• Job Description

  Req#: 7965

  Seeking an Associate Designer to support the Design Directors and category designers in the design and development of West Elm textile product. Responsible for helping to develop seasonal concepts and ensuring all product development deadlines and key calendar dates are met.

  ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Assist category designers into researching new ideas, materials and trims
  • Present ideas and design concepts to Design Directors and category designers
  • Work proactively according to development calendar to stay ahead of timelines
  • Create and maintain visual line list decks and presentations decks.
  • Develop digital presentation boards, and setup product displays for milestone meetings
  • Work proactively according to development calendar to stay ahead of timelines
  • Create technical specifications for textile product developments, comment on samples, and send product approvals in PLM
  • Maintain and organize samples and fabric libraries
  • Regularly shop competitors to keep abreast of trends

  QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Must provide a link to online portfolio with password on resume, or PDF of work samples with application
  • Degree in Textile Design, or related field
  • Minimum 3 years of textile design work experience, preferably in-home furnishings
  • Must be highly efficient in Adobe Creative Suite
  • Must be skilled at CAD, and able to manipulate artwork, mockups and generate colorways
  • Experience developing product directly with factories is a plus
  • Understanding of product development from concept through commercialization
  • Knowledge of textiles, fabrications, printing and manufacturing techniques
  • Passionate about design, art, color & textiles with a strong sense of color
  • Ability to work independently as well as with a team in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to prioritize, multi-task and adapt to change
  • Extremely organized and detail-oriented – excellent calendar adherence and ownership
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Understanding and enthusiasm for West Elm brand

  Benefits:

  Once you are here, you can look forward to a wide variety of benefits designed to help you grow, personally and professionally, to keep you healthy, to prepare you for the unexpected, to care for your family and to build a secure future. Depending on your position and your location, here’s a look at what you might be eligible for:

  • A generous discount on all Williams Sonoma Inc. brands through multiple shopping channels
  • A 401(k) plan and other investment opportunities
  • Paid vacations, holidays and other time-off programs
  • Health benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance; health and dependent care tax-free spending accounts; medical, family and bereavement leave; same-sex domestic partner benefits; short- and long-term disability programs; life and travel insurance; an employee assistance program
  • Tax-free commuter benefits
  • A wellness program that supports your physical, financial and emotional health
  • In-person and online learning opportunities through WSI University
  • Cross-brand and cross-function career opportunities
  • Location specific sample sales
  • A business casual work environment
  • San Francisco based bike share program
  • Time off to volunteer
  • Matching donations to qualifying nonprofit organizations
  • Company-sponsored community involvement
  • Various discounts on local businesses

  WSI will not now or in the future commence an immigration case or "sponsor" an individual for this position (for example, H-1B or other employment-based immigration

  This role is not eligible for relocation assistance.

  FOR SF ONLY:

  Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, or other applicable state or local laws and ordinances.

  FOR NYC ONLY:

  The expected starting pay range for this position is $55,600 -$60,300. Applicable pay ranges may differ across markets. Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. In addition to competitive pay, compensation may include a variety of other components like benefits, paid time off, merit, and bonus opportunities.

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• About the company

  Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is an American publicly traded consumer retail company that sells kitchen-wares and home furnishings.

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