Perry Ellis International, Inc. represents a diverse portfolio of lifestyle apparel brands. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries owns and licenses nationally and with a brand portfolio of over 40 Brands domestically and internationally recognized brands including: Perry Ellis®, Original Penguin® by Munsingwear®, Laundry by Shelli Segal®, Rafaella®, Cubavera®, Ben Hogan®, Savane®, Grand Slam®, John Henry®, Manhattan®, Axist® and Farah®. The Company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from third parties, including: Nike® for swimwear, and Callaway®, PGA TOUR®, and Jack Nicklaus® for golf apparel.
Job Title: Assistant Designer
About Us:
Perry Ellis International, Inc. represents a diverse portfolio of lifestyle apparel brands. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries owns and licenses nationally and with a brand portfolio of over 40 Brands domestically and internationally recognized brands including: Perry Ellis®, Original Penguin® by Munsingwear®, Laundry by Shelli Segal®, Rafaella®, Cubavera®, Ben Hogan®, Savane®, Grand Slam®, John Henry®, Manhattan®, Axist®, and Farah®. The Company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from third parties, including: Nike® for swimwear, and Callaway®, PGA TOUR®, and Jack Nicklaus® for golf apparel.
Position Summary:
As the Assistant Designer you will manage the administrative and follow-up aspects of the product design process, ensuring timely and accurate execution of the line from initial concept to final production handoff. You will actively support the design team's creative vision by preparing technical sketches, managing approvals, and attending technical fitting directives.
Key Responsibilities:
Design Development Support: Actively participate in the creative process by providing recommendations regarding seasonal themes, edits to the line, and new concepts.
Technical Sketching & Specification: Responsible for the precise design details of products, including preparing and consistently updating technical sketches (in Adobe Illustrator) and specifications.
Product Consistency: Assist in ensuring that the product design is cohesive, trend-relevant, and aligned with Perry Ellis's established business strategy and brand aesthetic.
Fittings & Execution: Lead or actively participate in technical design fittings, clearly defining and communicating go-forward directives to ensure updates are executed accurately and on time.
Design Package Completion: Ensure the product design package is complete, accurate, and handed off on time to the product development team, technical design department, and vendors for the creation of prototypes and salesmen samples.
Approval Process Management: Monitor and manage the approval process for material and color components, including lab-dips, knit-downs, strike-offs, and handlooms.
Qualifications:
A college degree in Fashion Design is required.
Required mastery of technical design software, including Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
Familiarity with advanced design technology (e.g., Ned Graphics, PLM systems) is a plus and demonstrates an ability to learn.
Strong design and conceptual skills with a thorough knowledge of silhouettes, fabrication, color ways, sewing techniques, graphics, and trim.
The ability to think three-dimensionally and visualize the final garment from a swatch or sketch to the body.
Excellent ability to identify, combine, and approve colors effectively within the collection.
Strong presentation and verbal/written communication skills to clearly convey design directives and influence others.
Personal Attributes:
Possesses a refined aesthetic and a keen eye for quality and style relevant to the Perry Ellis brand.
Highly organized and detail-oriented, with strong time management abilities necessary to meet tight product development deadlines.
A self-starter who takes responsibility for design details and actively ensures the completeness and accuracy of all handoffs.
Proven ability to be an effective team player who collaborates seamlessly with cross-functional partners (e.g., Merchandising, Product Development, Tech Design) to achieve shared goals.
What’s In It For You?
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Perry Ellis the brand was born from Perry Ellis the man. A man who was forward-thinking and fresh. Not mired in tradition. Who believed fashion was fun, and should never be taken too seriously. Patterns, pops of color, new shapes and never-before-seen styles—he embraced it all, rewriting the rules and redefining American sportswear. A constantly evolving pursuit of the unique, the modern, and above all, something to have fun with. That ethos earned him accolades—including the Coty Award for his first show in 1979, which he would go on to win 8 more times, and the CFDA Designer of the Year Award in 1982. And in 1984, he became the head of the CFDA—a major influence on designers then, and now, his legacy is one with the American fashion industry.
The Perry Ellis ethos hasn’t changed. Since that first unapologetically American collection in 1976, Perry Ellis clothes have been designed to be distinctively unexpected—clothing that stands out, but always appropriate. Made for the way people work, live, and play today—especially since, these days, those often happen all at once. Perry Ellis is a global lifestyle brand that includes a full sportswear collection as well as a full range of categories spanning fragrance, watches, footwear and more—but still believes, as Perry himself said, in never taking itself or style too seriously. Because modern style means only one thing: Being very true to yourself.