Associate Fashion Designer
Redcats (Boston South, Massachusetts)

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POSITION SUMMARY: As the Associate Fashion Designer, you will create & develop distinct, unique, and brand-appropriate styles that will strengthen the Boston Apparel Group and enable it to build market share. Under the direction of the Design Director, the Associate Fashion Designer will research and develop seasonal trends, fabric, silhouette, print, pattern, color and general market direction quarterly. You will work with the design team to develop trend/color boards and conduct seasonal trends/design presentations. DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Work in partnership with Merchants to develop brand-appropriate collections to develop & maintain distinctive overall brand & proprietary sub-brand identity. 2. Design assortment of projects for proprietary brands to ensure consistency to target customer's image and lifestyle under direction of Design Director. Develop concept boards/stories/collections to present to Merchant team. 3. Work with Merchants to develop and select key items, colors and prints within these collections. 4. Manage collection development process with signoff from Design Director and Divisional Merchandise Manager. 5. Oversee product execution including design, construction and fit working with Merchants and Technical Design. (Creating and updating tech packages and line sheets in PLM and flat sketching in Illustrator and updating sketches/flat boards) 6. Participate in the creative process with Merchants and Advertising. Minimum Qualifications: ? Bachelor's Degree and 3-5 years experience. ? Computer literacy/CAD, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop. ? Must be highly creative & have an excellent sense of trends, color & prints. ? Knowledge of fabric, garment construction, pattern making, fitting & specs. ? Experience with product development a plus. ? Catalog experience preferred but not necessary. Click here to apply
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Redcats USA is a multi-channel home shopping leader with eleven well-known brands in its portfolio: Chadwick's, metrostyle™, Woman Within, Jessica London, Roaman's, La Redoute USA, KingSize, BrylaneHome, BrylaneHome Kitchen, The Sportsman's Guide and The Golf Warehouse. Redcats USA offers a wide range of value and quality driven merchandise categories, including missy apparel, men's and women's plus-size apparel, home and lifestyle products, and outdoor gear.

Redcats USA is a division of Redcats Group, a global leader in Home Shopping for apparel and home furnishing. Drawing on a multichannel network combining catalogues, e-commerce and stores, Redcats generated 4.33 billion euros of sales in 2006 with 17 brands in 28 countries and a staff of 20,000 associates. International sales account for 53% of the total. Redcats is a PPR Company. For any further information: www.redcats.com.

Redcats USA's corporate office is located in New York City and there are merchandising, fulfillment and customer contact center operations in West Bridgewater and Taunton, MA; Indianapolis and Plainfield, IN; South St. Paul, Minnesota; Wichita, Kansas; El Paso and Universal City, TX.
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