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Designer Jobs in New York, NY at Express
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About Express, Inc.
Express, Inc. is a multi-brand fashion retailer whose portfolio includes Express, Bonobos and UpWest. The Company operates an omnichannel platform as well as physical and online stores. Grounded in a belief that style, quality and value should all be found in one place, Express is a brand with a purpose – We Create Confidence. We Inspire Self-Expression. – powered by a styling community. Bonobos is a menswear brand known for exceptional fit and an innovative retail model. UpWest is an apparel, accessories and home goods brand with a purpose to Provide Comfort for People & Planet.
The Company has over 530 Express retail and Express Factory Outlet stores in the United States and Puerto Rico, the Express.com online store and the Express mobile app; over 60 Bonobos Guideshop locations and the Bonobos.com online store; and 13 UpWest retail stores and the UpWest.com online store. Express, Inc. is traded on the NYSE under the symbol EXPR. For more information about our Company, please visit www.express.com/investor and for more information about our brands, please visit www.express.com, www.bonobos.com or www.upwest.com.
Location Name: New York Office Responsibilities:
As a Designeryou will be working with all facets of design development for assigned categories alongside the fun and highly talented Design team. You will be doing market research to understand our customers, sketching, working on fabric, print and trim development, collaborating with our tech team during fittings and communicating daily with our Production and Merchandising teams.
Looking for experienced candidates in Denim.
Autonomously designs and innovates on products for their assigned categories without daily oversight
Contributes to overall company product strategies
Attends category cross-functional meetings with merchandising, production, tech design and planning, and is prepared to lead discussions and present relevant information
Stays up to date on menswear trends and presents those ideas cross-functionally
Translates customer needs into viable product ideas
Builds product related deadlines on top of company calendar
Collaborates with merchandising team to bring new key ideas to categories
Attends retail trade shows and visits factories to stay up to date on industry and product trends and production innovations when required
Responsible for designing full product lines for their categories; keen eye for fabric, pattern, trim, color and print, as well as maintaining cost targets and imu goals.
Clear understanding of all technical aspects of assigned categories design and development, including different types of fabric finishes, performance properties, trim and garment construction.
Responsible for creating detailed and accurate tech packs (Adept at relevant design systems, BeProduct, Adobe, Miro, Microsoft)
Contributes point of view in fitting and take notes/update tech packs and sketches accordingly
Creates clear and directional design boards, owns editing development to 50% development ratio in partnership with Merchandising
Comfortable speaking publicly and presenting designs in variety of settings
Able to lead with confidence in assortment meetings with merchandising
Attends seasonal detail meetings and directs conversation of assortment, responsible for selecting trims and product details.
Keeps clear, open communication with production …
Title: Designer
Company: Express
Location: New York, NY
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