Assistant Sleepwear Designer

Print fresh is seeking an Assistant Designer to help bring our joyful, print-forward sleepwear collections to life.

This is a hands-on design role for someone with 1–3 years of professional experience who can translate seasonal direction into accurate CADs, technical sketches, colorways, print and embroidery layouts, tech packs, and well-resolved samples.

The ideal candidate has experience supporting the development of women’s apparel/sleepwear and understands how a product moves from initial concept through production. They are highly organized, technically capable, visually thoughtful, and eager to grow within a creative, fast-moving, and size-inclusive brand.

This is a full-time, in-house position, working out of our Philadelphia office M-F.

Design and Product Development

• Create and update sleepwear CADs, technical flats, construction sketches, and product mockups.
• Translate creative direction into clear, accurate, and production-ready design information.
• Develop colorways, print mini bodies, print placements, and artwork mockups.
• Assist with embroidery layouts, placement diagrams, scale options, and color callouts.
• Prepare product visuals and presentations for seasonal reviews and milestone meetings.
• Update designs as silhouettes, proportions, construction details, colors, and artwork evolve.

Sample Review and Execution

• Participate in proto, fit, and sample reviews.
• Review samples for alignment with the approved design, including proportion, color, print placement, embroidery, trims, and overall appearance.
• Prepare clear design comments and update CADs, artwork, and technical information following reviews.
• Track revisions, samples, approvals, and outstanding design decisions through completion.
• Flag inconsistencies, missing information, and execution issues before they affect timelines.

Tech Packs and Design Organization

• Create and maintain tech packs in partnership with Product Development and Technical Design.
• Keep construction details, colorways, artwork placements, trims, and embroidery information accurate and current.
• Maintain seasonal design files, physical working boards, line plans, and presentation decks.
• Help ensure cross-functional partners are working from the most current design information.
• Support preparation for design handoffs, line reviews, and seasonal presentations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Print and CAD, Product Development, Technical Design, Production, and Merchandising.
• Communicate proactively about missing information, outstanding decisions, and potential timeline risks.
• Manage multiple styles and development stages while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Help keep seasonal development organized, clearly communicated, and on schedule.

• 1–3 years of professional experience as an Assistant Designer, Design Assistant, or similar role within apparel, sleepwear, intimates, dresses, or women’s woven products.
• Degree in Fashion Design or a related field preferred.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Professional experience creating apparel CADs, technical flats, colorways, and artwork mockups.
• Working knowledge of garment construction, fabrication, trims, and the apparel-development process.
• Strong eye for color, print, scale, proportion, and detail.
• Ability to interpret creative direction and translate feedback into accurate design updates.
• Highly organized, proactive, collaborative, and comfortable managing multiple priorities.
• Genuine interest in expressive, print-led, and size-inclusive design.
• Portfolio demonstrating relevant apparel-design work required.

• Experience creating or updating tech packs.
• Experience participating in sample reviews and preparing design comments.
• Exposure to embroidery development and…