Associate, Designer (Design Ops)

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment and beauty. Centric Brands is focused on our customers and our brands that will drive the company’s future growth. We are defined by innovation as we seize new opportunities and thrive in an environment informed by creativity and thinking that is both analytical and outside the box. Centric Brands reflects a team built on respect, for others and for the hard work it takes to achieve our goals and build our bright future together.

Designer

What could be more exciting than putting your mark on some of the world’s most famous and well-loved fashion brands? As a designer for Centric Brands, you’ll use your skills and creativity to create designs based on style plans, sales needs and emerging trends. You will also ensure that your work can be transformed into a finished product in a timely manner and at an appropriate price point. This means working not only with our technical design and production teams, but also building collaborative relationships with outside vendors and other external stakeholders. The challenges are exciting and the possibilities endless – as you contribute your skills in a vibrant, customer- and people-centric culture that celebrates you as a valuable member of the team.

The Associate Designer, Ops and Material Coordinator creates styles for production in Flex PLM. The function includes creation of the bill of materials, identifying inconsistencies, and prioritizing workload for downstream. This requires extensive collaboration with various outside departments to provide accurate tech packs.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be the point person to ensure tech pack meets criteria
• Reviews & prioritizes styles based on daily open art report
• Adhere to production timelines ensuring deliveries are met
• Ensure art techniques are consistent with fabrication
• Communicate issues/concerns/updates to cross functional teams for clarification/confirmation
• Seamless communication with supervisor & final art manager
• Must be aware of deadlines and schedule artwork accordingly in a fast-paced environment
• Readiness to take on someone else’s workload in their absence or based on deadlines
• Manages other responsibilities and projects, as assigned
• Prepare artwork to be loaded into flex PLM and issue style number
• Manage open art report and attend production meetings for priorities
• Manage high level account specific projects
• Conduct thorough quality checks to identify and address any errors or discrepancies in artwork files
• Support overseas teams
• Daily communications with overseas partners

OPERATIONS AND RESULTS:

• Effectively prioritize workload for Final Art Team
• Ability to be resourceful and troubleshoot, as well as #exible and collaborative
• Monitor all licensor comments and design revisions, cross reference to open art report
• Must be detail oriented in the review of tech packs
• Recognizes the importance of accuracy
• Understanding individual account specific details

• Excellent organizational skills and time management skills are necessary
• Ability to be a self-motivator, proactive, and able to take direction
• Must maintain an approachable, professional, & respectful manner with all teams & OS partners
• Ability to multitask and meet tight deadlines
• Understanding of garment construction
• Mac proficient
• Microsoft Office proficient
• Flex PLM knowledge a plus
• Knowledge of Adobe Suite
• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion
• 2-4 years experience in Fashion Design

In return, we provide an industry-competitive salary, along with a comprehensive benefits plan (medical, dental, vision) that includes a matching 401(k), Summer Fridays, generous PTO, merchandise discounts, excellent career development opportunities, and a work environment that reflects our industry leadership. Our social impact program, Centric Cares, focuses on volunteerism to make a difference in communities we live and work in and our D&I committee is shaping the future of diversity, equity and inclusion at Centric Brands though workshops, resources and inspiring conversation.

Salary Range: $62,000 - $70,000

At Centric Brands, we believe our people are our greatest asset, and we seek to structure competitive compensation offers to ensure that we are able to attract and retain the best talent. Our job postings include an annual base salary range at the time of employment. The stated base salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on several factors, including the selected candidate's educational and professional experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the selection process. Base salary is a part of a total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, annual bonus and other Centric Brands sponsored benefit programs.

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Centric Brands is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Please note that Centric Brands will only reach out to interview, make an offer of employment or conduct onboarding activities for candidates who have applied through our careers site. When interviewing for a position, the candidate experience will include live interaction, such as a video conference or telephone call, with a Recruiter and/or company employee(s). We will never ask for any money or payments from applicants at any point in the recruitment process. Be aware of suspicious recruitment activity. If you think you are a victim of an employment scam, you may contact your local law enforcement agency and/or visit the Federal Trade Commission website here: https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams.

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