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Senior Apparel Designer - Juniors

sweet apparelGlens Falls, NY

2 days ago

Occupations

Fashion DesignersDesigners, All OtherFabric and Apparel Patternmakers

Industries

Cut and Sew Apparel ManufacturingCut and Sew Apparel ContractorsApparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing

$80,000 per year

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About the role

Sweet Apparel Inc. is a fast-paced apparel manufacturer specializing in quick turn production for juniors, women’s, men’s, and kids’ clothing. The company is recognized for high standards in design, quality, and timely delivery to retail partners and brands. Teams collaborate closely across design, production, and operations to bring fashion-forward products to market efficiently. We are growing and looking for a full-time, Senior Designer to join the design team on-site at the Midtown Manhattan office!
Key Responsibilities: Conduct trend, market, and competitive research across contemporary, fast-fashion, and lifestyle brands. Identify relevant silhouettes, fabrics, colors, details, and category opportunities. Translate trend insights into actionable product ideas, seasonal direction, and presentations. Develop apparel across dresses, tops, bottoms, athleisure, and special projects. Create and revise CADs, technical flats, colorways, tech packs, and presentations using Adobe Illustrator and other creative tools. Maintain accurate development materials that clearly communicate design intent and support sample execution. Partner with product development, technical design, merchandising, planning, supply chain, and overseas teams. Participate in fit reviews, evaluate samples and factory feedback, and document revisions throughout development. Support multi-channel, wholesale, B2B, and partnership programs as needed. Manage multiple development calendars and style counts while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail. Contribute to special projects, collaborations, presentations, assortment planning, and seasonal line reviews. Use AI-powered tools to support trend analysis, concept development, product visualization, presentations, and workflow efficiency.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design or a related field preferred
  • 7+ years of apparel design experience
  • Strong experience in licensed apparel
  • Strong understanding of contemporary, fast-fashion, and lifestyle markets
  • Advanced Adobe Illustrator skills required; Photoshop and InDesign are a plus
  • Strong CAD, technical flat, tech pack, presentation, garment construction, fit, fabrication, and product development skills
  • Experience working with overseas factories preferred
  • Strong organization, communication, presentation, and project-management skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and collaborate across time zones when needed
  • Target compensation for this role starts at $80k dependent on experience.

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JOB OVERVIEW

Salary

$80,000 per year

Experience level

Senior

Location

Glens Falls, NY

Occupation

Fashion Designers

Industry

Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing

Posted

2 days ago

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