Associate Designer, Textiles
Food52
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Our family of brands is comprised of Schoolhouse, the lighting, home furnishings, and lifestyle brand based in Portland, Oregon; Food52, the community-driven cooking and home company, based in Brooklyn, New York; and Dansk, the heritage home brand founded in 1954.
Schoolhouse is a lighting, home furnishings and lifestyle brand dedicated to thoughtful living and purposeful design. From iconic lighting to one-of-a-kind homewares, our mission is to provide a new generation of heirlooms that inspire people to create unique, meaningful spaces in which to live and work
ABOUT THE ROLE:
The Associate Designer, Textiles brings along a proven track record of compelling textile design work and will work closely with the design and category teams to execute the design of textile products for the Schoolhouse brand. With direction from design leadership, you will support the cross-functional process and be responsible for the design and development of textiles products, from design to market readiness for the Schoolhouse brand.
This individual will spend their time conceptualizing, sketching, designing and prototyping designs in collaboration with Design leadership, Merchandising, and Product Development to deliver designs that meet the holistic opportunities and needs of our business. This individual will quickly develop a keen understanding of the Schoolhouse business, brand, values, team, innovation agenda and design aesthetic which they can translate into fresh, heirloom quality and successful textile developments.
** This is a hybrid role, with the expectation of working Tuesday - Thursday in our Portland, OR office.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Research and document research industry trends to inform insights that feed design inspiration and new collection development
- Supports merchandising to understand opportunities in our current assortment in terms of style, function, customer needs and retail price and provide strategic plans to fill those needs.
- Pull inspiration and assemble concepts and color palettes for assigned category.
- Working closely with the senior designer and category team, translate seasonal concepts into designs that respond to business needs for the relevant product category.
- Understanding of fabric qualities and constructions, techniques, and how they affect price points, look, and end use
- Provides clear and thorough hand offs of design specifications/technical drawings to the development team and remains available to help as needed throughout development process. Update and document specifications as needed through the design and development process
- Support product development category partner to manage the development process through daily communication with, vendors and agents.
- Manage textile development samples both physically and digitally.
- Coordinate sample and prototype management of in-development samples to ensuring smooth set ups for presentations and approvals.
- Coordinate archive samples for brand record keeping
- Coordinate organization of design storage areas including prototype and material sample storage.
- Assist Product Development category partner in reviewing design samples, creating sample reports, and maintaining sample labeling and organization
- Create and maintain digital seasonal overviews and presentation boards
- Conceptualize and support seasonal milestone presentation set up physically and digitally.
- Work proactively and adhere to calendars, timelines and lifecycle documentation to ensure project updates are provided regularly and design and development milestones are reached on schedule
- Supports management of category collaborations and contractors with clear and timely communication that drives progress.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
- Provide administrative support through notetaking and recordkeeping, managing the updating of design decks and plotter maintenance
- Helps coordinates and facilitates collaborative design workshops and inspirational outings.
- Special projects within and beyond textiles as assigned.
SUCCESS METRICS
- Achieve annual demand and revenue targets
- Achieve Supplier & Manufacturing KPIs
- Reduce return rates, specifically damages and quality
- Supplier & Manufacturing Partner on-time shipping
- Achieve on-time purchase order placement
- Achieve category IMU% targets
- Manage sample budgets (sample, tooling, and product testing)
- Achieve target product adoption rates
- Deliver press worthy collaboration assortments at target cadence.
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in design related field (Product Design, Textile Design), preferred.
- 3+ years of experience in a relevant product design related role.
- Experience with textile design and understanding of diverse textile fabrication techniques and material qualities.
- A passion for home furnishings and design.
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to work in a collaborative team environment and communicate cross-functionally with all levels of the organization.
- Self-motivated, humble, and nimble.
- Impeccably organized and detail oriented.
- Solid communication, planning, facilitation and organizing skills.
- Able to work within deadlines and budgets.
- Eagerness and understanding of what it means to join a fast-growing brand.
- Drawing skills including quick, iterative sketching and detailed technical drawings. Able to use drawings, 3D models and computer designs to express creative ideas, as well as physical prototyping/modeling skills.
- Confident using Google Suite
COMPENSATION
This is a full-time exempt position. The salary range for this role is $75,000 - $85,000 annually, based on experience and qualifications, and is bonus eligible.
WORKING AT FOOD52, SCHOOLHOUSE & DANSK
We are committed to providing our team with a competitive benefits package. Some of our benefits for include:
- Up to 97.5% funded health benefits (medical, dental, and vision)
- Unlimited paid time off
- Monthly fitness reimbursement
- Citibike (NYC) or BikeTown (PDX) company-sponsored annual membership
- Generous employee discount across our brand portfolio
- 401K
- FSA / HSA
EEO STATEMENT
Food52 is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all team members. We evaluate candidates without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristics as required by law and as a matter of our company values.
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