Our client is a distinguished fashion wholesale company that supplies the nation's leading retailers with private label accessories. They are currently seeking a Fashion Accessories/Handbag Designer who excels at translating current trends into market-ready product designs for retail customers. This is an on-site role with one day per week WFH, based in Dallas, TX.
Essential Functions/Duties:
-Collaborate with sales, merchandising team members and management to create original private label products to meet customer expectations & deadlines and company objectives including but not limited to exceeding margin goals and increasing sales.
-Interpret inspirational research and trend & color direction from creative management to identify and capitalize on market opportunities to drive sales and fulfill specific customer needs. " Manage multiple seasons and customer lines consecutively.
-Maintain awareness of customer brands and account demographics to create appropriate merchandised products.
-Clearly and professionally present concepts and/or designs to sales / management during line reviews.
-Provide artwork, color palettes, inspiration boards as needed to convey product concepts.
-Source appropriate raw materials and have a keen understanding of pricing and functionality to discuss product attributes with customer/sales and provide solutions to price challenges.
-Communicate accurately with overseas factories from initial product development until completion and approval of development samples.
-Complete and submit detailed and accurate Sample Requests to factories with corresponding art files as necessary. Refine requests as necessary based on customer, sales, or management color and/or material direction.
-Provide production team with approved sample and corresponding documentation.
-Manage and track complete development and production lifecycle, review samples implement revision requests, manage customer approval. This includes communicating with providing documentation to the factories, tagging, and sending samples to the customer.
-Travel domestically to present products at customer meetings.
-Travel domestically and internationally for trend research, sourcing, and development.
-Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications/Requirements:
-4-year Design degree or related experience
-3+ years Design experience in accessories or closely related product classification preferred.
-Tech pack experience required.
-Online work portfolio showcasing Tech pack experience REQUIRED.
-Proficient in Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.
-Highly professional with a strong customer service orientation, commitment to meeting deadlines, able to take direction and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced and team-oriented environment.
-Self-motivated, reliable with excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
-Excellent communication skills including writing, speaking, presentation skills.
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