Freelance Freelance Junior Designer - Tommy Jeans Womenswear Knits

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.

TOMMY JEANS - women's design department.

Junior Designer Knits

This opportunity is for a supporting role in the Tommy Jeans women's design team and its focus will be on the knitted (jersey) product categories. You will be required to support the Senior Designer in building a cohesive product range based on seasonal design direction, sales, market needs and current trends befitting the Tommy Jeans brand. In this role you will learn how to build a commercial collection ranging from essential to fashion styles. Collaborating with the Product Development and Tech team, the aim is to offer our customer the best product possible.

Your chief responsibilities will be:

• Conduct product research based on current trends, competitors and the design concept in order to send our vendors seasonal sourcing briefs.

  
  

• Support the Senior Designer with sketching and creating garment work sheets (tech packs) as well as setting up the Build of Material in PLM.

  
  

• Attend fittings and see to the administrative follow-up throughout the various phases in the design development process.

  
  

• Help the Senior Designer prepare for collection review and product presentations, both physical and digital.

  
  

• Create stripe artworks.

  
  

• Admin tasks.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Is a recent graduate with a Bachelor degree in Fashion Design or equivalent design diploma.

  
  

• Has no more than 0-3 years’ experience in fashion (apparel design only), preferably in Womenswear and with the knitted jersey product.

  
  

• Must have a very strong understanding of Gen Z and the youth market as this is our consumer target.

  
  

• Has a strong grasp of the Tommy Jeans brand and a design handwriting matching its heritage DNA.

  
  

• Is technically skilled in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

  
  

• Has strong skills in the English language, both verbal and in writing.

  
  

• Has a hands-on and collaborative mentality as both are key in this fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Please include an up to date portfolio with your application.

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.