Assistant Designer, Men’s Wovens

Rag & Bone • Full-time • New York, New York, United States • $50k - $60k / year • 3w ago

Level/Title position is reporting into:
Head of Design
Job Summary:
Rag & Bone is looking for a Men's Wovens Assistant with background or experience in shirting, fabric development and tailoring who will support Men’s Designer with daily tasks and seasonal projects
Responsibilities:
• Manage fabric design and development from hand loom through SMS fabric
• Create and maintain seasonal boards (physical & digital versions) and keep boards
updated after meetings and fittings.
• Trend/Vintage research based on seasonal inspiration
• Manage rentals, past protos and reference styles for meetings and reference.
• Research for seasonal design concepts
• Assist in design and set up of mock-ups and trials.
• Assist in setting up of Tech Packs and sketches where necessary
• Edit sketches in Adobe Illustrator and photoshop
• Assist with sketch annotations for SMS (coordinating with Technical Designer to ensure
all information is in-line with SMS Tech Packs)
• Setting up and editing linesheets in Adobe Illustrator
• Attending fittings when necessary (proto /SMS stage – assist in collating design
information for Tech Packs)
• Assist in ordering trim for SMS
• Manage and organize trims/labels/combo fabrics etc for protos and sms
• Manage storage/archive samples
• Coordinate with sample room for any alterations for Show/Market

Requirements: (skills, qualifications, education, etc)
• Must have technical knowledge of Wovens
• Passion for shirting, fabric basics and different weaves a plus
• Experience with tailored garments, suiting or shirting
• Must have desire to work within Wovens specific product area
• Must be extremely organized and have ability to multi-task
• Must have thorough knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
Rules we live by | Rules you live by
Be a Good Human | Be original, be authentic. Stand for diversity, equitability & inclusivity
Have No Fear | Innovate and solve problems
Own Every Decision | Work together and get results
Quality Matters | Not only with product, but we see it in our people
Make Shit Happen | Be disciplined, be competitive
Our in-office policy is in office, 4 days a week.
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