Senior Designer - Juniors' Apparel

Sweet Apparel Inc. is a fast-paced apparel manufacturer specializing in quick turn production for juniors, women’s, men’s, and kids’ clothing. The company is recognized for high standards in design, quality, and timely delivery to retail partners and brands.

Teams collaborate closely across design, production, and operations to bring fashion-forward products to market efficiently. We are growing and looking for a full-time, Senior Designer to join the design team on-site at the Midtown Manhattan office!

Key Responsibilities

Conduct trend, market, and competitive research across contemporary, fast-fashion, and lifestyle brands

Identify relevant silhouettes, fabrics, colors, details, and category opportunities

Translate trend insights into actionable product ideas, seasonal direction, and presentations

Develop apparel across dresses, tops, bottoms, athleisure, and special projects

Create and revise CA Ds, technical flats, colorways, tech packs, and presentations using Adobe Illustrator and other creative tools

Maintain accurate development materials that clearly communicate design intent and support sample execution

Partner with product development, technical design, merchandising, planning, supply chain, and overseas teams

Participate in fit reviews, evaluate samples and factory feedback, and document revisions throughout development

Support multi-channel, wholesale, B2B, and partnership programs as needed

Manage multiple development calendars and style counts while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail

Contribute to special projects, collaborations, presentations, assortment planning, and seasonal line reviews

Use AI-powered tools to support trend analysis, concept development, product visualization, presentations, and workflow efficiency

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design or a related field preferred7+ years of apparel design experience

Strong experience in licensed apparel

Strong understanding of contemporary, fast-fashion, and lifestyle markets

Advanced Adobe