J.Crew is a well-established clothing brand known for its classic styles and commitment to quality. The Assistant Designer will work closely with the Senior Designer to research seasonal trends, create technical sketches, and prepare professional presentation boards, while maintaining design components and samples.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with Senior Designer in researching seasonal trends, themes, colors, and raw materials to compile comprehensive market research
- Work closely with Senior Designer in designing into each concept and creating technical sketches (CADS)
- Prepare professional presentation boards with illustrations, CAD artwork, and garment samples
- Work with Senior Designer in each process for preparing design cards from initial concept to bulk
- Assist in maintaining all components of the design card are up to date with correct information
- Update seasonal visual line sheets with consistency and attention to detail
- Maintain protos and design samples
Skills
- 0-2 years Design experience
- Apparel Design degree
- Demonstrated creative sense and ability
- Trend/fashion awareness
- Strong technical sketching ability on Adobe Illustrator is a must (design sketches and CADS)
- Working knowledge of garment construction
- Sweater design knowledge or experience is a plus
- Garment measurement and specification experience
- Excellent color sense
- Self directed
- Detail-oriented
- Team player
- Ability to multi-task
- Strong written and communication skills
- Good follow through, sense of urgency
- Demonstrated ability to do creative, focused visual presentations
- Proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Word, and Excel
Benefits
- Health & Well-being - Eligible associates and family members receive medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance, family planning (fertility, adoption & surrogacy support), fitness discounts, medical travel and more.
- Associate Discount - We love our products just as much as you do! That’s why we offer a great associate discount across all of our brands (J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell).
- Summer Fridays - In addition to our hybrid work model, we also close our office at 1:00 PM every Friday during the Summer months.
- Community Impact - We support the communities where we live and work through our philanthropic efforts and the J.Crew Cares Program.
- Winter Break - In addition to our PTO package, J.Crew Group offers a winter break at the end of December to eligible full-time associates at the Home Office to provide time to refresh and recharge.
Company Overview
Since 1983, we’ve been designing pieces that feel both familiar and refreshingly new, crafted with unbeatable quality and distinctive point of view...it’s no wonder we’ve been in your closet for four decades and counting. It was founded in 1983, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is http://www.jcrew.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
J.Crew has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2026, 9 in 2025, 24 in 2024, 18 in 2023, 18 in 2022, 22 in 2021, 7 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.