Freelance Women’s Apparel Designer Job at Lightwell, New York, NY

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  • Lightwell
  • New York, NY

Job Description

About the Role

We are building a new sustainable luxury fashion brand, focused on exceptional design, quality, craftsmanship, and functional innovation, and we’re looking for a freelance designer to help bring our first capsule collection to life. This is a hands-on, full-spectrum role: from concept sketching and prototyping to pattern making, sample development, and final production. This role is ideal for someone who is excited by the idea of an early-stage environment and wants to shape something special behind the scenes.

What You’ll Do

  • Collaborate directly with founder on creative direction, moodboards, and collection planning
  • Translate the brand’s vision and founder’s ideas into a launch capsule collection, including initial sketches, tech packs, and prototypes
  • Develop patterns and oversee fittings to refine silhouettes and construction
  • Own the sampling process end-to-end: manage timeline, coordinate with sample makers, and ensure highest quality, fit, and consistency
  • Partner with the founder in liaising with overseas fabric mills, trims suppliers, and dye houses

You Might Be a Fit If You…

  • Have 5-10+ years of experience in fashion design and product development in women’s apparel
  • Are fluent in the full design-to-sample pipeline — not just sketching, but pattern work, technical specs, and production coordination
  • Have strong organizational skills, are detail-oriented, timeline-conscious, and can drive execution while working flexibly across time zones
  • Enjoy problem solving and finding creative solutions with the founder and helping her bring her vision to life
  • Bring a positive, flexible attitude to every challenge
  • Are proficient in Adobe Illustrator or other design software for sketches and spec sheets
  • Nice, but not a must have: Knowledge of sustainable materials and fabrication

Scope & Timing

  • Freelance / project-based (potential for ongoing work)
  • Immediate start preferred (June 2025)
  • Primarily Remote/Work-from-home, with in-person presence as needed to review samples and collaborate with founder and team in New York City 

This is a project-based role initially scoped as a 6-month contract for part-time support, focused on supporting the brand from sketch to sample. There is potential for extension or conversion to a permanent role depending on business needs.

Compensation

  • Project fee-based, to be discussed and commensurate with experience

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Contract work, Part time, Freelance, Immediate start, Remote job, Work from home, Overseas, Flexible hours,

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