Free People Intimates Senior Designer - Foundations

• Develop seasonal product with a focus on style, fit and fabric, while identifying key trends in Bra’s & Undies to push newness to go after that will continue to help build the foundations business.
• Collaborate and communicate with key partners throughout the design process including Global Head of Design, Product Development, and Market vendors on sourcing/ developments to utilize in upcoming assortments and support new ideas to go after within foundations. This pertains to but not limited to fabrics, embellishment artworks, print developments, and trim sourcing.
• Present impactful seasonal design presentations built around seasonal line plan to Design/ Merchandising Leads focusing on key trends & fabrications aligned on w/ Global Head of Design. Executing vision with detailed illustrator sketches and Ai visualizations to support vision.
• Collaborate with Print & Color team on seasonal print & color direction and assortment, CADing colorways for color multiplying opportunity throughout the development process.
• Create detailed tech packs, focusing on construction, drape and finishing techniques to ensure first prototypes come in accurate and in line with brand's expectations. Updating & maintaining BOMs in Tradestone for private label & communicating updates in Excel for market to ensure accuracy on protos and bulk.
• Anticipate/solve potential issues and provide conflict resolution during fittings and communicate comments to Market vendors for UW & Seamless prototypes.
• Manage development and execution of trim/ early fabric development packages and managing follow up communication with cross functional partners/ market vendor’s on developments status.
• Partner with market vendor’s & in-house cross functional partners daily to follow up on the status of styles in development to ensure product execution meets design specifications and are on track in style development process.

• UW Foundation background and experience is required.
• Strong sense of technical design and passion for technical portion.
• Knowledge across cut & sew knits and wovens fabrications within bras and undies are a must.
• Strong understanding of foundations apparel construction, materials, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience with seamless is a plus.
• Excellent hand and computer sketching/ CAD skills in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop as well as Procreate. Ai knowledge/experience would be a plus!
• Experience in Research and Development with a clear understanding of future technologies and trends in Foundations.
• Strong project management skills & ability to work independently managing multiple projects simultaneously and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Some experience with managing 1-2 team members would be added value.
• Strong presentation skills to showcase designs and collections to internal teams, executives, buyers, and merchandising.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively convey design concepts.
• Proficient in Microsoft platforms (Excel, PowerPoint & Word) 

Education: Bachelor’s degree in apparel design with a focus on intimate apparel, swim, or activewear and with related field experience.

Years of experience required: 8-10 years minimum of design experience with a focus in Bras and/or Swimwear, Activewear Innovation or related area of business preferred.

Location: 5 days in office Navy Yard- Building 25

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