BIOWORLD MERCHANDISING is hiring: Accessories Designer in New York

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Bioworld Merchandising is a leading design and distribution company of licensed and private label apparel, headwear & accessories to all retails channels. We collaborate with some of the most widely recognized brand and retail partners in the world. Employees of Bioworld consider it to be an honor and a privilege to be part of the hottest, most creative, dynamic company in the industry! We are seeking skilled candidates who are excited to join this amazing team!

We Believe in Great Brands: Our goal is to translate the brand story into product that is as innovative and distinctive as the brand itself.

Creative Culture: Our multi-disciplinary team brings to our brand partners a unique mix of creative product design paired with merchandising expertise. We prize collaboration and believe innovation comes from a diversity of creative ideas.

We are the Market: Our team believes in full immersion to gain insight into retail markets, contemporary culture and consumer reaction.

We are currently seeking Accessories Designer to join our team of outstanding employees!

QUALIFICATIONS

• Research, organize, present, and translate trends, graphic, and color inspiration, provide market research as needed
• Create and manage products within a product lifecycle management system (PLM).
• Interpret and incorporate those trends into seasonal product development
• Create and design into seasonal line plans
• Merchandise product lines into cohesive stories and sales ready lines
• Develop sketches across our Kids private label product categories, with focus on knitted head and hand, cut and sewn head and hand, ski product.
• Develop graphics and prints as needed for private brand product, as well as work with Licensed graphics.
• Work within PLM system to enter, track, and change styles throughout the product life cycle
• Communicate daily with factories throughout product lifecycle
• Communicate with Sales team to make sure account needs are being met from Design.
• Create tech packs and line sheets
• Assess fit and create specs
• Work with product master grids detailing color, size, construction, changes, sample sending, etc. throughout a season

ESSENTIAL DUTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO

• A developed and versatile portfolio of graphic and product design
• 3+ years of experience in Design/Product development for accessories/or apparel
• Experience in a product execution through product management software (PLM)
• Creative, trend driven innovator who is customer obsessed
• Excels in highly collaborative environment with different work groups
• Passion for fan culture and pop culture product
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; strong presentation skills
• Can-do and solution driven mentality, even keeled and upbeat, with an appetite for continued
• improvement and learning
• Proficient in: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, & In Design. Previous experience with
• WGSN and Edited a plus

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

• Degree in Fashion Design or similar

SALARY RANGE

$60,000-$85,000 base salary

BUSINESS HOURS

Hours of operation: Monday-Friday: 8:30am – 5:30pm, and as needed to meet business goals and objectives. We have a Hybrid flexible schedule. We work 4 days in office and 1 from home once trained. Schedules can vary based on deadlines and projects.