Assistant Designer

Aéropostale is seeking an Assistant Designer for Girl’s Lightweight Knits to provide operational support to the design team. The role involves researching trends, maintaining design office organization, and assisting in the preparation for milestone meetings.

Responsibilities

• Create sketches of styles in development
• Maintain logs for sample tracking and update CBS sheets
• Maintain seasonal collection boards and walls
• Execute organized, accurate technical packages
• Create and update flat technical sketches for design tech packs
• Develop strong working relationships with cross functional team members (Merchandising, Tech Design, Production, Graphics, Prints) through communication and problem solving
• Create and update seasonal assortment sheet
• Maintain awareness of current selling information as well as market trends and conditions
• Understand the basics of the production process as it relates to the classification
• Maintain awareness of corporate calendar and help supervisor manage deadlines
• Attend and participate in fit sessions. Take detailed notes and follow up as needed
• Assist in day to day responsibilities including filing/organizing, copying and updating development packages
• Assist in approving strike-offs, lab-dips and other development materials
• Shop the market on a regular basis for ideas and inspiration
• Prepare presentation materials for weekly and milestone meetings; garment samples, line sheets, CBS sheets
• Research and identify trends that are relevant to the Brands customer
• Create inspiration boards for seasonal trends
• Support design presentation prep for cross-functional and external meetings when needed
• Assist with color and fabric development (including tracking submits and approvals)
• Help maintain a seasonal competitive market matrix (silhouettes, trends, etc.)
• Keep digital assets organized and up-to-date across shared folders/PLM
• Support line planning in partnership with merchandising (especially for different channels like core/fashion/digital)
• Help track samples, manage incoming packages, and coordinate with production partners

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• 1-2 years of experience
• Strong hand sketching skills & the ability to sketch quickly in Illustrator
• Must demonstrate proficiency in CAD, Photoshop, & Illustrator
• Must have ability to be flexible, multi-task and shift priorities
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Understanding of the youth market and Aero customer
• Basic knowledge of garment construction/sewing
• Strong time management, especially around tight deadlines
• Team player with a collaborative, flexible mindset—comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Strong visual and storytelling skills (especially for trend or concept boards)
• Travel may be required, based on business needs
• Adhere to regular in-office presence, including to engage in in-person team interaction, meetings and collaboration
• Must have authorization to work in the United States
• Experience using PLM is a plus

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