Assistant Designer

Serving the needs of all families with young children, Carter’s Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children, encompassing Carter’s, OshKosh B’gosh, Skip*Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work, constant learning, genuine people, and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at Carter's.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT:
20% Creative Concept

• Partner with design leaders to research trends, product, prints, fabrics and color to inspire a compelling product assortment and build mood boards for creative concept presentations.
• Collaborate with design team to create new silhouettes, inspire color and art and develop fabrics and trims.
• Partner with Design Manager to concept, sketch and request design samples.
• Collaborate with Design Manager to co-design plush, wood and other toys (no hard goods experience required).

30% Product line Development

• Lead design of 30% the Carter’s Baby Accessories and apparel line as needed and as workload allows.
• Work with both internal and external Design, Art, Product Development, and Merchandising teams to create designs that are both innovative and brand right.
• Manage Flex PLM linesheets, uploading colorway images, inputting SC numbers and adding product change comments. Maintain OSV linesheets, ensuring they stay up-to-date through development.
• Create and manage all flat sketches, SC cards and communication with Technical Design team.  
• Manage organization and storage of Design’s purchased samples and mood boards.
• Strong understanding of product categories and deliveries at both style and program level.
• Responsible for helping team achieve calendar deliverables and deadlines for all stages of design.

50% Design Process & Communication

• Display proficiency in design fundamentals, systems and processes, flat sketching in Illustrator, line sheet and PLM responsibilities.
• Partner with Design Manager to develop a successful Baby line, researching trends, product, prints, fabrics and color to inspire a compelling product assortment.
• Partner with Design Manager to communicate with Licensees through daily email follow up, sharing digital and physical assets as needed.
• Participate in all aspects of daily follow up with internal business partners, i.e. email communication and meetings.
• Partner with design manager to review pre-production art (review prints, graphic scale & placements, validate color chips and line sheets and own complete process for their portion of the line).
• Responsible for maintaining all product details throughout design review process that impact final execution of product commercialization; communicate changes with tech, merchant, sourcing and production teams.
• Participate in fittings, partnering with design team to provide design intent feedback and follow up with necessary changes.

WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:
Must have:

• BA or BFA required, preferably in apparel design
• 1-2 years of design experience
• Exhibit inquisitiveness, excellent communication and analytical skills 
• Possess strong attention to detail and good organizational skills
• Strong time management and creative problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Be able to balance multiple responsibilities independently
• Ability to work in a fast paced, creative, and team-oriented environment
• Exceptional Mac skills: Adobe Illustrator 

Preferred skills and experience:

• Working knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tool preferred
• Experience in Children’s Apparel

OUR TEAM MEMBERS:

• Lead Courageously: Have a strong sense of personal values that align with our Company values
• Collaborates Broadly: Build cooperation, trust, and thrive in a consensus driven environment
• Customer Focus: Proactively seek opportunities to leverage data and fact-based insights to serve customers and/or internal clients
• Drive Growth: Set aggressive goals and implement plans precisely
• Cultivates Innovation:  Respectfully challenge the "we’ve always done it this way" mentality and explore new ways to achieve desired outcomes

MAKE A CAREER AT CARTER’S: 
Career Development: Success starts from within, and we have several paths from which you can choose to enhance your career evolution. From Carter’s University to Toastmasters to mentorship programs and more, we encourage you to utilize these tools to elevate your professional prowess. 
NOTE:  This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties described may be changed or reassigned at the discretion of management, and the employee may be required to perform duties that are not listed in the job description.
 

Carters is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.