Company Description: Originally founded in 1975, BCI has continually evolved to become a leader in the women’s fashion industry. Launching initially with CHAUS and private label lines and then expanding into a multi-brand platform business, we have been at the forefront of market trends and the changing retail environment.
Our brands, including CeCe, Vince Camuto, Ted Baker, 1.State and Parker, each serve unique customer demographics but are united in their commitment to quality and style. As we expand our presence, BCI remains dedicated to innovation, excellence, and women’s empowerment through fashion.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Senior Sweater Designer to launch proto, SRS tech packs for all seasonal sweater collections.
- Daily communication with sweater factories to ensure sample execution as desired from the early stages of development through final production
- Sourcing yarn, trim, and developing stitches
- Prioritize workload based on yarn/garment delivery, ensuring seasonal deadlines are met
- Collaborate production teams to ensure ideal product while also maintaining margins, suggesting more cost-effective options as needed
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience as working in WOMEN'S sweater design required
- Experience in leading fittings
- Exhibit a strong working knowledge of Sweater garment construction, including stitch / gauge / technical capabilities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Strong time management and multitasking skills
- Innate sense of urgency and organizational skills; technical and detail-oriented
- Capacity to work in a fast-paced environment
- Proactive, problem-solver, dedicated, deadline-driven and self-motivated/entrepreneurial
Please note the hourly rate for this freelance position is $45/hour and there is potential for this to become full-time.
BCI IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Applicants are considered regardless of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, pregnancy, family responsibility, national origin or ancestry citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran’s status, genetic information, or as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic in accordance with applicable law.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of experience in women's sweater design
- Experience leading fittings
- Strong working knowledge of sweater garment construction including stitch, gauge, and technical capabilities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Strong time management and multitasking skills
- Innate sense of urgency, organizational skills; technical and detail-oriented
- Capacity to work in a fast-paced environment
- Proactive problem-solver, dedicated, deadline-driven, self-motivated/entrepreneurial
What We Do
BCI Brands is a multi-branded fashion platform with a mission to create, acquire, license, and grow iconic women’s apparel brands. BCI’s specialty in women’s sportswear and dresses, coupled with our better distribution and ecommerce networks, has cemented our reputation as an innovator in the better and contemporary markets. Our brands include Vince Camuto, 1.State, CeCe, Chaus, Parker, MSK, Sam and Jess, and Cynthia Steffe, along with a variety of private labels for key partners Dillard’s and Halogen for Nordstrom. BCI leverages our distinct brand incubation capabilities, from ideation and design, to sourcing, manufacturing, marketing, and sales to create top labels in house for distribution across multiple market segments. Our comprehensive expertise in global sourcing and development has made us a leader in speed to market execution. BCI is privately owned by CEO Ariel Chaus after repurchasing it from The Camuto Group in 2018, and is driven by a strong executive management team, including Chairman Manny Chirico. The company has an annual wholesale revenue that currently exceeds $400 million.
