Sr Designer presso Randa Apparel & Accessories

Position Summary:

Join a creative team of designers with a passion for the details, designing belts and small leather goods. A Senior Accessory Designer collaborates with sales and merchandising, as well as licensed brand partners to create innovative and trend-right collections of belts and wallets. Their main duties include trend and market research, designing aesthetically pleasing and functional product, and leading major initiatives for their brand AOR, under the purview of the design director.  

Essential Job Functions: 

• Maintains an awareness of current design trends, influences and stays up to date on competitor research.
• Ensure on-time delivery of fully realized collections that meets the brand seasonal direction as well as company initiatives/market needs
• Lead in material, constructions and hardware development and innovation.
• Manage brand relationships with licensor partners
• Collaborates with licensors, merchandising, and design team by communicating, presenting, and explaining ideas internally.
• Guides the development process from research to technical development to market presentation.
• Designs and creates trend boards and collateral materials for both internal, licensors, and customer presentations.
• Creates detailed technical drawings and specs for factory partners.
• Conducts follow up of product design process to include preparation of tech packs, sample requests, Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) processes, communications with overseas factories, etc.
• Mentor and train designer(s) in technical skills and knowledge of the category
• Achieves set goals with attention to detail, tracking progress & anticipating potential issues., and manages design calendar deadlines
  Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the activities enumerated above.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion, Industrial Design or equivalent degree/experience

General Experience Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in relevant field (i.e. design or product development) 

Skills and Knowledge:

• Minimum 5 years working with Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, etc.)
• Working knowledge of Outlook and Microsoft Office Suite
• Working knowledge web-based Product Lifecycle systems (PLM systems) a plus
• 3-D Software/printing experience a plus
• Knowledge of raw materials, sourcing and designing within target costs 

Core Behavioral Attributes:

• Solid communication and presentation skills
• Creative, innovative and able to contribute unique ideas and concepts
• Communicate well with all departments, including Merchandising, Sales, Packaging and Sourcing
• Adaptability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Capable of taking direction and receiving constructive criticism from internal reviews
• Contribute positively to the team dynamic; desire to work collaboratively.

What we Offer: 

• Competitive base salary.
• Hybrid work schedule.
• Three weeks of paid time off within the first year of employment. 
• Company-provided life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and paid parental leave. 
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance options with low employee contributions.  
• Commuter benefit plan.  
• Optional supplemental life insurance, pet insurance, and accident & critical illness insurance offered at a group discount rate. 
• 401(k) plan. 
• Unlimited access to an award-winning online fitness and wellness program.
• A fast-paced work environment with significant opportunities for career growth.

“The statements in this job description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. Randa management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.”  

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