Associate Graphic Designer

Serving the needs of all families with young children, Carter's Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children, encompassing Carter's, OshKosh B'gosh, Skip*Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work, constant learning, genuine people, and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at Carter's.

How You'll Make an Impact:

Collaborate with manager, artists, and apparel designers to develop seasonal apparel graphics that support the brand vision. Create innovative designs that are trend right and relevant to our brands. This role is based four days onsite and one day remote in our Atlanta office.

• 75% Creative Functions:
• Create original, innovative, and emotional art for children's apparel that aligns with overall seasonal direction
• Exhibit strong use of illustration, color, layout, and versatile techniques in art development
• Research and present relevant trend/ innovative ideas to the line each season
• Work independently, offer creative solutions on projects, self-manage workflow
• Maintain updated, organized art files on server
• 25%: Secondary Functions:
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with our production art, design, merchandising and PDC partners to meet/ exceed deadlines
• Read hindsight/selling reports to understand the carter's brand
• Develop knowledge of calendar, line-sheets, SBUs and presentation files

We'd Love to Hear from You if:

Must Have:

• Great Eye for design, color, and layout
• Well versed in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills ; deadline oriented in a fast past environment
• Minimum 1 year industry experience in apparel, or related commercial art field

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Degree in Illustration, Fabric/Textile Design, or related field
• Internship in Apparel Graphics or CAD Design preferred (or commercial related art field)

Our Team Members:

• Lead Courageously: Have a strong sense of personal values that align with our Company values
• Collaborates Broadly: Build cooperation, trust, and thrive in a consensus driven environment
• Customer Focus: Proactively seek opportunities to leverage data and fact-based insights to serve customers and/or internal clients
• Drive Growth: Set aggressive goals and implement plans precisely
• Cultivates Innovation: Respectfully challenge the "we've always done it this way" mentality and explore new ways to achieve desired outcomes

Make a Career at Carter's:

• Career Development: Success starts from within, and we have several paths from which you can choose to enhance your career evolution. From Carter's University to Toastmasters to mentorship programs and more, we encourage you to utilize these tools to elevate your professional prowess.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties described may be changed or reassigned at the discretion of management, and the employee may be required to perform duties that are not listed in the job description.

Carters is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.