Designer - Bedding

As a Designer, you will play a crucial role in creating innovative and commercially creative textiles, aligning with current technical capabilities. Collaboration across the team, including sales, is key to success in this role.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and revise designs in accordance with the annual Creative Direction, established by the Creative Director.

- Maintain art and inspiration files encompassing concepts for the total bed, including panel, border, and cover design.

- Cultivate an 'open file' of individual concepts and design ideas for creative freedom development.

- Collaborate closely with the R&D Knit manager to devise alternative design solutions and address technical challenges.

- Work in tandem with design colleagues and the R&D Knit manager to tackle design issues creatively.

- Prepare diligently for all working sessions, product reviews, and kick-off meetings.

- Adhere to timelines and schedules for deliverables as outlined in the creative brief.

Customer Specific Responsibilities:

In supporting the company's success, drive top-line growth through effort, solutions, and customer engagement.

- Develop compelling concepts and designs aligned with the aesthetics and technical requirements of customers' design briefs.

- Evaluate constructions and select those offering the highest visual appearance of value and quality.

- Adjust designs to meet target cost parameters, collaborating closely with the R&D Knit manager.

- Revise designs or develop new concepts based on customer feedback.

- Create compelling digital presentations for customer-facing product reviews.

- Author and maintain customer presentation files, detailed meeting notes, and design development walls.

- Adhere to customer- timelines and schedules for deliverables outlined in the design brief.

- Collaborate with assigned sales agents, R&D Knit manager, Creative Director, and customers as required to achieve successful outcomes.

WORK EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

- Advanced understanding of circular knitting machines and jacquard constructions.

- Proficient knowledge of circular knit and machine capabilities, as well as jacquard fabric and weave constructions.

- Strong artistic background with skills in creating original art, hand-drawing, and illustration.

- Ability to translate art into easily repeatable patterns.

- Advanced skills in EAT (including Layer Editor), Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop), and 3-D rendering.

- General knowledge of AI generating software and prompt creation.

- Highly organized and time-oriented, capable of efficiently completing multiple tasks and projects within deadlines.

- Effective communication skills with a proactive approach to follow-up.

- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high levels of quality, detail, and accuracy.

- Minimum 3 to 5 years of proven experience.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

- Bachelor of Arts in Textile Design.