer. Your focus on making Brand the market leader will drive innovation and future aesthetics not only through the product itself, but through the way Brand creates product to unleash future-leading designs that truly disrupt the competition. The daily responsibilities of this role are wide-ranging, demanding, rewarding, and exciting. As a Senior Principal Designer in Speed Apparel Product Design, you will have the opportunity to learn new skills, hone existing ones, explore new methods of make, and push the boundaries of Brand Design.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You ll work with a broad range of different projects, and collaborate within the design community (color, graphics, PLM etc.), to bring to life energetic, creative ideas through apparel. This role will report directly to the Global Senior Director of Speed.

WHAT YOU BRING

Bachelor's degree in design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience or training

10 years of relevant work experience in apparel design

Ability to think strategically about product relevance, product positioning, timing, and collections

Strong knowledge of fashion, design, and Lifestyle trends -Ability to build seasonal concepts, and provide the team with both short and long-term vision

Proficient ability to apply and perform industrial design skills, including drawing/sketching, ideation, color theory, use of textiles, spacing and scale, visual presentation development and layout that is supported by a portfolio of non-computer based creative design.

Digital design competence in Adobe CC and comfortable working within Digital tools/3D -Strong communication and presentation skills

Apparel construction, draping, patternmaking, and prototyping skills are a plus

ai design programs experience is a plus

Strong sketching, illustration, and rendering skills

Solid knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials

Must be able to generate a broad range of concepts and solutions for each project

Knowledge and experience with sustainable design and manufacturing are a plus

Experienced with presentation programs: Keynote, PowerPoint, Acrobat, etc.

Positive personality and energy

Ability and passion to lead, mentor and onboard Design teammates

Contribute and align to shared team culture and behaviors

Catalyst to make connections with other Design groups

Lead drive partnerships beyond the Design function (Marketing, Engineering, Development, etc.)

Motivated and hardworking about bringing others along

Extraordinary teammate

Collaborator with a skill in connecting the dots

Speaks up with courage for self and the team

Open minded, good listener, receptive to candid feedback and diverse points of view