Ulla Johnson is hiring: Assistant Designer, Handbags in New York

Ulla Johnson is seeking an Assistant Designer, Handbags to join our Leather Goods Design team. The team is passionate about creating an innovative and beautiful product with a focus on handmade details and impeccable quality. With an ever- expanding customer base and brand visibility, this is a great opportunity to join our rapidly growing company. The ideal candidate should have a balance of creative & conceptual thinking, organizational skills and attention to detail. The assistant will collaborate with the design team on seasonal collections from concept through pre-production samples. Help research silhouettes, techniques, materializations, groups, and trends based on direction from designer and personal understanding of Ulla Johnson brand aesthetic. ~ Assemble and maintain mood board, design deck, color palette and line sheet for collection presentations based on direction from designer. Create, maintain, and share design boards for each season across internal teams. Responsible for setting up files for CADs and creating all color ups each season. Drawing technical sketches and flats for techpacks and specs. Creating detailed techpacks and specs for new silhouettes, animations, and trial Sketch proposals for seasonal concepts. Making mockups and hand trials for seasonal concepts. Initiate design intent deck for each season, describing design details of each Maintain seasonal and seasonless files/archives in company wide shared drive for Responsible for sample & material organization which includes receiving and sending packages, photographing samples & design details, filing material submits and approvals, maintaining materials library etc. Maintain sample closet, ensuring samples are stored & shipped properly. 1-3 year of experience in leather goods or handbag design ~ Proficiency in Adobe inDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Procreate & Microsoft Excel Flexibility to work on multiple projects simultaneously and proven multitasker Born and raised in Manhattan, the daughter of archaeologists, Ulla Johnson honed her signature style between the streets of New York and the far-flung destinations of their family travels. Her eponymous line, founded in 1998 just after her graduation from university, immediately caught the attention of the fashion press. Growing from a handful of directional boutiques and with an early endorsement from Barneys New York, Ulla Johnson’s collection has gained a dedicated following and the support of retailers across the US, Europe, Australia, and Asia. She has never wavered on her steadfast attention to the details of construction that have become her hallmark, basing each of her collections on a foundation of natural fibers, beautiful finishing, and ease of fit and form. Ulla lives in Brooklyn with her husband and three children. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.