Apparel Designer, Women's

WHAT YOULL DO:

• Support the development of all assigned styles in partnership with Senior Designer.
• Manage timeline developments for all projects and ensure tech pack accuracy in flex plm.
• Partner with the Senior Development Materials Costing and Merchandising teams by initiating and developing fabrics trims and prints that achieve costing and aesthetic goals for the season.
• Research domestic and global markets to identify new seasonal trends silhouettes fabrics techniques product categories and competitive inspiration.
• Develop strong internal cross functional relationships with Merchandising Product Development Technical design and Materials to ensure product concept to production timelines are met.
• Partner with Design Director to align on fit intent; clearly communicate direction to Technical Design.
• Ability to work in a fast paced dynamic and highly collaborative environment with the ability to juggle multiple seasons at one time and track development deadlines.
• Communicate challenges in a timely manner with recommended solves.
• Possess an elevated sense of style aesthetic and color and understand how to translate trends through the lens of the customer and brand filter.
• Knowledge of silhouette fit fabrication construction color use sewing techniques and trim.

WHAT YOULL BRING:

• Ability to identify market trends as they shift.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate information in Flex PLM.
• High level of knowledge and proficiency in both Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Strong sense of color.
• Creative and self-motivated.
• Detail oriented.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to integrate feedback to meet internal objectives.
• Reliably meet deadlines and work quickly.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 5 years of applied experience working as an Apparel Designer.
• Degree in Apparel of Product Design.
• Understanding of garment production.
• Advanced Adobe Programs (Photoshop Illustrator and InDesign etc.) skills required.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other basic computer programs.
• Experience with Mac.
• Strong knowledge of Flex PLM.

The pay range for this position is $90000-$100000/yr USD.

About Skechers

Skechers a global Fortune 500 company developsand markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear apparel and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores e-commerce and digital stores and through our more than 5300 Skechers retail locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Skechers is committed to providing a safe inclusive and respectful work environment. Skechers provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard race color religion gender gender identification and expression national origin marital status age disability genetic information military status sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic established by local state or federal law.

Reasonable Accommodation
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To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each job responsibility satisfactorily. The skills abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities who are otherwise qualified for the job position to perform the essential functions.