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JCPenney
Associate Designer
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A Fashion Designer creates designs for clothing, shoes, accessories or costumes. Creates designs for individual pieces or for a collection or line of clothes or shoes. Creates drawings and prototypes for designs, chooses fabrics and materials, and oversees the production process.
$55,879 / year median in Texas
-2% projected decline
Job Description
Overview Associate Designer - Sweaters J.C. Penney Company Inc. Plano Texas The Associate Designer works with the Senior Designer in creation of the original concepts for assigned brand(s) or classification by executing the brand profile and the business strategy for the season..
Primary Responsibilities:
- Works with Senior Design in the creation of original concepts for assigned lines to ensure customer focused offerings that meet business requirements.
- Shops appropriate markets and works with the trend office and product team to conceptualize the product design for the season.
- Initiates product packages through working with technical designers and Senior Designer as assigned.
- Shops fabric/material mills to define newest materials for season and selects and approves materials and findings for products.
- Approves lab dips and confirmation samples .
- Prepares the flat sketch design for new products and creates design sketches for enhancements to existing products as assigned.
- Works with Senior Designer to Line Build brands when applicable
- Travels as needed to develop the product.
- Develops merchandise presentation of proposed designs including boards and other visuals.
Core Competencies & Accomplishments:
- College degree in fine arts or design or equivalent work experience in a design related field preferred.
- 3 - 6 years' experience in design product and PU knowledge.
- Basic working knowledge of the technical aspects of the assigned category ability to design around concepts and to design flat sketches technical and computer skills design and color sense presentation persuasion organization time management written and verbal communication.