Textile Designer (Non-Apparel/Accessories)
Hot Topic HQ - City of Industry, California - Full-time
Description
Love our aesthetic? We're looking for a Textile Designer for Non-Apparel & Accessories to bring our Pop Culture designs to life through our product. This role will design original print repeats and patterns by collaborating with the Non Apparel & Accessories Design and Product Development teams for Hot Topic & BoxLunch Merch.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Design original textile prints for all brand's product categories, create and present print concepts to design team and merchant partners
- Produce print repeats from final artwork; editing, recoloring and matching color to pantone standards
- Use Photoshop and Illustrator to prepare, modify and resize artwork; collaborating with product development and design team to articulates printing and design techniques to factories
- Create licensed print groups for each delivery and create multiple color ways for all textile prints and woven plaids
- Partner with the HT Inc DTR Apparel teams as needed
- Strike off approvals and comments with design team
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- Certification or education in graphic arts or textile design required
- 3+ years of textile design work experience in a wholesale/vertical business in accessories, hand bags/backpacks and other non-apparel categories
- Experience working with Licenses a plus
- Comprehensive knowledge of construction and all creative techniques in relation to accessories (Prints/Embroideries/Embelishments/Hardlines)