What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Designer position at Brick Executive Search?
Brick Executive Search has partnered with a highly respected Intimate Apparel/Sleepwear Brand Portfolio company to seek an Assistant Designer. This is an exciting opportunity for an emerging creative talent to grow within a dynamic, fast-paced design environment. The ideal candidate is a recent graduate or early-career designer with internship experience in sleepwear, intimate apparel, or women's apparel - someone eager to learn, highly organized, and ready to contribute from day one.
Job Responsibilities
- Assist the design team across all stages of seasonal sleepwear collections
- Support sketch and CAD creation and revisions in Adobe Illustrator
- Help build and maintain concept boards that capture color, silhouette, fabrication, and trend direction
- Track and update line sheets with current styles, colorways, and development status
- Support tech pack creation with accurate construction, fabrication, and spec details
- Attend fit sessions, record adjustments, and update documents accordingly
- Maintain physical and digital fabric, trim, and sample libraries
- Communicate with overseas vendors as directed to support sample tracking
- Take notes during design and development meetings
- Keep the design area, samples, and racks organized
- Other duties as assigned
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Fashion Design or related field preferred
- 0–2 years of experience with internship experience in sleepwear or women's apparel strongly considered
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator required; Photoshop a plus
- Strong eye for trend, color, and fabrication within the intimates and sleepwear market
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow-through
- Thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and adapts quickly to shifting priorities
- Self-motivated, solutions-oriented, and collaborative
- Proficient in Google Suite and Microsoft Office
- Must be based in or able to commute to New York City, hybrid schedule
This is a full-time hybrid position based in New York, NY.