Freelance Accessories Designer

About Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger, which was acquired by PVH Corp. in 2010, is a global apparel and retail company with more than 16,000 associates worldwide. With the support of strong global consumer recognition, Tommy Hilfiger has built an extensive distribution network in over 90 countries and more than 1,400 retail stores throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region. Global retail sales of the Tommy Hilfiger brand were $9.2 billion in 2019

The Position

Reporting into the Senior Designer you will collaborate on the design and development of Accessories Tommy Jeans collections. Additionally supporting on various projects for the Footwear and Accessories Design division.

Key Responsibilities:

Designing and supporting on handbags and small leather goods (SLG?s), guided by the Senior designer

Researching trends and concepts in order to bring innovation and functionality to the collection

Full understanding of technical design and construction, to support technical specifications for the vendors.

Being flexible and able to work on multiple season at once.

Support the team on Illustrator CADs of ,bags and small leather goods.

Generating boards of apparel prints and colours each season and keeping these up to date.

Generating digital Design overviews of bags, and small leather goods and keep them updated at all times.

Assisting design team with design modifications after each development stage.

Preparing digital and hard copies of seasonal colour cards.

Supporting the design teams with presentation preparations

Ensure all the technical specs are saved on PLM before deadlines as well as on the H-drived.

The Ideal Candidate:

Fashion design degree, ideally in accessories design or product design

Minimum of 2-3 years of accessories design work experience

Expertise on Illustrator, is a must.

Able to provide product direction and make product decision

In depth knowledge of colour, concept, materials and trends specifically tailored to the accessories markets

Ability to work in creative environment, to handle pressure, to work on multiple tasks under tight deadlines yet able to provide high quality work result

Strong digital sketching skills with understanding of scale and perspective

Strong team player, yet able to work independently when needed

Embrace the hands on, active, problem solving, open minded, dynamic, fun and fast pace environment

Not a 9 to 5 mentality, especially at peak design time

Fluent in English, excellent communication written and verbal

Please include an up to date portfolio with your application. We would love to see your aesthetic as well how you commercially design to understand why this is THE role for you!

PVH Europe and our brands, TOMMY HILFIGER and CALVIN KLEIN, are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. We believe we are bettered by all forms of diversity, and take pride in working with top talent from every walk of life and corner of the world. In the spirit of inclusivity, qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, ethnicity, ability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation.