Careers
OPERATIONS
In this highly collaborative role, you be responsible for planning and overseeing projects to ensure they are completed in a timely manner and within budget. You will ensure a clear and streamlined pipeline of information flows to cross-functional teams, so it all executes nicely straight through to the customer. You are cool with an evolving process, possess an owner mentality and employ both creative and analytical approaches to business strategy. You are also hard-working, multitasking, driven, and will be responsible for the following.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinating between design, production and warehousing to ensure hard deadlines are met.
- Determine and define project scope and objectives
- Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner
- Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan
- Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress
- Manage contracts with vendors and suppliers by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables
- Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution
- Monitor progress and make adjustments as needed
- Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement
Requirements:
- 2+ years of project management in clothing, street wear preferred.
- Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices
- Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle
- A positive, energetic self-starter who thrives in a team environment, but also works well independently, takes initiative, and exhibits ownership
- Superior communication (both written and verbal), and excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to foster collaborative relationships with cross-functional teams
- Computer proficient and strong working knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Gmail, Google docs, Basecamp
Contact: wholesale@teddyfresh.com
CREATIVE POSITIONS
Teddy Fresh is an apparel company looking for an creative / ambitious / driven apparel designer and also strong at graphic design and capable at creating graphics as well as apparel designs. The designer will work closely with the company founders and be the central creative source. The right candidate will be a very creative risk taker who has mastered all of the fundamentals of designing men’s premium streetwear pertaining to products such as tees & fleece, outerwear, accessories as well as trims such as labels and hangtags. This candidate must be able to wear many hats, complete designs following strict timelines, understand the vision of the brand and grow with our company.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design monthly capsules
- Able to navigate a TP and create proto ready art (color, size) information to send to factories
- Discover, share and apply insights from trend, market, field use, and consumer behavior
- Manage Freelance design art and take outsourced art and prep for TP
- Work closely with CEO & Design team on development and trend forecasting
- Design graphics for monthly capsules
- Color up designs
- Other duties to be assigned
Competencies:
- A very creative design aesthetic that complements the brand
- Ability to demonstrate logical thinking and problem solving skills
- Understand the process of screen printing, applique techniques, trim techniques any technique pertaining to art related materials
- Strong multitasking, prioritization, and organization skills
- Strong work ethic to excel in a fast-paced environment and eager to perform above and beyond stated responsibilities
- Knowledge of color palettes, textiles, garment construction, patterns, fit and grading
- Ability to work effectively with a small team
- Extremely familiar with street wear fashion and trends
- Able to draw and sketch
- Have a diverse style
- Compelling portfolio that demonstrates your design abilities
- Can follow and meet deadlines
- Strong graphical design skills
Minimum Qualifications:
- 2+ years prior experience in apparel design in apparel industry, related degree and relevant industry experience
- Proficient in hand sketching, Adobe suite, specifically photoshop and illustrator
- Strong Typographic skillsWorking knowledge of broad materials and manufacturing process-with ability to research and execute as required
- Strong understanding of apparel design and contemporary men’s, women’s streetwear brands
- Able to work independently
Job Type: Full-time
Contact: wholesale@teddyfresh.com
Must submit portfolio and resume in order for resume to be reviewed
Teddy Fresh is an apparel company looking for an creative / ambitious / driven graphic designer that will work closely with the company founders and be the central creative source. The right candidate will be a creative risk taker who has mastered all of the fundamentals of designing men’s premium streetwear with a focus on graphic design pertaining to products such as tees & fleece, outerwear, accessories as well as trims such as labels and hangtags. This candidate must be able to wear many hats, complete designs following strict timelines, understand the vision of the brand and grow with our company.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design monthly graphical capsules
- Able to navigate a TP and create proto ready art (color, size) information to send to factories
- Discover, share and apply insights from trend, market, field use, and consumer behavior
- Manage Freelance design art and take outsourced art and prep for TP
- Work closely with CEO & Design team on development and trend forecasting
- Color up designs
- Other duties to be assigned
Competencies:
- Ability to demonstrate logical thinking and problem solving skills
- Understand the process of screen printing, applique techniques, trim techniques any technique pertaining to art related materials
- Strong multitasking, prioritization, and organization skills
- Strong work ethic to excel in a fast paced environment and eager to perform above and beyond stated responsibilities.
- A creative design aesthetic that complements the brand
- Ability to work effectively with a small team
- Extremely familiar with street wear fashion and trends
- Able to draw and sketch
- Have a diverse style
- Can follow and meet deadlines
- Strong graphical design skills
Minimum Qualifications:
- 2+ years prior experience in graphic design in apparel industry, related degree and relevant industry experience
- Proficient in hand sketching, Adobe suite, specifically photoshop and illustrator
- Strong Typographic skills
- Working knowledge of broad materials and manufacturing process-with ability to research and execute as required
- Strong understanding of apparel design and contemporary men’s, women’s streetwear brands
- Able to work independently
Job Type: Full-time
Contact: wholesale@teddyfresh.com
Must submit portfolio and resume in order for resume to be reviewed
Responsibilities:
- Maintain brand continuity in product imagery
- Stage product shots, following specific directions, using the highest standards in setting up lighting, color accuracy, and exposure for each shot.
- Utilize professional camera and lighting equipment
- Perform post production editing on photos with extreme attention to detail
- Use Shopify to add and update product photos
- Create lifestyle content with shoots outside of the studio
- Maintain tight deadlines
- Create promotional assets for social media, mailers, and wholesale accounts
- Design mailers from concept to final approval that align with brands image
Requirements:
- Minimum 2+ years of photography experience in an ecommerce apparel environment (focusing heavily on product flats)
- Proficient in design software including Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign)
- Extreme attention to detail - Problem solving and critical thinking in a fast paced environment
Contact: wholesale@teddyfresh.com
Please include a portfolio with product flats to be considered for this position.
SALES POSITIONS
Teddy Fresh is an apparel company looking for an ambitious / driven In-House Sales Rep that will work closely with the company founders and be the central sales source. Teddy Fresh is looking for someone who is a team player and looking to help grow with Teddy Fresh and their wholesale accounts across the world.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Account management of all wholesale accounts globally - Build and maintain good relationships with wholesale accounts
- Maintain and existing accounts and grow new wholesale business
- Coordinate and manage all sales reporting and analysis, data generation, internal sales, and sales operations
- Daily, monthly, seasonal management of Open Order Reports in order to maximize invoiced dollars - creating proactive solutions to maximize order file
- Manage marketing requests from accounts
- Order management and input into TF systems
- Work closely with CEO & Design team on seasonal offerings for wholesale and margin expectations
- Weekly, Monthly and Seasonally selling reports by accounts and overall wholesale business
- Keep updated excel and visual review of all orders by account
- Work with logistics on shipping to wholesale accounts
- Partner with accounting to confirm all PO”s prior to billing
- Other duties to be assigned
Competencies:
- Ability to demonstrate logical thinking and problem solving skills
- Ability to analysis business from market trends and past sales
- Strong multitasking, prioritization, and organization skills
- Stay on top of the retail environment
- Strong work ethic to excel in a fast-paced environment and eager to perform above and beyond stated responsibilities.
- Extremely familiar with street wear fashion and trends
- Can follow and meet deadlines
- Self-Motivated, proactive, positive work attitude
- Highly organized, detailed oriented, professional and a team player
Minimum Qualifications:
- 4+ years prior experience in sales in apparel industry, related degree and relevant industry experience
- Proficient in excel, word, PowerPoint, Google docs
- Strong understanding of apparel sales in contemporary men’s, women’s streetwear brands
- Able to work independently
Job Type: Full-time
Contact: wholesale@teddyfresh.com
PRODUCTION POSITIONS
- Manages the day to day activities of Production team and updates WIP and Open PO reports on a daily basis.
- Collaborates with global vendors to deliver products on time and within cost.
- Manages relationships and initiates processes with internal and external partners that facilitate cross-functional synergy and collaboration.
- Supports cross-category developments, communications and initiatives.
- Assists with managing product development activities including the following: PDT milestone adherence, tech-pack handoff, costing milestones and Production/Design Review Meetings.
- Assist and works in tandem with Merchandising and Design to maintain calendar milestones and trouble shoot areas moving through the calendar year.
- Oversees tracking of all skus with global vendors and troubleshoots areas of importance at a moments notice.
- Oversees the initiation of and ordering of materials at all milestones; ensures all are tracking on time.
- Oversees the consistency and integrity of development packages and prototype samples; understands and communicates Design intent.
- Assists in communicating collection changes relating to Design updates, standards, and overall consistency of information.
- Anticipates and drives issue resolution and communicates up as necessary.
- Enters, maintains and manages information required for Tools of the Trade.
- Manages all costing activities according to target costing and other cost specific sub-calendars.
- Manages product costing for each new product and develops strategies to meet/exceed margin requirements.
- Assists in supporting and implementing projects and initiatives aimed at improving margins.
- Assists in creating and presenting cost comparisons and counter sourcing initiatives at costing meetings.
- Responsible for updating vendor manuals and keeping up to date details and communicating changes to all factories.
Preferred experience to include:
- Assists in supporting Production Director and Design on early development concepts with full scale mockups and layouts.
- Assists in managing print placement and alignment across silhouettes and departments.
- Creates and maintains collection standards.
- Maintains and organizes fabric and trim library.
- Assists with engineering to problem solve challenges in the early development phase.
- Assists technique developments.
- Assists Production Director in Early Development and Commercialization meetings.
- Assists in analyzing development statistics and creates strategies for improvement.
The accomplished individual will possess:
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Computer proficiency in Excel, Window, Word, Illustrator, Photoshop
- Currently working in related fields
An outstanding professional will have:
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- A true team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Highly organized and detail oriented Ability to multi-task and balance high priority situations under pressure
- Possesses creative and innovative way of thinking
- Takes proactive approach with strong problem solving skills
- Flexibility to adapt to an evolving environment
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment
- Analytical skills to interpret and react to information accurately
- Positive attitude
- High energy
Contact: wholesale@teddyfresh.com