Freelance Print Designer Shirts

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.

Department Description:
The MSW division consists of the following teams:

• Design - designing and follow trends for seasonal collections. 
• Merchandising and Sales - Responsible for the implementation of a successful product merchandising strategy that meets consumer needs and volume goals. Key contact to support all country sales teams with presenting the collection, support key account meetings and ensure effective and consistent communication between division, country sales and retail.
• Sourcing and Development
• Planning - Drivers of the monthly demand forecasting for the replenishment business and managing the fashion projections for wholesale.
• Planning and Control - Act as the interface between the division, central ops and finance
   

Position Description and responsibilities:
As Print/ pattern Designer for Shirts working in the Menswear Division you will be part of the Shirts design team for designing and executing seasonal collections for the product category. The Shirts product groups exists out of casual shirting, tailored shirting and ties. You will work closely with the Designer and Sr. designer in the team, the developers from the development team and the Design Director for the planning and development of the collection each season. 

You will report into the Designer. Among other you will be responsible for:

• Researching trends for prints and performing market research that works into the Tommy Hilfiger Menswear brand strategy
• Preparing all prints, CADS and boards for both Shirts and Ties for divisional presentations
• Preparing all selected and confirmed prints to be computerized and design sheets completed to a high standard for sending to buying offices globally.
• Develop prints in alignment with the Global Design Brief and merchandising range plan using initial research, support and attend sketch/proto review and revise sketches based on feedback received before and during sketch/ proto review.
• Preparing handloom sheets
• Design 2D fabric CADS in Easy Weave, Illustrator and Photoshop
• Making sure that the Tommy D.N.A. is seen in each print.
• Understanding of fabrics to create the right prints
• Working to the Divisional Calendar to meet deadlines 
   

Requirements:

• Fashion Degree
• 3 years experience as a print designer for shirts
• Excellent computer skills (Illustrator/Photoshop) & Easy Weave. 
• 3D experience is a pre, not a must.
• 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.
• Team player
• Structured and well organized
   

To be successful in this position 

• You need to have a good understanding of the latest shirt trends and the ability to translate them into a commercial product.
• It is important that you are able to work independently as well as in a team and that you also enjoy working in a busy, changeable environment. 
• To be able to work well with other teams you need to have strong communicational skills.
  
   

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.