Haddad is a privately held family business with over 70 years of experience in the children’s wear apparel and accessories industry. Haddad is the leading children’s wear manufacturer representing the most iconic American brands in the world; Nike, Brand Jordan, Converse, Hurley and Levi’s. Our talented professionals are leaders in design, sourcing, sales and global distribution. With over 15 locations and 800 employees globally, it is no surprise that we are already the number one children’s wear company in the world.   

Overview: 

The Design Operations Assistant will assist in major seasonal design development and execution activities across all brands. 

Key Accountabilities:

• Learn to create Tech Packs throughout the season    
• Learn to upload Tech Packs inclusive of spec pages and artwork for Sourcing    
• Learn to create Production Tech Packs as needed and upload as necessary    
• Gain understanding to be able to work directly with Design, Technical, and Sourcing on all seasonal style specifications    
• Attend and observe fittings and help ensure changes/updates are executed within Tech Packs and communicated to Sourcing/Overseas Offices    
• Participate in the creation of seasonal color palettes with Design and prepare color standards and facilitate sending these to Overseas Offices    
• Learn to handle daily communication with Overseas Offices/Factories to resolve issues in a concise and timely manner    
• Communicate on workload and elevate issues    
• Attend Daily Team meetings and Training sessions    
• Special projects as assigned     

Required Skills/Abilities/Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design, Product Development or related field
• 1+ years of experience in the fashion industry as an Assistant or Associate
• Excellent Excel skills
• Excellent organizational and communication skills with attention to detail
• Must be a strategic thinker, persuasive and collaborative
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (including InDesign)

Consistent in-office presence is vital to the role as it is for all Haddad Brands team members, so that we all have a full appreciation, aesthetically and tactilely, of the qualities that define our brand partners’ products and set them apart from their competitors.