Freelance Apparel Designer

Freelance Apparel Designer| Remote working | 6 months + extensions |

An opportunity has become available for a freelance Apparel Designer to work with one of the worlds leading retail brand.

About the role:

• Color design concepts for various ranges to be put on women’s and men’s apparel. Getting an outside perspective on commercial sportswear.
• Independent creation of color/ graphic concepts, to be put on women’s and men’s apparel as placed print or all over print. All designs have to be supplied in Illustrator.
• Creation of a color logic per style to allow for the creation of several color rotations per style.
• 2 -3 Color proposals per federation based on the strategy document and color palettes. The proposals are to be shared with the x-functional product team consisting of design, marketing, development.
• Independent creation of tech packs (100 – 200) to communicate the chosen designs to development and T1 suppliers. Tech packs include: Sketch of the style, color details, material details, 1to1 scale artwork, graded artwork on apparel patterns, color iterations per brief, repeats for all over prints (AOP´s), exact placement for placed prints. The graphic design will be chosen by the x-functional team.
• Adjusting tech packs according to development and T1 input, i.e., answering questions from factory, side check the apparel/ artwork can be produced, re-working the apparel / artwork to reflect costing issues, re-coloring the artwork in case of color issues. The adjusted tech packs will be double checked by the SMSU development team.
• Execute and implement the required design changes per project, from SMSU Design director or Development comments.
• Tech packs with Illustrator handed over to development in a Microsoft Teams handover session according to handover deadlines. Adjusted tech packs are technically correct, feasible within the costing frame.

About you:

• 2+ years professional experience
• Full understanding of the design process in Apparel.
• Up to date knowledge of sportswear consumer trends
• A portfolio of up to date work

Location:

• Remote

To be considered for this unique opportunity, please click “Apply” or contact me directly ☝