Womens Senior Designer, Dkny

Senior Designer, Womens

Brand: DKNY

Location (On-Site): New York City, Midtown Manhattan – Fashion District

Key Accountabilities:

Line Development:

• Applies findings from research (including blog, magazine, store, street-style, vintage exploration) to a seasonally relevant, cohesive collection that is well balanced in fabrication and thoroughly merchandised
• Communicates seasonal concept/design intent to factories; Requests preliminary treatments and mock-ups
• Researches current trends and forecasts the evolution on trends within brand identity

Sample Development:

• Exaggerates visual cues to reinforce concept and transcribes amplified garments to runway program with stylist
• Receives prototype, fits and communicates adjustments to overseas factories via photographs, spec notes, and diagram sketches
• Generates tech-packs with clear silhouette, garment construction, and trim information to overseas factories
• Evaluates collection standing and sketch and refabricates to support seasonal objectives within line plan/SKU count

Retail & Competitive Landscape:

• Maintains on-going awareness of the category’s impact and presence at retail, stays keenly in tune to the competition and brand strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

Education and Experience:

• Ten (10) or more years of Design experience for a global fashion lifestyle women’s apparel brand, spanning retail and wholesale
• College degree, or equivalent professional work experience, required

Skills and Behaviors:

• Fashion savvy with the critical ability to identify and interpret commercially viable trends
• Confident, capable, engaging, highly effective cross-functional written/verbal communication, teaming and interpersonal skills
• Development process expertise with reputational excellence working with overseas factories and vendors
• Proven ability to collaborate on a design team and to design at the speed of fashion
• Technical skill proficiency using Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator
• Motivated to work in a high energy environment at the speed of fashion with ever-changing priorities

Candidate Requirements:

CV/Resume AND Work Samples (Portfolio URL) Required for Initial Consideration

About G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. | www.g-iii.com

G-III excels at bringing excitement and confidence to customers through the fashion we create. We are global experts in design, sourcing, manufacturing, distribution and marketing, which enables us to fuel the growth of a substantial portfolio of brands. With more than 30 licensed and owned brands, including some of the most sought-after names in global fashion, our success is driven by our team’s entrepreneurial spirit and our deep relationships across the industry.

G-III’s owned brands include DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld Paris, Donna Karan, Vilebrequin, Sonia Rykiel, G.H. Bass, Bass Outdoor, Andrew Marc, Eliza J., GIII Sports and more. G-III has fashion licenses under the Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Cole Haan, Dockers, Guess?, Kenneth Cole, Levi’s, Vince Camuto, Margaritaville and more. G-III also operates retail stores for the DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld Paris and Donna Karan brands.

The pay range for this position is: $105k per year - $150k per year.

Please note that the foregoing compensation information is a good-faith assessment associated with this position only and is provided pursuant to the New York City Salary Transparency Law.