Freelance Senior Sports 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 Senior Designer for Sports working in the Menswear Division you will be responsible for designing and executing seasonal collections for the product category. You will report into the Design Director and work closely with the developers from the development team, merchandise team, and the Design Director for the planning and development of the collection each season. 

Among other you will be responsible for:

• Researching trends and performing market research that works into the Tommy Hilfiger Menswear brand strategy
• Translating Sports trends into a commercial collection
• Preparing all design sheets and boards for both Sports for divisional presentations
• Preparing all selected and confirmed styles to be computerized and design sheets completed to a high standard for sending to buying offices globally.
• Knowledge of Illustrator and Indesign
• Develop sketches and colour ups 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.
• Attend fittings in collaboration with Technical Development and Product Developmen
• Working In PLM
• Making sure that the Tommy D.N.A. is seen in each garment.
• Working to the Divisional Calendar to meet deadlines 
• Developing and understanding of fabrics and washes based on the Menswear price range
• Acting quickly to developing trends and filter this into special designed product for Retail/Wholesale.   
   

Requirements:

• Fashion Degree
• Experience in designing Sports
• Excellent computer skills (Illustrator/Photoshop/ Indesign). 
• 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.
• High productivity is demanded
• Team player
• Structured and well organized
   

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.