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POSITION SUMMARY:
The Assistant Designer works closely with the direction of the Designer II and Design Director, Global Licensing and Lifestyle Concept Design to create the seasonal concept stories from ideation to consumer. Working from customer, competitor, trend and business insights to research and develop seasonal messages from concept to market launch, creating templates and tools to share with the design teams and cross functional teams. The Assistant Designer will support translating the Global Concept direction into more category specific design direction for licensed products for Home and Legwear and ensure alignment from Concept to Market.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES OF THE JOB:
Concept Focus:
- Research, collate and support the development of seasonal story boards including customer, season, mood, key products, and storytelling.
- Assist in building showrooms as needed to display the seasonal concepts.
- Support the creation of a digital format that is shareable to all teams.
- Manage and return borrowed samples to appropriate teams.
- Maintain in-house material, sample and color libraries.
- Coordinate packages being sent and received from licensees.
- Collaborate with the team on building concept decks for licensed product.
- Support building of design presentations requested by brand leadership.
- Work on additional concept projects as needed by the business.
RESOURCEFULNESS/CREATIVITY:
- Stays up to date on trends and can translate the trends that will sell for the brand to drive sales
- Knows the distribution and regularly visits stores and ecomm to hindsight how concepts land
- Understanding of the competitive climate and brand adjacence’s at all consumer touchpoints throughout the year
- Ability to put together creative presentations
- Excellent collaborator with all functions
- Ability to navigate change in a fast-paced industry
ENVIRONMENT:
- Extremely fast paced, collaborative environment
- Open office space
- Complete regular comp shops and immerse self into all retail channels
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:
- At least 0-2 years of demonstrative experience in fashion/design business, in a design role.
- Ability to collaborate with designers and cross-functional roles of all levels.
- Ability to communicate to senior management in a clear, precise, and effective manner.
- Must demonstrate curiosity and is motivated to learn new skills and knowledge.
- B.A. (or higher) in Design, Graphic Design or Product Development.
- Employ a strong project management skill set (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, closing) to handle multiple projects and objectives while maintaining flexibilities to changing priorities and demands.
- Proficient in MS Office suites, Adobe Suite, Keynote, Miro
Pay Range:$59,000---$85,200
PVH currently provides base salary ranges for all positions-on job advertisements-in the United States based on local requirements. These ranges are based on what PVH reasonably believes that it will pay an associate for their base salary for said position at the time of the posting. Individual compensation will ultimately be determined based on a variety of relevant factors including but-not limited to qualifications, geographic location and other relevant skills. PVH is committed to providing a market-competitive total rewards package to eligible associates, which includes diverse and robust health and insurance benefits to meet the varied needs of our associates and an above-market 401(k) contribution to help our associates save for retirement. We also offer career growth opportunities, empowering our associates to design their future at PVH.
Your Wellbeing is Our Priority
At PVH, we offer competitive, cost-effective, and comprehensive benefit packages. We strive to provide options when it comes to your health, finances, and work-life balance. This includes:
Pay & Insurance: Competitive pay, bonus programs, best in class medical insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and more.
401(k): An above-market 401(k) contribution to help our eligible associates save for retirement.
Flexible Workplace: Generous company-paid holidays, paid time off, hybrid working arrangements, volunteer opportunities, seasonal hours, and flexible work schedules.
Wellbeing Support: A variety of wellbeing tools and programs such as, Headspace membership, reimbursement for fitness memberships and/or digital meditation subscriptions, and the opportunity to earn up to $200 a year in rewards for exercising and participating in healthy activities.
Care.com Services: Access to services for childcare, elder care, adoption preparation, pet care, plus reimbursement for backup care when your regular plans fall through.
Education Assistance: Receive support for continued education including tuition reimbursement.
Associate Discount: Shop at our company outlets and e-commerce sites at a discount.
Please note, eligibility depends on employment status, location and length of time employed with PVH and our benefits may be subject to change. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
About PVH:
We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach, we are driving fashion forward for good, as one team with one vision and one plan. That’s the Power of Us, that’s the Power of PVH+.
One of PVH’s greatest strengths is our people. Our collective desire is to create a workplace environment where every individual is valued, and every voice is heard, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. Learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at PVH here.
PVH Corp. or its subsidiary ("PVH") is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, PVH is also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill, ability, educational background, work quality, experience and potential.
To achieve these goals, across the United States and its territories, PVH prohibits any PVH employee, agent or representative from requesting or otherwise considering any job applicant’s current or prior wages, salary or other compensation information in connection with the hiring process. Accordingly, applicants are asked not to disclose this salary history information to PVH.
