PVH
Freelance Denim Designer
About PVH Corp.
PVH is one of the most admired fashion and lifestyle companies in the world.
We power brands that drive fashion forward for good.
Our brand portfolio includes the iconic CALVIN KLEIN and TOMMY HILFIGER. We market a variety of goods under these and other nationally and internationally known owned and licensed brands. PVH has over 40,000 associates operating in over 40 countries and $9.9 billion in annual revenues. That's the Power of Us. That’s the Power of PVH.
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.
Founded in 1985, Tommy Hilfiger delivers premium styling, quality and value to consumers worldwide with a brand portfolio that includes TOMMY HILFIGER and TOMMY JEANS.
Tommy Hilfiger is one of the world’s most recognized premium designer lifestyle groups and is recognized for celebrating the essence of classic American cool style, featuring preppy with a twist designs.
Its focus is designing and marketing high-quality men’s tailored clothing and sportswear, women’s collection apparel and sportswear, kidswear, denim collections, underwear (including robes, sleepwear and loungewear), footwear and accessories. Through select licensees, Tommy Hilfiger offers complementary lifestyle products such as eyewear, watches, fragrance, swimwear, socks, small leather goods, home goods and luggage.
Position Description and responsibilities:
As a Freelance Denim designer working in the Menswear Division you will be responsible together with the Denim Design Manager for designing and executing seasonal collections for the product category Denim. You will work closely with the Denim design manager, denim development team, merchandise team, and the Design Director. You will design and execute seasonal range plans for review by the Design Director and Creative Director. Among other you will be responsible for:
Researching trends and performing market research that works into the Tommy Hilfiger Menswear brand strategy
Look into trends for the Womenswear denim and create with inspirational moodboards
Selecting fabrics during Mills presentation
Keep our fabric and garments library up to date and relevant.
Creating innovative and outstanding washes with the factories.
Focus on sustainability regarding fabrics selections and washes development.
Working into elevating our circularity design
Working on new fits and details development with the technical fit team.
Working under pressure within the Divisional Calendar to meet deadlines
Illustrate and Photoshop design sheets and wash overviews for divisional presentations
Preparing styles to be computerized and design sheets to be completed to a high standard for sending to buying offices globally.
Participate to garment fittings and washes reviews
Presenting seasonal collections to high management for reviews
Managing and guiding junior denim designer who is supporting you in your tasks
Create brand identity through seasonal trims and branding development.
Working on BOM’s with the product developers
Travel for efficient and relevant shopping trips and to factories for handover and inspiration
Requirements:
Graduated from an BA or MA fashion program preferably denim interest
Love for denim, knowledge of denim fabrics, its colors, its texture, and its washes applied on it.
Good eyes for the fits and silhouettes.
Organized, enthusiastic, easy to adapt and flexible with changes
Articulate and good at presenting
Management skills required
Illustrator/Photoshop must be mastered & hand illustration skills too
Fluent in English both written and verbal as English is the working language of the company
Is able to work in a hectic environment and has a hands on mentality.
Work independently as well as in a team and that you also enjoy working in a busy environment.
For creative projects:
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.