Prominent Surf Brand - Men's Textile Designer

Role Summary

The Men’s Textile Designer is responsible for developing original textile prints, patterns, and surface designs across the Prominent Surf Brand’s 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.

Salary Range: $75,000 - $90,000 Key Responsibilities & Job Duties1. 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 Brand’s 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