J.Crew is a well-established clothing brand known for its commitment to quality and American sensibility. The Design Assistant will assist the Senior Colorist in day-to-day color development and support various teams with color-related requests, while maintaining color palettes and ensuring consistency across all platforms.
Responsibilities
- Communicate and support design, production, and merch teams with color related requests
- Maintain and update color palettes in Illustrator and on digital boards across divisions and seasons
- Organize and maintain color library
- Ensure all color names and numbers remain consistent across all palettes and digital boards
- Order color materials and standards from vendors
- Organize and assist in maintaining seasonal color dips and strike offs by category
- Prepare and send packages to cross functional partners, and suppliers
- Support the preparation, research and development of color, concept & cad for each season
- Assist the Concept Designer at seasonal deadlines including concept presentations, internal lookbooks, and cross functional projects
- Perform administrative tasks related to the end-to-end color and concept process
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Design, Fashion, or Art
- Ability to see color
- Foundational technical knowledge of color theory and design research
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team
- Highly detail-oriented with strong multitasking and organizational skills, especially strong attention to internal color codes, standards, and color names
- Proficiency in Adobe, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Indesign
- Strong follow-up abilities and a commitment to meeting deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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.