Freelance senior graphic designer for fashion

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.

The Prints & Graphics Senior designer is responsible for the creation and execution of all visual applications across the various lifestyles and divisions of the Tommy Jeans brand. The Prints & graphics team sets the visual editorial line for the entire Tommy Jeans company and all its products, worldwide. We create visual assets that are designed and developed in line with the TJ brand identity. Our goal is also to challenge, expand and refine the brand’s visual DNA every collection.

This job is all about vision first. It is about understanding the direction of the brand, and translating it in visual mediums. The prints & graphics Senior designer is therefore expected to create logos, repeat prints, t-shirt graphics as well as other images with ease. They have extensive knowledge of how to apply their creations to fashion products. As such, they should be creative & visionary, but also pragmatic, detail-oriented and very aware of current fashion & art. They need to work well in a team and be a good communicator. They have experience managing projects and people. We are looking for an experienced image maker in fashion and visuals.

Responsibilities:

• Follow design process from start to finish, from inspiration to design, to technical files, samples review and bulk corrections

  
  

• Design visual assets to respond to a large variety of briefs

  
  

• Quickly generate a number of quick ideas upon reception of new input, in a silhouette format

  
  

• Do visual research to feed off mood boards and seasonal briefs

  
  

• Can easily pick up someone else’s artwork to place it, recolour it and launch it

  
  

• Create, amend and distribute artwork worksheets.

  
  

• Work with partner Product developer and Product designer to bring vision to reality

  
  

• Can coordinate projects from inception to finish with no oversight if needed.

  
  

• Working to the Design Calendar to meet deadlines, and is in general aware of timings.

  
  

• Review & comment on supplier strike-offs.

Requirements:

• Image making background compulsory, not necessarily a college degree but needs to be a consistent practice with some degree of mastery (print design, graphic design, 3d design, video game design, illustration, fine arts, etc.. are all ok)

  
  

• Years of experience generating graphics for commercial purposes, work in fashion for a few years at least.

  
  

• Distinctive creative vision, with a unique sense but needs to show that works/collaborates with others easily.

  
  

• Ability to work in a variety of styles a plus

  
  

• Visible interest in fashion, awareness of current visual trends

  
  

• Excellent computer skills (Illustrator/Photoshop), any other software creativity (such as 3d software) is a major plus

  
  

• Fluent in English both written and verbal as English is the working language of the company

  
  

• Is able to work in a fast-paced environment and has a hands-on mentality

  
  

• Team player

  
  

• Structured and well organized

  
  
  

• A portfolio is expected for this role.

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.