Associate Fashion Designer

Sweet Rain Apparel Inc., is a womenswear wholesale company based in Los Angeles. Established in spring of 2000, Sweet Rain entered the fashion market offering on-trend looks and high quality clothing to customers globally. Through materiality and textiles, our seasonal collections of garments play with silhouettes, colors, patterns, and texture. Being a wholesale clothing company, it gives us the freedom to create varying aesthetics throughout our collections due to the audience each collection is targeted for.

Sweet Rain Apparel is hiring an ASSOCIATE DESIGNER FOR WOMENSWEAR.

The Associate designer has to have an understanding of all aspects of the garment lifecycle from concept to final development & fittings. This position must research relevant trends and have the ability to communicate with cross functional teams such as Merchandising and Production.

Duties:

Understand concept to design to final development

Needs to manage cross-functional communication between all teams

Research concepts; create sketches, prototypes and artwork throughout the concept development phase

Market research

Ensure all styles are developed in a timely manner

Create and update Tech Packs daily

Organize and maintain all samples, design rooms & design tools, such as prototypes, fabrics, & color requests

Ability to multitask and handle multiple projects while meeting deadlines

Excellent communication skills mandatory- this position communicates daily with oversees vendors

Must work well in team collaboration and proactively solve problems

Skills/Qualification

Studied in Fashion Design with a Bachelors Degree

Understanding customer preferences on fashion and style trends

Strong sketching skills, color sense, and fabric knowledge

Strong written and verbal communication with presentation skills

Detail oriented

Must have experience constructing various types of garments

Ability to assess data, make judgments, problem solve, and recommend solutions

Strong sense of aesthetic and passion for clothes/styling

Must have a sense of current fast fashion trends

Familiar with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Microsoft Word & Excel

Positive attitude, energetic and a desire to work with the Company

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