Senior Designer
FabFitFun is searching for an experienced Senior Designer (Product) to join our Sourcing & Product Development team! Reporting to the Sr. Product Development Manager, this new role will bring a passion for design and translating brand aesthetics into world-class products for FabFitFun’s multiple house brands.
What You’ll Do:
- Effectively translate brand guides and concepts to complete the end to end design process for FabFitFun’s licensed and private label assortments across multiple product categories
- Create technical specification packages for all developed merchandise including materials, print design, measurements, packaging requirements, and artwork for production
- Responsible for providing sketches and line art to communicate design concepts, including multiple views and detail sketches as necessary
- Maintain design calendar and hold stakeholders accountable to timelines in order to reach business goals
- Understand and ensure product design supports large-scale manufacturing; engineer product to achieve margin target, provide alternate production and material options to mitigate costs and risks, evaluate prototypes, and receive product feedback from internal teams
- Identify and offer cost-effective designs, revisions, and solutions to product development and business challenges
- Collaborate with Product Development, Sourcing, and Merchandising teams to create overall trend and direction for each brand’s seasonal product assortments and designs
- Continually conduct market research to stay up to date on trending colors, styles, fabrics, and themes
- Manage freelance team for print and packaging design and concept execution support
What You'll Bring:
- 5+ years of product design experience in apparel, accessories, or home categories
- Experience in Illustrator and Photoshop required
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Product Development, or other related field
- Passion for design and translating brand aesthetics into strategic creative plans and products
- Expert design skills in softs, wovens, hardgoods, print design, and cut & sew categories
- General understanding of manufacturing processes and quality standards
- Strong communication and negotiation skills with extreme attention to detail
- Ability to share and work as a collaborative team player in a fast paced, multicultural environment
What You’ll Get:
- Amazing benefits including medical, dental, vision, FSA, and 401k
- The opportunity to work in a collaborative environment full of bright, driven, and happy people
- Be a part of one of the fastest growing companies in the US that is revolutionizing eCommerce
- Open/Flexible PTO policy - we trust our employees to manage their time!
- Free FabFitFun subscription and quarterly credit in the Add-Ons store
- Monthly cell phone reimbursement
- Monthly work from home stipend while the company is temporarily remote