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Assistant of Creative Studio

Company: Kate Spade

Location: New York, NY, US

Since its launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade New York has always been colorful, bold, and optimistic. Today, it is a global lifestyle brand that designs extraordinary things for the everyday, delivering seasonal collections of handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, home décor, and more.

Primary Purpose:

The Assistant, Creative Studio is responsible for assisting in the facilitation of the design and development of Leather Goods across Kate Spade Outlet.

The Assistant will work closely with Design and cross-functionally with Merchandising, Product Development, Materials Development, Legal, Hardware Design, Technical Design, Art, and Concept Studio on the end to end process. They play a critical role at every milestone, ensuring the design intent is executed to the highest standards.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Attend all design and development meetings in a supportive role.
  2. Ensure designers are aware of upcoming meetings. Prepare tools resources and information needed to support the designers to meet deliverables.
  3. Build and distribute recap decks after milestone meetings. Understand how to best visually communicate to multiple audiences.
  4. Assist Creative Studio manager in maintaining and driving cross-functional team communications.
  5. Facilitate communication between leather goods design and cross-category design teams.
  6. Partner with the team’s CAD Designer to help build all visual design decks and update existing decks or documents as needed.
  7. Assist in communication of creating and organizing handbag CADs during milestone meetings.
  8. Own legal process, walk throughs, submissions, and review of all sketches and product.
  9. Keep strong records and notes for the design team.
  10. Partner closely with Outlet Creative Studio Manager and entire Outlet Design team to help create efficiency and clarity on the design team.
  11. Anticipate challenges, roadblocks and potential delays within the role’s responsibilities and proactively provide recommendations and contingency plans.
  12. Provide solutions for process improvements and enhancements, reducing complexity and non-creative work where possible.
  13. Help to drive a creative atmosphere and workplace, creating an inspiring environment for all.

Requirements:

  1. Interest in handbag design, construction, materials, and color.
  2. Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  3. Must be organized and extremely detail oriented.
  4. Must know how to create systems/build process.
  5. Ability to multi-task and prioritize well.
  6. Ability to think creatively, strategically, and technically.
  7. Must have a global mindset and experience working with cross-functional partners.
  8. Must be highly resourceful and savvy.
  9. Must have a highly collaborative working style.
  10. Good eye for color.
  11. Strong record keeper.

Kate Spade is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions are based on the applicant's or employee's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration.

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