Assistant Designer

Haddad is a privately held family business with over 100 years of experience in the children’s apparel & accessories industry. A leader in the industry, Haddad Brands is the exclusive global licensee for the most iconic brands in the world, including Nike, Jordan, Converse, Hurley, Levi’s, Polo, Abercrombie and Fitch, Lacoste, and Huggies. Supported by a team of professionals skilled in design, sourcing, production, sales, marketing & distribution of premium quality children’s wear, Haddad distributes globally to 100+ countries and maintains sales and sourcing offices in 22 cities globally, including New York, Paris, Hilversum, Shanghai, Egypt, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Montreal.  

Overview:

The Assistant Designer will provide overall support to the Design team by assisting in preliminary design research, creating tech packs and assembling presentation boards and materials.

Key Accountabilities:

• Assist in contributing to complete landscape of and brand research for appropriate segment of business    
• Assist in creating CAD sketches of styles in development    
• Assist in ensuring all sampling technical packs are processed accurately and in a timely manner to be sent overseas
• Meet all deadlines in adherence to the seasonal design calendar
• Assist in creating seasonal design catalogs 
• Coordinate sample packages and provide color and reference samples to the sample room as necessary
• Special projects as assigned

Required Skills/Abilities/Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design
• 1+ years of experience in related field and/or strong internship experience
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite
• Excellent organizational and communication skills with attention to detail

Consistent in-office presence is vital to the role as it is for all Haddad Brands team members, so that we all have a full appreciation, aesthetically and tactilely, of the qualities that define our brand partners’ products and set them apart from their competitors.