Description

Haddad is a privately held family business with over 70 years of experience in the children’s wear apparel and accessories industry. Haddad is the leading children’s wear manufacturer representing the most iconic American brands in the world; Nike, Brand Jordan, Converse, Hurley and Levi’s. Our talented professionals are leaders in design, sourcing, sales and global distribution. With over 15 locations and 800 employees globally, it is no surprise that we are already the number one children’s wear company in the world.

Overview:

The Assistant Designer will provide overall support to the Design team by assisting in preliminary design research, creating tech packs and assembling presentation boards and materials.

Key Accountabilities:

• Contribute to complete landscape of brand research
• Create CAD sketches of styles in development, inclusive of trim as needed
• Help maintain seasonal design catalogs
• Work closely with designers to create, update and prepare technical packs for sampling
• Coordinate and upload sample packages and provide color and reference samples to the sample room as necessary
• Track and update the design sample schedule to ensure deadlines and sample production milestones are being met
• Maintain product development logs, line sheets, fabric and color library, design archives library, and inspiration boards
• Receive and review samples with designers and send sample comments to the sample room
• Email sales when new samples are received
• Meet all deadlines in adherence to the seasonal design calendar
• Special projects as assigned

Requirements

Required Skills/Abilities/Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design
• 1+ years of experience in related field and/or strong internship experience
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite
• Excellent organizational and communication skills with attention to detail