Associate Product Designer

IPIPHANY AI is a leading design and distribution company specializing in licensed and private label apparel. The Associate Graphic Designer will assist Designers and Category Managers in all aspects of Design and Development, including researching trends, concepting, and sample development to bring unique styles to market weekly.

Responsibilities:

• Ideate and interpret ideas into product concepts. Partner with design, sales, and licensing leads to define and bring concepts to life. Build on those ideas and develop finished product
• Keep an active pulse of the market. Support and assist with documenting categories in store. Understand trend cycles and product execution in key accounts and the competition
• Keep pulse of consumer comments, surfacing relevant design ideas and solutions
• Leverage design tools for trend research (WGSN, Edited, blogs, social media)
• Manage product and sampling process through the PLM system (product lifecycle management)
• Review all product samples with Designers. Comment to vendors, updating specs and instructions as needed to meet final product expectations
• Generate product development instructions (tech packs) for our manufacturing partners to create quality samples that meet our cost targets