Men's Textile Designer

Role Summary

The Men’s Textile Designer is responsible for developing original textile prints, patterns, and surface designs across a Prominent Surf Brand in Men’s apparel. The role translates seasonal concepts, surf influences, market trends, and consumer insights into distinctive textile designs that support the brand’s performance and lifestyle collections.

Working closely with Men’s Design, Merchandising, and Product Development, the designer creates print and pattern direction for lifestyle apparel, boardshorts, swim-related product, and other relevant categories. The role combines creative development with technical expertise in repeat engineering, color, fabric compatibility, and production execution to ensure textiles enhance the product both aesthetically and functionally.

Key Responsibilities & Job Duties

1. Textile Design & Print Development

• Develop original all-over prints, engineered prints, placement prints, stripes, plaids, geometric patterns, and other surface designs.
• Create seasonal print stories that complement the Prominent Surf Brands lifestyle and Swim collections
• Develop artwork for boardshorts, swim-related product, shirts, shorts, fleece, and other apparel categories.
• Explore original artwork, hand-drawn elements, heritage references, and contemporary visual influences.
• Establish print scale, repeat, placement, and colorways appropriate to each product.

2. Market & Trend Research

• Conduct market shopping and research across surf, snow, outdoor, streetwear, and lifestyle brands.
• Identify emerging trends in print, pattern, color, texture, and surface treatments.
• Analyze competitive product and identify opportunities for original, commercially relevant textile design.
• Translate seasonal trends and consumer insights into a cohesive print direction.

3. Color & Fabric Integration

• Develop textile colorways aligned with seasonal color palettes and overall product direction.
• Consider fabric composition, weight, texture, stretch, finish, and end use when developing prints.
• Understand how print scale and color interact with garment proportions and construction.
• Collaborate with apparel designers to ensure prints complement the product rather than compete with its silhouette or function.
• Explore textile applications appropriate for both performance driven and lifestyle product.

4. Technical Development & Production

• Create production-ready artwork, seamless repeats, color separations, and technical print specifications.
• Establish repeat dimensions, scale, placement, and color standards for manufacturing partners.
• Review strike-offs and print submissions for color accuracy, registration, scale, repeat, and quality.
• Partner with Product Development and vendors to resolve print execution and production issues.
• Ensure approved artwork translates accurately to finished fabrics and garments.

5. Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Men’s Design, Merchandising, Product Development, and Production.
• Collaborate with Graphic Design and Creative on shared artwork and seasonal visual stories.
• Present textile concepts and print direction during seasonal reviews.
• Manage revisions, sample reviews, and approvals within the product development calendar.

Skills & Qualifications

• Degree in Textile Design, Surface Design, Fashion Design, or related field preferred.
• 3–5+ years of textile or print design experience within apparel.
• Portfolio demonstrating original prints, patterns, colorways, and repeat engineering.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Strong understanding of textile printing methods, color management, strike-offs, and production processes.
• Knowledge of fabric behavior and print applications across lifestyle and performance apparel.
• Strong understanding of men’s surf, snow, outdoor, and lifestyle markets.
• Excellent color sense, attention to detail, organization, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple print developments and deadlines across seasonal collections.