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Freelance- Lee Men's Design (Greensboro, NC)

Freelance- Lee Men's Design (Greensboro, NC)

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

Greensboro, NC • On-site

Full-time

Posted 4 days ago

Kontoor Brands rating

7.8

Company rating: 7.8 out of 10

Based on 13 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

12th of 55 rated fashion and textile manufacturers

Job description

Who We Are:
Kontoor Brands is a portfolio of three of the world's most iconic lifestyle, outdoor and workwear brands: Wrangler®, Lee® and Helly Hansen®. Kontoor Brands is a purpose-led organization focused on leveraging its global platform, strategic sourcing model and best-in-class supply chain to drive brand growth and deliver long- term value for its stakeholders.
Job Posting:
Freelance, Lee Men's Design
Job Description Summary:
This position will be onsite in Greensboro, NC at our HQ. This position will report to our senior designer and help with design realted tasks
Key Responsibilities:
  • Designing bottoms and jacket styles - sketching flats, sketching details, (sketch in adobe illustrator)
  • Research trends and interpret for lee consumer
  • Sketching hand off pages/ detail call outs
  • Power point files for Milestone meeting presentations (creating our "line sheets")
  • Pinning boards for comp review
  • Trim development - buttons, labels, embroideries, patches (adobe illustrator)
  • Organizing samples & racks
  • DDT, smart sheet data entry - possibly a little of this
    Entering comments into chart for lab dips

Educational/Position Requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in fashion or apparel design

Special Physical and/or Mental Requirements:
  • This person will be required to be onsite at our HQ in Greensboro, NC.
  • This position will be a full time freelance role at 40 hours a week.

Why Kontoor Brands?
At Kontoor, we offer a comprehensive benefit package to fit your lifestyle. Our benefits are crafted with the same care as our products.
When our employees are healthy, secure, and well, they bring their best selves to work. Kontoor Brands supports you with a competitive benefits program that provides choice and flexibility to meet your and your family's needs - now and in the future. We offer resources to support your physical, emotional, social, and financial wellbeing, plus benefits like discounts on our apparel. Kontoor Brands also provides four weeks of Paid Parental Leave to eligible employees who are new parents, Flexible Fridays, and Tuition Reimbursement.
We are proud to offer a workplace culture centered on equitable opportunities and a sense of belonging for all team members. Here we have a global workforce of high-performing teams that both unlocks our individual uniqueness and harnesses our collaborative talents.

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