Assistant Color & Textile CAD Designer
SUMMARY:
Reporting directly to the CAD Manager while working closely with the Color Manager, the Assistant Color & Textile CAD Designer supports both digital textile design and physical color development across multiple apparel brands. In this role, you will create fabric CADs and flat sketches, create digital color palettes, evaluate lab dips and production lots for color accuracy, and maintain organized physical and digital asset libraries. This is an ideal role for an entry-level designer with strong software skills, an exceptional eye for color, and a hands-on approach to studio and lab work.
Key Responsibilities:
CAD & Textile Development
Create seasonal fabric CADs across woven, knit, and sweater categories based on design requests.
Recolor artwork, adjust scale, and create flat sketches for design presentations.
Format and export artwork files for use across textiles software including Adobe, NedGraphics, PLM, and Conceptboard.
Organize digital artwork libraries using standardized file-naming conventions.
Color Lab & Quality Evaluation
Perform daily visual color reviews in light booths and instrumental checks using a spectrophotometer.
Calibrate the spectrophotometer daily and maintain maintenance logs.
Review lab dips, and bulk fabric submittals; issue clear color comments to global vendors within 24–48 hours
Help to create and maintain seasonal digital color palettes, and color data in PLM.
Studio & Asset Support
Organize, track, and archive our physical color standards library.
Assemble and print presentation boards and fabric swatches for design & merchandise meetings.
Operate and maintain studio wide-format printers (ink replacement, paper loading, nozzle checks).
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Textile Design, Textile Science, Fashion Design, or a related field (recent graduates welcome).
Color Vision: Superior visual color discrimination (must be able to pass a standard Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test).
Technical Skills: Proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop (layers, vectors, recoloring). Willingness to learn NedGraphics.
Work Style: Detail-oriented, organized, eager to learn, and comfortable managing multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.