Designer
Reidsville, NC - USA
Job Summary
Global Textile Alliance (GTA) is seeking a creative and technically skilled Textiles & Surface Designer to join our Design team. This role will develop original artwork prints patterns and surface designs for woven and knit textile products with a strong focus on bedding and home textiles.
The ideal candidate combines artistic creativity with technical textile expertise and understands how color pattern scale textile construction and manufacturing capabilities come together to create commercially successful products. You will have the opportunity to develop original concepts transform existing or licensed artwork explore multiple creative directions and help bring innovative designs from concept through production.
- Create original artwork prints patterns motifs and surface designs for home textile applications.
- Develop design concepts based on customer needs design briefs market trends and business objectives.
- Create and refine colorways repeats pattern scale and placements for woven and knit products.
- Adapt and manipulate existing purchased and licensed artwork into differentiated design concepts.
- Develop production-ready digital artwork using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Create 2D and 3D textile renderings using 3DGO EAT or comparable software.
- Apply a strong understanding of color theory and textile construction to design development.
- Participate in design reviews and confidently present concepts and recommendations.
- Collaborate with Design Creative Sales Product Development and other teams to develop cohesive product collections.
- Stay current with trends in textiles fashion home furnishings color surface design and consumer preferences.
- Manage multiple projects and deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Maintain organized digital files and follow established production and file-management standards.
- Identify opportunities to improve creative processes workflows and technology.
- Apply appropriate copyright trademark licensing and intellectual property practices.
- 3 years of professional design experience preferably in textile surface print graphic fashion home furnishings or a related field.
- Bachelors degree in Textile Design Surface Design Graphic Design Fashion Design or a related discipline preferred.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating original artwork surface patterns prints color development and digital design.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud particularly Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Strong knowledge of color theory pattern development print repeats scale colorways and pattern placement.
- Ability to create clean accurate production-ready digital files.
- Strong organizational and project-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills including the ability to present ideas and respond constructively to feedback.
- Ability to learn and adapt to new software technologies and design tools.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications.
- Experience with 2D and 3D textile rendering software particularly EAT 3DGO or equivalent.
- Experience designing for woven and knit textile applications.
- Experience working in a manufacturing or product-development environment.
This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of creativity textile innovation and manufacturing. Youll collaborate with talented teams across the business and play a direct role in transforming creative concepts into commercially viable textile products.
If you are a designer who enjoys creating collaborating solving problems and seeing your work move from concept to finished product wed love to hear from you.
GTA is an equal opportunity employer.
Required Experience:
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About Company
Qualitative mattress and upholstery fabrics for your home, made with yarns from our own extrusion plant, created by our in-house design team.