Design Assistant - J.Crew Color & Concept
J.Crew is a well-established clothing brand known for its commitment to quality and American sensibility. The Design Assistant will assist the Senior Colorist in day-to-day color development and support various teams with color-related requests, while maintaining color palettes and ensuring consistency across all platforms.
Responsibilities
- Communicate and support design, production, and merch teams with color related requests
- Maintain and update color palettes in Illustrator and on digital boards across divisions and seasons
- Organize and maintain color library
- Ensure all color names and numbers remain consistent across all palettes and digital boards
- Order color materials and standards from vendors
- Organize and assist in maintaining seasonal color dips and strike offs by category
- Prepare and send packages to cross functional partners, and suppliers
- Support the preparation, research and development of color, concept & cad for each season
- Assist the Concept Designer at seasonal deadlines including concept presentations, internal lookbooks, and cross functional projects
- Perform administrative tasks related to the end-to-end color and concept process
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Design, Fashion, or Art
- Ability to see color
- Foundational technical knowledge of color theory and design research
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team
- Highly detail-oriented with strong multitasking and organizational skills, especially strong attention to internal color codes, standards, and color names
- Proficiency in Adobe, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Indesign
- Strong follow-up abilities and a commitment to meeting deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Benefits
- Health & Well-being - Eligible associates and family members receive medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance, family planning (fertility, adoption & surrogacy support), fitness discounts, medical travel and more.
- Associate Discount - We love our products just as much as you do! That’s why we offer a great associate discount across all of our brands (J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell).
- Summer Fridays - In addition to our hybrid work model, we also close our office at 1:00 PM every Friday during the Summer months.
- Community Impact - We support the communities where we live and work through our philanthropic efforts and the J.Crew Cares Program.
- Winter Break - In addition to our PTO package, J.Crew Group offers a winter break at the end of December to eligible full-time associates at the Home Office to provide time to refresh and recharge.
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