New York City’s top Apparel Executive Search Firm is located in the Heart of Manhattan’s Fashion district, representing some of the finest names in the industry. With over 28 years recruitment experience, we believe in the power of building relationships.
A BRIEF HISTORY
For over 28 years, Todd Wayne, president and owner of Jessilyn Personnel, has been the driving force behind our firm. Prior to founding Jessilyn, Todd spent 15 years running a family apparel business affording him a unique perspective into the intricacies of the fashion industry.
From the beginning, the philosophy and foundation of our firm has focused on partnership. Building relationships with, and between, our clients and applicants. This has kept our company thriving and why we are located on 34th Street in the heart of the fashion industry, consistently delivering top candidates to our clientele.
PROCESS
The staff of Jessilyn Personnel conducts an in-depth interview with all of our candidates with every portfolio thoroughly is assessed. We make sure our applicants are qualified before we present them to our clients.
Jessilyn's applicant database is over 700,000 strong. We partner directly with your Human Resources Department to help them find candidates who will meet their specific needs.
Fast paced boutique executive search firm is looking for an energetic, resourceful, efficient, office administrative assistant with experience in apparel. This candidate must think outside of the box and have excellent computer skills.
Office Administrative Assistant responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Administrative Assistant to the President of the company
Ability to work in a face paced environment
Have great follow up skills
Answering incoming phone calls, ability to articulate well and have good phone etiquette
Greeting guests as they walk through the door
Conduct email correspondence
Follow up with daily emails and reminders – very important –
Prepare materials for weekly meetings
In charge of setting up calendar interviews, Skype meetings, and phone calls
Assist in posting/updating job description on company websites and affiliated platforms
Heavy note taking skills
Order office supplies when needed
Filing paperwork, folders, faxing/copying documents when necessary
Must be detail oriented and organized.
Must have experience on Outlook and Microsoft Office Suite
Our client is a beautiful luxury contemporary lifestyle brand manufacturer which was established in 1991. Their corporate headquarters is located on Fashion Avenue with their Flagship store in one of New York’s most iconic buildings on 5th Avenue. Their annual sales are over 100 million dollars with over 500 employees. The retail price point is between $200 and $1,500 with product manufactured domestically and internationally. One of the most unique aspects of our client is their sales concept of mail direct and direct selling with 4 national trunk shows a year. Our client has stylists nationwide to work directly with customers in personalizing their wardrobe. Their overall company aesthetic consists of classic lines with impeccable detailing using luxury fabrics in their two collection lines.
Our client is looking for a well organized Assistant Technical Designer to work on womens better collection
Requirements:
Report to company Vp of Production and Atelier Director.
Responsible for receiving & sending all packages to HK office.
Tagging sample & logging all samples through development process.
Spec all 1st samples & prepare them for fitting.
Must take excellent fit notes
Responsible for keeping the technical design area organized at all times and making sure everything is fully stocked ( hangers, trims, fusible, linings)
Oversee development mockups for the design team & interact with all members of the development team.
Must know how to measure 1st garments
Will interact with their Hong Kong office
Knowledge of EXCEL and Lectra Gallery System is a plus.
Our client is an iconic fashion house looking for a size 8 woman's special occasion and workwear fit model. Please submit ALL MEASUREMENTS in resume to be considered. This is a full time position.
Responsibilities:
Must maintain physical fit-body measurements, size, shape, proportions
Model all types of apparel for fittings
Communicate fit information with detail and accuracy
Provide feedback and identify concerns about technical/functional fit
Magnificent high end retail store located in the heart of Manhattan. Been in business for over 60 years and sells the most amazing day, evening, MOB. They also do collaborations with European and American Designers to create product exclusively for their retail stores. Our client also has multiple retail stores located in New York and Canada. Their price point in retail is $300-$36,000
Our client is looking for fitters for eveningwear, mother of the bride and bridal. Must have retail experience with customer fittings. Must come from Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Barneys etc..
Our client is an American luxury fashion company that produces women’s, men’s and accessories and showcases their collection lines twice a year during New York Fashion Week. The company, which is publicly traded, has been in business for over 75 years with an annual revenue of over 4.5 billion dollars. The corporate office is based in New York City with over 1,000 directly owned and operated retail stores worldwide. With over 10,000 employees, their product is being manufactured globally. They sell to luxury department stores and boutiques with retail price points between $150 and $3,300.
Our client is looking for freelance samplemakers to work on menswear.
Assignment is from 11/28 until 12/9
Report to the Atelier Director
Work closely with the design team on making samples and doing alterations
Our client is a world renowned Ready to Wear and Bridal manufacturer. Their bridal collection has a sophisticated, feminine and modern approach while their Ready to Wear line is an iconic luxury collection in which our client utilizes layering, intricate draping and attention to detail. This designer has won many fashion awards and has been around since the 1990s. They generate an annual revenue of over $700 million. Their products are sold in North and South America, Asia, Middle East, Europe and Oceania. They also have 18 free standing stores worldwide in which over 200 people are employed. Their products are being produced domestically and internationally. Our client also showcases their collections during New York Fashion Week as well as Bridal Fashion Week twice a year. Their RTW price points are between $600 and $3000 and their Bridal collections are sold between $2600 to over $30,000. Their collections are sold to luxury department stores and boutiques. They have many licensee agreements with eyewear, fragrances, home etc.
Our client's store is located on Madison Ave. We are in search for a General Manager to run all daily operations.
Responsibilities for General Manager
Oversee the daily operations employees and staff (approx. 10 employees)
Sign off and meet all customers and orders
Drive sales to making daily plans from the sales floor
Oversee alterations and Senior level alterations managers
Conduct Coaching and counseling with all staff monthly
Write and monitor sales plans
Monitor invoicing plans
Monitor Inventory and shortage control
Organize events and marketing efforts every other month to drive business
Facilitate relationships with potential business partnerships to drive business and awareness
Maintain a physical monthly schedule board to assure that work hours are maintained
Monitor appointments and cancelations daily
Oversee the housekeeping staff
Drive sales digitally from back office operations including the follow up with all customers not yet purchased.
Visit and shop other luxury stores to look at competition for greater awareness
Collect and evaluate all sales data to assure that action plans are devised to meet sales plans
Provide Monthly EOM reporting
Purchase and replenish all stock to meet the individual needs of the local market
Requirements
MUST come from luxury markets (Balenciaga, Tom Ford, LVMH, Gucci, Prada, Bottega Veneta etc).
Must have experience working as a manager in major department stores
Must have high end, Luxury taste level.
Need to be attentive.
Evaluate the quality of the store.
Must be very experienced in sales and store presentation
Create and maintain a luxury world class store environment and maintain exemplary brand luxury standard
Assure that all brand standards are adhered to including dress codes and store environments
Provide a world class luxury experience to all customers
PATTERNMAKER 1ST-PROD DRESSES/ RELOCATION TO MIAMI
Location: Miami, Florida
Salary: 115-130K
Job#: 7338
Recruiter: Todd Wayne
Description:
Our client is a young contemporary dress design house with offices located in New York and Florida. They have been established since 2008 with a gross revenue of $3 million and employ over 30 employees. Their price points are between $300 and $2,000. Their products is being produced domestically and internationally. This company’s product is sold to luxury and boutique stores. They distribute their product in over 250 stores. This is an exciting new designer with tremendous growth opportunity.
We are looking for a 1st-production patternmaker to work on dresses. Must be willing to relocation to Miami. Client is willing to pay for relocation.
Our client is an iconic fashion house looking for a plus size 18 woman's special occasion and workwear fit model. Please submit ALL MEASUREMENTS in resume to be considered. This is a part-time position.
Responsibilities:
Must maintain physical fit-body measurements, size, shape, proportions
Model all types of apparel for fittings
Communicate fit information with detail and accuracy
Provide feedback and identify concerns about technical/functional fit
Our client is a well established childrens apparel manufacturer searching for a Production Coordinator with 5-7 years of Childrenswear experience.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Review Tech-packs prior to send out • Ensure vendors are sent required color cards, wash standards, artwork, label packages and trim • Send Production PO’s, UPC info, and packaging requirements to factory • Provide vendors with retail compliance requirements, lab testing requirements and standards • Coordinate company retail lab tests • Coordinate payments between Import Dept and factory • Work with Production Mgr, Design Team and Tech Design to ensure all aspects of products that move into production have been approved prior to the start of production • Track manufacturing process to ensure that the product meets the agreed purchase order requirements• Request WIP reports and review TOP samples • Coordinate shipping with Import Dept • Coordinate Accounts Payable and Vendors to ensure all documents are properly submitted• Ability to communicate with good written and oral skills and work well with others in a team environment
Our client is a well-established children’s and Ladies apparel importer searching for Production Coordinator for immediate hire.
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: Handles all aspects of import garment production process, from order placement through final inspection for a well-established children’s and ladies apparel importer.
POSITIONS RESPONSIBILITIES: • Issue p.o./production package to overseas factories using internal ERP system • Log in all (lab dip, strike off, fabric quality, fit samples, sales samples, pp, top submissions and submits ) and follow up with on a daily basis with china factories/mills regarding the status of all approvals from both design and the agents/factories and office. Maintain status charts in excel format to track everything • Review work in progress reports on a weekly basis to ensure the production flow of garments is on a timely basis • Issue and track all sample requests including sales samples, pp, TOP and testing samples • Communicate with factories and buying offices on a daily Basis. Communication with retail customers for color approvals, testing, labeling, packaging etc• Follow up on all testing and insure all product is compliant. • Work with factories on hanging, ticketing and packing requirements • 4-6 years of relevant experience • High proficiency in Excel & Word • Experience in knits and woven fabrications, embellishments, printing / embroidery /flocking, stones , belts etc • Experience with child safety rules is important and testing procedure • Good color sense, and ability to review lab dips, strike offs and trims • Ability to communicate with good written and oral skills and work well with others in a team environment
Luxury, high growth, women’s RTW Brand is seeking a hands on Production Manager with experience in overseas production who will lead and supervise the entire production and development process. This position requires constant travel to factories located in China. This position has lucrative monthly performance bonuses based on meeting tight production calendar deadlines.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Leading and supervising the production process.
Negotiating garment cost and factory terms.
Forecasting projections to book factory capacity.
Building and maintaining a time and action calendar for all stages from pre-production to finished product.
Daily communication to corporate office regarding results.
Skills & Qualifications:
5+ years’ experience
Strong leadership skills
Relationship building a must
Very organized and detail oriented
Ability to multitask and deliver results
Works well under pressure and in a very fast paced environment
Must have fit knowledge of luxury women's garments
A contemporary women’s line is seeking a Purchasing Assistant to work closely with the Purchasing Department in Miami headquarters. The ideal candidate must be extremely organized, work well under pressure and possess high attention to details.
RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:
Will work under general direction from Purchasing Managers and independently handle complex issues.
Will work with Design Department to develop and source various ideas, samples and trials.
Assist Purchasing Department in various stages of sampling and production fabric and trim.
Assist in setting up of Purchase Orders for bulk materials / sample yardage.
Partner with purchaser to follow up tracking / organizing specific shipping information for bulk (and samples): PI, packing list, invoice, lab dips, bulk ready date.
Assist in double checking shipping documents to assure production orders are on track and correct.
Monitor and update WIP reports.
Create and maintain material boards and files
Assist with preparing packages for development / bulk needs
Check in shipments, inspecting and assisting in quality control requirements
Updating/maintaining information in company software to pull seasonal charts
Administrative tasks (Sorting, filing, archiving, data entry, etc.)
QUALIFICATIONS:
Must be extremely organized.
Excellent oral and writing skills.
Strong multi-task skills.
Must prioritize well and focus on completing assigned tasks.
Urban/ Streetwear Men’s and Boy’s Apparel Manufacturer is looking for a Salesperson to break into new accounts with retail boxed stores like Kmart, Walmart, Target etc.
Must have a strong relationship with current GMs of these boxed stores.
This individual will also be responsible for current in-house accounts.
Sell to VIM, Cookies, Dr Jays and City Trend.
Must have a good understanding on men’s and boy’s urban streetwear apparel
Hang with brands like Switch, Bleecker & Mercer etc.
Our client is the premier designer and manufacturer of swimwear in North America. They are a privately owned company and has led the swimwear industry in quality and innovation since 1933.
Roles and responsibilities for Swimwear Sample Hand /TEMP TO PERM
Ability to operate multiple sewing machines to create swimwear samples
Experienced with Swimwear / Lingerie / Activewear preferred
Our client fast-growing professional womenswear company based in New York City. We aim to be the go-to wardrobe solution for women of purpose by taking the work out of dressing for work. Through our thoughtfully-designed products and highly personalized service model, we celebrate and champion the modern professional woman.
RESPONSIBILITIES for Senior Technical Designer Sweater
You will be responsible for taking ownership of fit and grading standards, and ensuring consistency in fit across development and production. This will require thorough participation in fittings where you will be relied upon for your expertise in elevated and innovative garment construction.
You will take over ownership of each season’s fit at mid-development stage and will be responsible for taking each garment through development while maintaining the original design intent.
You will manage a small team of product developers and lead them through fabric and finish research & testing each season, working closely with the design team during this process of style development. Once we commence fittings, you will additionally guide the development team through fit call-outs, best materials to use for inner construction of garments and how to apply inventive finishes and details to the garments.
You will lead the build-out of a construction techniques library to be used as reference by the Design and Production teams.
You will review PPs and TOPs against final development samples and evaluate consistency in terms of spec, construction and specific design elements
You will have the final sign-off on development tech packs and will oversee all hand-offs from Design/Development to the Production team
8-10 years of experience in technical design and extensive experience with fitting all categories
QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience with both domestic and international development processes
A highly developed eye and elevated aesthetic, enabling you to be clear on design intent and capable of taking ownership of the fit process after design details have been finalized.
Advanced knowledge of internal construction elements and a desire to find an intersection between luxury tailoring techniques and highly innovative, functional finishes
Our client fast-growing professional womenswear company based in New York City. We aim to be the go-to wardrobe solution for women of purpose by taking the work out of dressing for work. Through our thoughtfully-designed products and highly personalized service model, we celebrate and champion the modern professional woman.
RESPONSIBILITIES for Senior Technical Designer Woven and Knits
You will be responsible for taking ownership of fit and grading standards, and ensuring consistency in fit across development and production. This will require thorough participation in fittings where you will be relied upon for your expertise in elevated and innovative garment construction.
You will take over ownership of each season’s fit at mid-development stage and will be responsible for taking each garment through development while maintaining the original design intent.
You will manage a small team of product developers and lead them through fabric and finish research & testing each season, working closely with the design team during this process of style development. Once we commence fittings, you will additionally guide the development team through fit call-outs, best materials to use for inner construction of garments and how to apply inventive finishes and details to the garments.
You will lead the build-out of a construction techniques library to be used as reference by the Design and Production teams.
You will review PPs and TOPs against final development samples and evaluate consistency in terms of spec, construction and specific design elements
You will have the final sign-off on development tech packs and will oversee all hand-offs from Design/Development to the Production team
QUALIFICATIONS:
8-10 years of experience in technical design and extensive experience with fitting all categories
Experience with both domestic and international development processes
A highly developed eye and elevated aesthetic, enabling you to be clear on design intent and capable of taking ownership of the fit process after design details have been finalized.
Advanced knowledge of internal construction elements and a desire to find an intersection between luxury tailoring techniques and highly innovative, functional finishes
Excellent problem solving ability and out-of-the-box solution generation when it comes to adding functional, yet elegant construction features to garments
Management experience required
Experience with Plus size clothing would be an asset, though not required
Magnificent high end retail store located in the heart of Manhattan. Been in business for over 60 years and sells the most amazing day, evening, MOB. They also do collaborations with European and American Designers to create product exclusively for their retail stores. Our client also has multiple retail stores located in New York and Canada. Their price point in retail is $300-$36,000
Our client is looking for sewers to work on bridal gowns.
Womenswear apparel manufacturer, based in Detroit, is looking for a Sewing Room Supervisor. We are looking for a highly skilled professional with broad expertise working with diverse fabric qualities and garment construction to on-board, manage, train and troubleshoot line sewers for sampling, production, inspection & finishing.
Must be able to manage a large quantity of styles and units.
Must be skilled in soft and hard pieces for tops, blouses, bottoms, dresses, cocktail gowns, jackets, bombers, down outerwear
Fabrics ranging from denim to finer woven and jersey tops
Our client is one of the largest online retailer of certified diamonds, engagement rings and fine jewelry. Their corporate offices are located in Seattle.
Our client is seeking a passionate, experienced Sourcing Manager who will be responsible for developing, and executing global sourcing strategy for a product category and effectively managing and fortifying profitable supplier and agent relationships and negotiating to secure advantageous terms to lower costs and reduced lead time while improving quality. This position requires the ability to analyze and strategically plan to meet the needs of the business.
The successful candidate will be a product-savvy, jewelry or fashion industry professional who has extensive experience building supplier relationships while improving both product quality and cost.
Responsibilities:
Collaborate, cross-functionally, to ensure clarity of specifications and business requirements for sourcing existing and new product
Maintain detailed product cost sheets that will support activity based costing
Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements
Negotiate program pricing and delivery and take a forward thinking approach to pricing, offering cost competitive alternatives during development
Achieving category IMU, on-time delivery and quality goals
Identify suppliers capabilities to support and react to quick response programs to that supports ongoing market needs
Analyze capacity and utilization of suppliers
Monitor adherence to purchase order commitments
Work with suppliers and Merchandising to maintain adherence to orders while remaining flexible to changing business needs
Direct and facilitate seasonal negotiations. Conduct pre/post seasonal analysis and present to the Global sourcing team and Merchandising, including key performance metrics; IMU improvement, on-time delivery and quality analysis
Understand and develop lead-times globally and use this knowledge to challenge vendors, working to reduce lead times when possible
Develop category calendar based on multiple lead-times, requirements and monitor adherence.
Develop yearly projections by supplier, monitor actual bookings on a regular basis and make adjustments accordingly
Quality, Compliance, and Product Responsible for directing area time and action calendar
Direct execution of presentation samples
Ensure order projections, commitments, and purchase order are issued to suppliers accurately and in a timely basis
Identify present and develop new potential suppliers that will support future growth plans while achieving IMU, on-time delivery and quality goals
Ensure merchants are informed of potential production shipment delays and quality issues
Have a thorough understanding of the industry, seasonality and global trends/events, and continually monitor competitor/industry developments
Keep up-to-date on product trends within and outside of company’s product mix, as well as manage competitive positioning of product categories
Audit production facilities, verify adherence to compliance protocols
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, purchasing, logistics, supply chain management, or related field
5+ years of progressive work experience as a purchasing agent, buyer or procurement agent
Knowledge of sourcing and procurement best practice, as well as dexterity in reading the fine jewelry market
Robust analytical skills, ability to evaluate based on price, quality and speed of delivery
Sharp negotiation skills
Solid decision-making skills
Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
Our client is a well-established Children’s Apparel Manufacturer searching for a talented, experienced -detailed oriented and organized individual to join their fast paced organization. They are looking for someone who possesses an upbeat attitude and has the desire to move ahead in the childrenswear market.
Responsibilities:
Create size specs from infants to children’s size 20 sportswear in both boys and girls
Grading from infants to children’s size 20 in both boys and girls
Prepare detailed Tech Packs for pricing and production
Evaluate and comment on proto’s and fit samples
Explain and diagram how to make corrections and garment construction to factories
General Requirements:
Knowledge of patternmaking, sewing and garment construction
Have a strong product knowledge
Need to have a strong knowledge of knit, woven and sweater construction as well as fabrics, denims, washes and finishes
Intermediate Microsoft Excel and Adobe Illustrator skills required
Our Client is a contemporary Women's day to evening bohemian inspired women's fashion collection searching for Technical Designer Manager. The collection which is effortless pieces' women can wear from day to night, city to beach is sold on Net-a-Porter, Saks, Shopbop, Revolve and more than 100 specialty retailers around the world.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITES: for Technical Designer Manager
Review and assess design specifications and develop technical details necessary to ensure design integrity is kept consistent thru production.
Work with Development and Production team to coordinate all fittings from line review stage through final approval to adhere to T&A Calendar
Establishes and manages fit consistency to ensure garments met quality and functionality requirements for production.
Making sure tech pack is created accurately and detailed to eliminate the communication between overseas factories and production team
Technical Designer Measure all samples based on specifications.
Conducting all pre-production and production fittings insuring a standardized fit process
Identify issues with original measurements specifications and provide technical feedback as to necessary revisions to improve original measurements during fit sessions.
Review patterns and match to samples before sending overseas to make sure sample is an accurate reflection
Help production team by answering all technical questions by overseas factories from SMS development, in-line production and TOPs
Create a measuring manual to be used overseas and domestic
Technical Designer Issues graded specs
Identify with all teams the appropriate use of slopers to ensure further consistency of fit as well as to streamline the
fit approval timeline.
QUALIFICATIONS for Technical Design Manager
Must possess Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college
Must have 6-8 years of Technical Design experience in the designer or contemporary market
Must have clear understanding of the brand and aesthetic and have an amazing eye for fit and quality
Must be detail-oriented and possess excellent organizational skills
Must have excessive construction and patternmaking knowledge
Must have strong interpersonal and communication skills
Must be able to work well in a fast-paced environment
Ability to multi-task and work simultaneously with different departments
Our Client is a Dynamic Apparel Company seeking a Technical Designer with 5-7 years’ experience in Men’s, Women’s and Children’s performance/athleticwear who possesses experience working with KOHLS
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITES:
Work with Development and Production team to coordinate all fittings from line review stage through final approval to adhere to T&A Calendar
Establishes and manages fit consistency to ensure garments met quality and functionality requirements for production.
Making sure tech pack is created accurately and detailed to eliminate the communication between overseas factories and production team
Technical Designer Measure all samples based on specifications.
Attending all pre-production and production fittings insuring a standardized fit process
Identify issues with original measurements specifications and provide technical feedback as to necessary revisions to improve original measurements during fit sessions.
Review patterns and match to samples before sending overseas to make sure sample is an accurate reflection
Help production team by answering all technical questions by overseas factories from SMS development, in-line production and TOPs
Issues graded specs
fit approval timeline.
QUALIFICATIONS for Technical Design
Must possess Bachelor's degree
Must have experience working with KOHLS
Must have 5-7 years of Technical Design experience in the athletic / performance wear
Must be detail-oriented and possess excellent organizational skills
Must have excessive construction and patternmaking knowledge
Must have strong interpersonal and communication skillsMust be able to work well in a fast-paced environmentAbility to multi-task and work simultaneously with different departments
Illustration by AUDREY SHILT
