Overview
Product Development Assistant Jobs in Los Angeles Metropolitan Area at STAUD
Title: Product Development Assistant
Company: STAUD
Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
STAUD Clothing, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, has an opening for a Product Development Assistant role in Los Angeles.
Founded in Los Angeles in 2015 by Sarah Staudinger and George Augusto, STAUD stands at the intersection of vintage inspiration and modern design—cool, confident, and deeply tied to culture. From cult-favorite accessories to elevated collaborations with brands like Birkenstock and St. Regis, Staud has built a world that’s distinctly LA yet globally resonant.
STAUD offers a health care plan to include medical coverage, dental care, vision insurance, an FSA plan, and a matching 401k plan.
Role Overview
The Product Development Assistant supports the Accessories and Footwear Product Development team in the product development process from concept kick-off to production, ensuring every product meets the highest brand standards.
Essential Duties
- Manage and maintain SMS / PP closet, sample movement betweenoffices, and SMS logging and distribution for NY market. Sample log for styles borrowed out on shoots.
- Own full-cycle ERP management and maintenance
- Support in daily correspondence with factories + vendors ensuring all internal sample information is accurate
- Support seasonal lab dip request and management to ensure all dips are received prior to proto reviews.
- Maintain seasonal trim and hardware library, ensuring all trim detail sheets are received.
- Assist in building BOMs in Centric for all styles in development.
- Support manager in sample approval and material approvals
- Catalog and maintaina record of all fabricmaterials and maintainorganization for all approved submits
- Create style numbersand color codes
- Cross functional Sample + Photo Sample communication
- Build + maintain seasonal linesheets, material matrices, and development files
- Maintain/update development WIPs
- Assist with cost engineering by collecting vendor quotations, maintaining costing spreadsheets, and supporting margin targets.
- Send out and receive packages to all factories, unpacking in timely manner to ensure all necessary items are received.
Prerequisite Knowledge, Skills, and Education
- 1-3 years of relevantwork experience, includinginternships
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and open to change
- Ability to adapt to new situations quickly
- Intermediate level understanding of G-Suite and Microsoft Office
- Entrepreneurial mentality; resourceful with creativeproblem-solving skills
- Eagerness to learn the ins-and-outs of product development and sourcing; excitedto grow with the brand
- Experience in Centric PLM a plus
- Strong organizational skills and high attention to detail
- Strong writtenand verbal communication skills
Physical and Mental Requirements
- Standing and sitting for extended periods of time.
- Lifting up to 25 pounds in a safe and prudent manner.
- Ability to easily move throughout an office with ease.
- Ability to read, write, and understand English.
- Ability to effectively interact with others internally and externally.
- Ability to utilize office equipment in a safe and prudent manner, including a copy machine, fax machine, computer, telephone, and other general office equipment that may be used regularly.
- Ability to work with many different personalities.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Correctable vision and hearing.
- Ability to work on-site as needed.
Job Type: Full-Time, Non-Exempt
