Top Design Jobs

Design men’s and women’s footwear across multiple fashion and lifestyle brands, taking concepts through production-ready specifications and final sample approval. Create detailed tech packs, manage prototypes and TOP approvals, communicate corrections to overseas factories, anticipate production risks, and maintain technical files. Collaborate with design, production, and merchandising teams to balance brand direction, aesthetics, manufacturability, costing, and seasonal deadlines.

Design and develop women's ready-to-wear woven, knit, and cut-and-sew apparel from concept through pre-production. Responsibilities include trend research, mood boards, technical sketches, specification packages, sample development, fit and construction reviews, vendor collaboration, fabric and trim sourcing, PLM administration, assortment coordination, and seasonal presentations. The role manages design deliverables against development calendars while balancing creativity, quality, cost, fit, and commercial goals.

Designs end-to-end product experiences and creative brand assets across TV, mobile, web, social, and print. Responsibilities include user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity designs, prototypes, design specifications, consumer research, usability evaluation, motion and visual design, brand application, localization, and collaboration with product, engineering, marketing, research, creative, and agency teams.

Leads end-to-end design and development of collectible plush toy lines, from consumer research, ideation, sketching, and prototyping through testing and production. Collaborates with brand, engineering, packaging, licensors, and global manufacturing teams. Creates control drawings and specifications, manages approvals and design changes, presents concepts, resolves development issues, and ensures products meet brand, cost, quality, and schedule requirements.

Own product features end to end across mobile and web, from problem framing through launch. Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, prototype and refine interactions, use AI and emerging tools, and evolve the design system. The role requires strong product intuition, high visual and interaction craft, autonomy, and shipped work ownership. Consumer or fintech experience and personal crypto trading experience are advantageous.

Supports the 3D production pipeline through low-poly modeling, compositing, material and texture application, lighting, scene preparation, rendering quality review, and digital asset archiving. The intern will review Revit files, use 3DS Max and related tools, learn DaVinci Resolve, maintain organized scene and asset libraries, and collaborate with senior artists to deliver accurate CGI product imagery for marketing and sales.

Design retail packaging, product graphics, social media, email, website content, sales presentations, and promotional materials. Support seasonal launches and licensed product collections, maintain brand consistency, and prepare artwork for print and production across marketing channels.

Creates and prepares branded artwork for print, in-store, digital, social, eCommerce, video, and motion channels. Executes creative direction, maintains brand standards, manages multiple projects, prepares production-ready files, performs image retouching and compositing, supports motion design and accessible design practices, and organizes shared creative assets. Collaborates with creative, marketing, and cross-functional teams while meeting deadlines and ensuring accurate production.

Temporary technical designer supporting Nordstrom Made men's young customer brands. Responsibilities include managing tech pack handoffs, specifying samples, preparing for and conducting fittings, documenting fit notes, communicating fit comments to vendors, responding to vendor emails, and reviewing PP and TOP samples. The role requires at least four years of technical design experience, strong organization and communication skills, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Creates scientifically accurate illustrations of species associated with Chicagoland rivers and develops engaging conservation communication materials such as posters, stickers, postcards, or comics. Collaborates with scientists and an artist-in-residence, researches subjects, participates in occasional fieldwork, and presents completed work at a public event. This is a 28-hour-per-week, 16-week, on-site internship with no supervisory responsibilities.