Associate Designer - Temporary

Hybrid Apparel Designer Assistant

Hybrid's humble beginnings started in 1997 in the back of a print shop designing, selling, and printing tee shirts. Today, Hybrid is a global apparel industry powerhouse in brand and licensing management. Hybrid provides its expertise and fully vertical operations capability – design, merchandising, development, sourcing, production, and distribution – to a broad suite of branded, licensed, generic, and private label partners.

Hybrid's full-service apparel design and manufacturing expertise extends across the apparel category, including knits, woven tops, bottoms, tees, and accessories. As our organization has evolved, so has our philosophy of doing business. We have made concerted efforts to remove ourselves from the antiquated approach of other apparel manufacturers and doing things differently has been our focus. We are building a company ethos that breeds innovation, collaboration, integrity and excellence in customer service.

What is my role?

Assists the Designer directly to execute Men's product. Researches relevant trends, communicates with the cross-functional team and provides support to the Director. Also needs to have a firm understanding of the internal costing process.

What You'll Do

• Works on the core line with the team
• Works on TP's with the team: b/w, PLM, color ups
• Takes on production orders to assist the senior designer
• Supports Director with special retailer projects and collections
• Researches for trend, ideas for the line and projects
• Works on new bodies and development ideas with Director and the team
• Supports the senior designer w/novelty & costume designs
• Is able to pull together a group –collection for retailer and licensor needs with new/older bodies/colors/fabrics---telling a story
• Helps with Strike off comments, filing and updating sheets w/senior designer
• Helps to manage samples as they come in from PD – checks them in, submits comments and updates sheets.
• Helps to size art for samples and production
• Helps put cads together as needed
• Works with Sales, PD, Art team and Merch to get the job done

What You'll Need

• 1-3 years previous experience designing Men's apparel.
• 2 or 4 year college degree in Fashion Design, Merchandising, Textiles, Fine Art or related field.
• Portfolio Required.
• Strong sense of color, style, and trend.
• Extremely proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite.
• Attention to detail and follow-up skills.
• Garment construction & fabric knowledge.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.

Hybrid Apparel is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.