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Crate and Barrel

Associate Designer, Crate & Kids Textiles

Crate and Barrel, Northbrook, Illinois, us, 60065

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We inspire purpose-filled living that brings beauty and quality to the modern home. Together, we achieve. Associates across our business drive results, innovate, and inspire. Drawn together by our shared values and passion for our customers and our brands, we deliver home furnishings that are expertly designed, responsibly sourced, and bring timeless style and function to people’s homes. From the day we opened our first store in Chicago in 1962 to the digital innovations that engage millions of customers today, our iconic brand is over 60 years in the making—and our story is still unfolding.

We’re here for it. We think

you should be too . We’re looking for a driven professional with an inclusive mindset to join our team as an

Associate Designer, Crate & Kids Textiles .

The

Associate Designer for Crate & Kids Textiles

plays a key role in shaping the brand's future vision through product innovation within the Design and Development department. This position involves managing the daily design functions, including creating technical development briefs, overseeing color checking, and coordinating sample development.

This is an on-site position (Monday through Thursday) based out of our Northbrook, IL office with the flexibility to work remotely on Fridays.

A day in the life as an Associate Designer, Crate & Kids Textiles…

Own and support the product design process for Wall Art, Soft Seating, Seasonal and Soft Accessories under the guidance of the Associate Director

Create presentations of key cross-functional design milestones Design original surface patterns and CAD’s for the product lines

Own the development of technical product design specifications and CADs

Own product amendment comments and revisions through the design development and sampling process

Maintain seasonal concept documents and design records Develop set up of category presentations for product and assortment reviews

Partner with sourcing team to maintain swatch libraries

Manage design samples through their entire lifecycle

Manage color checking and approvals for textile categories

Organize and maintain sample storage and review spaces

Identify and support opportunities for improvement in business management and process design

Support and model excellent service to internal and external customers in all forms of action and communication

What you’ll bring to the table…

Ability to paint in various styles to support the team with print and pattern needs

Passion for design, style and decorating and knowledge of design and art history

Ability to interact and collaborate with senior members of the team and major vendors with experience on product development

Ability to translate business and design objectives into successful products

Experience building effective relationships with internal partners in Design and Merchandising and Sourcing to help execute cross functional synergy and collaboration

We’d love to hear from you if you have…

Must provide a link to portfolio (including password) on resume or provide PDF samples

3 years experience working in Textile home or fashion and manufacturing/retail industry

AA, BFA or MA in Textile Design or any related design field

Experience with technical design and design brief creation

Strong Hand Sketching and concept generation

Strong knowledge of design and art history

Strong Technical knowledge and experience with Procreate

Knowledge of Adobe Creative suite, Photoshop and Illustrator essential

Minimum Starting Rate:

$68,000.00 Annually

Up to:

$90,000.00 Annually Pay ranges will be adjusted upward as needed to comply with applicable state and local law. In addition to your salary, based on your role, associates may be eligible for other compensation including bonuses, sales incentives, and long term incentives.

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