Location: HQ - Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Status: Full-time/100% on-site
Compensation: $60,000-$65,000 annually
Position Summary
Seeking a passionate and creative assistant designer who is interested in exploring a career in accessories and lifestyle design at Kith. The designer will be assisting with a focus on Kid’s and Men’s Headwear, Softgoods, & Lifestyle Accessories. The ideal candidate is a driven individual, a collaborator that will help assist the Accessories Design Team in the execution of process, in order to bring the designed projects to materialization.
Responsibilities
Work alongside the Men’s Headwear Designer, Kid’s Design Team and report alongside the Senior Accessories
Designer across multiple projects in a fast paced environment.
Assist on the product development of accessories styles by doing research, sketching, building tech packs and
follow alongside the product life cycle processes.
Sketch CADs with sized artwork and detailed call outs with direction provided by the team.
Creating tech packs for the products that need to be completed.
Manage seasonal color palettes, graphic assets, and trim charts.
Assist team in keeping organization of samples and trims by development stages and corresponding
collections.
Assist in managing the product life cycle from sketch through pre-production and production samples.
Attend weekly design meetings and recap with designers as well as cross-functional partners.
Assist in setting up and organizing for milestone meetings, ensuring the seasonal samples are in order for
presentation purposes.
Liaise with SMU partners on sample hand-offs and coordinate tracking.
Liaise with the archive team to manage sample loans and ensure their proper return and archival.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design or related field
1-3 years of experience in accessories design or graphics design in the fashion industry
Proficient in Illustrator, Photoshop and the Adobe Creative Suite
Understanding of soft good accessories development, construction and application of artwork techniques
Experience and knowledge of product development process/ calendar/ timeline
Experience in creating mood boards and conducting market research.
Skills:
Experience with Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Google Suite and the PLM system.
Excellent technical knowledge and understanding of construction.
Professional Characteristics:
Strong communication, organization and interpersonal skills.
Ability to create original graphics, wordmarks, and logos that fit within the brand’s aesthetic.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Capacity to juggle multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
Positive and passionate with strong problem-solving skills and a desire to work in a collaborative environment
and build strong relationships with business partners and team mates.
A positive, can-do attitude and team-oriented mindset is crucial.
Personal Characteristics:
Curiosity to learn different skill sets, as we are a team that develops all kinds of accessories and lifestyle
products.
Passionate and responsible to the tasks on hand that need to be completed.
Who We Are
Established in 2011 in New York City, Kith is a lifestyle brand and specialty retailer that offers seasonal collections of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, accessories and footwear through a distinct lens of personal storytelling. Kith embodies a multi-faceted lifestyle, with uncompromising detail to fabrication and design. Led by Founder, CEO and Creative Director Ronnie Fieg, the brand is known globally for evoking nostalgia from a dynamic point of view, and working closely with a carefully selected set of best-in-class collaborators.
Kith operates 16 standalone boutiques around the world, and 3 shop-in-shops. Kith Treats, conceived from Fieg’s childhood love for cereal, operates in 10 locations, as well as Sadelle’s at Kith restaurants in Paris, Miami Design District, Toronto and Seoul.
The Kinnect Foundation, a non-profit established and operated by Kith, is a non-profit devoted to creating positive change through education, community and social impact.
Kith is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
All career opportunities offered by Kith are fully on site, and if contacted, all email communication will come from a kith.com or kithnyc.com email address. Please note that any correspondence from an alternative email domain, or offering remote or hybrid work, is fraudulent.