Designer, Women's Handbags + Small Leather Goods
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Summary
Supports seasonal concept and design development for Cole Haan's women's handbags and small leather goods collections, creating hand-drawn and digital sketches, CAD presentations, and tech packs in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop while collaborating with Design, Merchandising, and Product Development.
***Please submit application with link to online portfolio or an attachment with work samples***
The Designer, Women's Handbags + Small Leather Goods, supports seasonal concept and design development for commercially relevant Cole Haan collections, working under the guidance of the Design Director and in partnership with the Senior Designer.
CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Concept and Design: Contribute original design ideas in partnership with the Senior Designer, following seasonal direction from the Design Director, and support research and presentation development for seasonal handbag and small leather goods collections.
- Sketching and CAD: Create hand-drawn sketches, digital sketches, and CAD presentations using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop with accuracy and timely execution.
- Technical Packages: Develop and maintain tech packs for assigned styles, and support team updates throughout the sample development process.
- Sample Review: Participate in development sample reviews, documenting and executing comments to support the Design team.
- Color CAD and Material Detailing: Partner with the Design Director and Senior Designer on color CAD execution for seasonal line-plan reviews and support in the preparation of material-detailing specification specs.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Support day-to-day Design team’s collaboration with Merchandising, and Product Development.