Sr Designer​/Director Girls Apparel

Our client is working on a design role with a top fashion company in NYC. This Designer for Girls active/lifestyle apparel role involves 4 days onsite and 1 day remote in their NYC location. The Designer is responsible for creating fashion-forward, commercially viable designs that translate trends, inspiration, and brand vision into modern assortments for girls, resonating with today’s parents while remaining appropriate for infant wear.

The role supports the overall creative direction by executing seasonal concepts from ideation through final development, ensuring designs meet quality, comfort, and safety standards.

• Support the development of seasonal design concepts for girls aligned with brand direction.
• Research and interpret macro and micro trends in color, print, silhouette, and fabrication.
• Assist in creating concept boards, color palettes, print direction, and fabric stories.
• Design original styles, prints, and graphics that reflect brand identity and market trends.
• Ensure consistency of aesthetic across categories while supporting age-appropriate differentiation.
• Partner with Design Director and cross‑functional teams to build balanced, trend‑right assortments.
• Contribute to the development of silhouettes, prints, and fabrications appropriate for infant categories.
• Help refine style assortments to ensure clarity, cohesion, and commercial viability.
• Elevate core and basic items through thoughtful design details and updated color/application.
• Execute design development from sketch through production with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Create Illustrator sketches, CADs, and technical packages for development.
• Review lab dips, strike‑offs, prints, and samples, ensuring alignment with design intent.
• Collaborate with technical design and production teams on fit, construction, and quality.
• Ensure all designs meet safety, comfort, and regulatory standards for infant apparel.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design or related field.
• 5–8+ years of apparel design experience, with experience in children/girls apparel.
• Strong design sensibility with the ability to translate trends into age‑appropriate products.
• Knowledge of construction, materials, and safety requirements.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, CAD systems, Microsoft Office, and Mac platforms.
• Strong sketching, color sense, and attention to detail.

• Salary approximately $90‑95K plus bonus and benefits.
• Large size business with high SKU count, working on apparel and swimwear.

If you meet the required qualifications and are interested in this role, please apply today.