Freelance Womens wear Casual Woven Senior Designer

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 Team

The Tommy Hilfiger Womenswear division is one of the main business drivers within Tommy Hilfiger Europe. Based in the Amsterdam European HQ, the team is split into 4 sub teams: Design, Production, Sourcing & Development, Buying & Planning and Merchandising & Sales

These 4 teams work together in an informal setting to create superbly styled and high-end quality products for the European consumer base. Tommy Hilfiger Womenswear presents 4 collections per year (Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter).

The Position

As a Constructed Woven Senior Designer working in the Womenswear Division, you will be part of the Design team creating and executing seasonal collections for the product category “Constructed/Casual wovens”.

Focusing on tailoring, blazers, bottoms, constructed dresses and casual woven washed chino product. You will work closely with the wovens design team, the product developers and merchandise team. You will also design and execute seasonal collections for review by the Design Director and Creative Director.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identifying emerging trends seasonally that are reflective of the Tommy Hilfiger spirit.

  
  

• Working with the product teams to develop: silhouette, construction, fabric concepts, color palettes, washes and trims.

  
  

• Collaborating daily with Merchandising and Product Development teams to potentialize the right product seasonally and growth through new product areas

  
  

• Ensuring the range is directional and commercial, in line with the tommy brand identity, whilst also connecting with the target consumer.

  
  

• Responsible for leading all fit sessions and working closely alongside the technical team.

  
  

• Excellent communication skills and experience developing product directly with factories in Asia and Europe in a clear and concise manner. Experience issuing highly detailed technical spec files to suppliers.

The Ideal Candidate

• 5-6 years of experience in Fashion Design

  
  

• Graduated at a degree level or equivalent.

  
  

• Excellent computer skills (Illustrator/Photoshop) & hand-drawn skills

  
  

• Understanding of 3D softwear such as Browzwear

  
  

• Business English fluency (both written and verbal)

  
  

• Ability to translate trends into a commercial collection with a contemporary handwriting

  
  

• Is able to work in a highly productive, sometime hectic environment with a hands-on mentality

  
  

• Ability to travel within Europe for supplier visits

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.