Designer Women’s & Kids – Snow Division

Company Background

With over 75 years of industry expertise, The Levy Group remains one of the largest apparel manufacturers in the United States. Our commitment to outstanding quality, value, and customer service has enabled us to continually grow and innovate in a highly challenging marketplace. Our network has grown to over 300 retail partners, five international offices, a portfolio of iconic brand partners, and four proprietary brands.

The Levy Group designs, manufactures, imports, markets, and distributes outerwear, swimwear, dresses, activewear, men’s tailored clothing, and sportswear. Headquartered in New York City, The Levy Group manages, elevates, and builds the long-term value of consumer brands by partnering with best-in-class manufacturers and retailers.

Job Summary:

The Levy Group is looking for a Designer for our Volcom Women’s & Kids Snow Division. The ideal candidate has outstanding aesthetic and understanding of the women’s & kids snowboard lifestyle and its consumer. The designer will be responsible for researching, designing, and prototyping products that provide an elevated experience in the mountains. This person needs to be a natural diplomat that can take design direction, as well as absorb all global feedback and infuse their take directly back into the line. The designer should have a deep knowledge and love of the snowboard lifestyle.

Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize product offering using provided design direction
• Expert in outerwear-specific fabric, trim and raw material selection
• Keen eye for snow-specific design and functional necessities
• CAD generation and initial style information detail
• Research and provide information related to global market analysis, trends, and competitive landscape
• Understand & participate in the merchandising of each category
• Willing to travel inclusive of market research, vendor communications, sales meetings and select tradeshows
• Generation & maintenance of techpacks specific to design responsibilities
• Provide fit direction & maintenance
• Own the fabric design & all component approvals
• Present concepts and finalized lines to internal and external stakeholders
• Assist in the curation and build of outward facing sales and marketing material
• Understand and execute the functional outerwear properties
• Maintain quality standards in compliance with Company practice
• Continuously innovating with new design ideas (aesthetic and/or technical)
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• At least 5 years’ experience in outerwear design
• A Merchandising, Design, Graphic Arts degree or Bachelor’s degree is preferable and appreciated
• Must be able to lead presentations with strong verbal and visual execution
• Detail-oriented, punctual, reliable and professional
• Read and interpret documents such as department memos, rep-reports, and visual line plans
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
• Expert in all following software programs (Mac OSX, Illustrator 10, CS, CS2, Photoshop)
• Intermediate in Microsoft Word and Excel as well as PLM systems
• This is a position which requires full time hours to be worked out of the Costa Mesa, CA location.