Earthbound Brands is hiring: Designer Drop Box in New York

Salary: varies based on level and experience

This is our designer drop box. Earthbound has Apparel, Accessories, Soft and Hard Home, Print (home and apparel), and graphic design team members. Please specify your area of expertise so we can direct your resume appropriately!

About Us:

Earthbound is the industry’s most experienced, trusted, and respected brand licensing and product design company, with a passion for creating a competitive edge through the evolution and expansion of brands. Our seasoned, innovative, and agile capabilities deliver superior results while maintaining our uncompromising values which place people first, embrace change, and act with humility and integrity.

About You:

• Are passionate about design, style, and fashion
• Love to work collaboratively in a group and have an innate willingness to dig in and contribute with your team.
• Are driven and motivated by the possibilities ahead.
• Think innovation is critical in a business environment and support others in creative thinking.
• Pride yourself on the quality of work and are a stickler for the details

Overview of Position:

Designers at Earthbound work on a specific brand and category or set of categories in the soft home, hard home, apparel, or accessories space. They are responsible to design and develop inspiring and innovative pieces for their category with accuracy and aesthetic integrity of the brand. Under the leadership of a Design Director, they own the development process for each product from sketch to approval. 

Core Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Brand Design Director, translate trends and concepts into designs that respond to business needs for the relevant product category.
• Ability to flat sketch and render technical illustrations using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, 3D modeling where applicable.
• Assist with the preparation of presentation boards for meetings by preparing boards, sketches, etc.
• Support all aspects of board creation and presentation.
• Work with Design to develop and track all materials and components through approval.
• Research and develop all materials trends, apply the trend to our designs and follow up on color and delivery with designated materials sourced.
• Research trend and perform comp research to provide innovative ideas for design direction 
• Review samples and share feedback with suppliers or product development team. 
• Maintaining physical and digital sample libraries
• Maintain product development logs, line sheets, binders, inspiration & product samples and mood boards.
• Demonstrate creativity with understanding of brand aesthetic.
• Provide support from concept to design in all steps of design process.
• Meet all deadlines in adherence to the seasonal design calendar.
• Provide design support to supervisors, as needed.
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications and Requirements-- years of experience will vary based on level.

• Experience in a Design role
• Understanding of design and color sense and product knowledge.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and other Design specific applications (Ex. NEDGraphics, Solidworks)
• Ability to design and sketch Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.
• Must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability to thrive in a collaborative environment.
• Organized and detailed oriented
• Self-motivated team player
  

 

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