Senior Sportswear Designer

Posted 20 Days Ago
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Los Angeles, CA
In-Office
100K-130K Annually
Senior level
Fashion • Retail
The Role
The Senior Sportswear Designer will lead seasonal collection design, ensuring creative direction aligns with brand expectations and market trends, while collaborating cross-functionally and overseeing technical execution.
Summary Generated by Built In

Founded in 2000, FAM Brands designs, manufactures, and sells men’s and women’s sportswear and active wear apparel to major retailers, big box stores, and specialty boutiques across the country and throughout the world. Our portfolio of proprietary brands features Marika, Wildfox, Three Dots, and Balance Collection, while a partial list of licensing partners includes Orvis, Jessica Simpson, Eddie Bauer, and Woolrich. 

With the capacity to produce over 75 million units per year, our mission continues to be making top-quality apparel accessible to everyone at an impressive value and an irresistible price.

That's the FAM Brands difference.

Work Location:
This is a full-time, onsite position based at our current corporate office in Bell, CA:
5553-B Bandini Blvd, Bell, CA 90201

In February 2026, our corporate headquarters will relocate to:
9242 Beverly Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Candidates must be able to work full-time onsite in both locations — Bell until the relocation is complete, and Beverly Hills thereafter.

Position Summary:

FAM Brands is a leading apparel company known for combining innovation, quality, and scale. Our Women's Sportswear division is growing, and we’re looking for a Senior Designer with a strong creative point of view and deep experience designing for elevated lifestyle brands.


The Senior Women’s Sportswear Designer will lead the design and development of seasonal collections focused on modern, trend-relevant product with commercial viability. This role requires someone with a refined aesthetic, deep fabric and construction knowledge, and proven experience designing for top-tier retailers and brands.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Own the creative direction, design, and execution of seasonal sportswear collections (wovens, knits, and soft structure)

  • Create trend-right concepts, color stories, and line plans aligned to brand/customer expectations

  • Sketch detailed flat designs and develop technical design packages using Adobe Illustrator and PLM

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with merchandising, tech, PD, and sourcing to ensure brand-right, margin-friendly product

  • Present concept, design direction, and seasonal assortments to internal and external stakeholders

  • Partner with technical design during fittings to maintain aesthetic and construction quality

  • Stay ahead of fashion, cultural, and retail trends relevant to our target customer

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design or equivalent

  • 15+ years of experience in women’s sportswear design, specifically for elevated or contemporary brands

  • Strong understanding of both wovens and knits, with ability to develop compelling assortments across multiple categories

  • Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and PLM systems (Centric PLM strongly preferred)

  • Experienced working with overseas vendors and the full product lifecycle

  • Strong communication and presentation skills; able to convey ideas clearly and collaborate cross-functionally

Bonus Points For:

  • A passion for fabric sourcing, sustainable design, or emerging technologies in apparel

COMPENSATION

At FAM Brands, we are committed to fair and transparent compensation. Salary ranges for positions are based on job level, location, and market data. We offer competitive benefits and are dedicated to equal pay for equal work. Specific salary offers depend on each candidate’s qualifications and experience. FAM Brands also offers all employees participation in our annual bonus program (Non-Sales) or commission program (Sales).

Compensation Range
$100,000$130,000 USD
Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunities & Diversity
 
FAM Brands is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
 
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. FAM Brands makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
 

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Notice for Job Applicants

FAM LLC values your privacy. This notice outlines our practices regarding the personal information of job applicants in compliance with the CCPA.

What We Collect: We collect information you provide in your job application, including contact details, educational and employment history.

Purpose: We use this information to evaluate your application and manage the hiring process.

Disclosure: Your personal information may be shared with service providers assisting with recruitment and as required by law.

Your Rights: Under the CCPA, you have the right to access and request deletion of your personal information and to not face discrimination for exercising these rights.

For questions or to exercise your rights, contact [email protected].

By applying, you acknowledge you understand our privacy practices.

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The Company
HQ: Bell, CA
193 Employees
Year Founded: 1985

What We Do

Three Decades of Leadership In The Fashion Industry

Founded in 1985 by Frank Zarabi, FAM Brands provides innovative fashion, design, brand development, and distribution solutions to a wide range of retail and wholesale clients and partners. Our unique performance materials and versatile apparel designs-along with our competitive pricing strategies-have enabled us to become leaders in apparel industry. Our ability to thrive, centers around impeccable design and excellent branding. Our designers and production teams collaborate closely with our factories to create exception fashion strategies and details. Our world-class brands include Marika, Balance Collection, Bally Total Fitness, Tehama, Peace and Pearls, Eddie Bauer, Orvis, Woolrich, and more.

We are the trailblazers for activewear. Champions of fitness. We're for simple, elegant and vibrant designs. Our employees are star-reachers, bridge-builders, leaders and teammates. We are family-owned and operated. We are FAM Brands. We are growing and focused on strategic initiatives. Our factories are safe and our employees are valued. We are worldwide, world-class, forward-thinking and forward-looking. We work hard and believe in the work we do. We're for executional excellence and achieving our dreams. We are FAM Brands.

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