NEW! TECHNICAL ENGINEER, JEWELRY AND FASHION ACCESSORIES – NEW YORK

Responsibilities: Increase brand sales and market share by ensuring quality execution and legal compliance of the product from the development stage through finished production. Review all specifications before issuance to factories to ensure that product is designed to meet our quality expectations, performance standards and product safety needs.
Qualifications: Must have relevant degree and work experience, effective written/oral communication, familiar with testing regulations and lab procedures, Six Sigma, extensive travel.
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JEWELRY DESIGNER/MANIPULATOR – CRANSTON, RI

Responsibilities: Position is for a designer, with a primary focus on manipulation rather than rendering. An eye for trend and knowledge of customer base, from trendy junior to contemporary, and a growing department store/mid-tier presence. Full time, in-house position, in a positive, friendly work environment. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – BOSTON METRO AREA

Reports to: Director of Business Development Responsibilities: Position requires extensive travel fostering strong business relationships with existing accounts. Ensuring proper visual merchandising of company seasonal and dated products and determining financial viability/financial strength of current accounts are important job functions, along with review of P&L with retailer, SKU management, executing launches and trunk shows. Contact: Becca, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at becca@stylesearchers.com

JEWELRY DESIGNER – RI

Experience: 2 years plus in design for the junior, missy, specialty, and department store markets (e.g. American Eagle, Guess, Bebe, Express). Hand manipulation skills REQUIRED, rendering a plus. Collaborative, team environment. Designer must adhere to customer trend packet specs. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

JEWELRY DESIGNER – RI

Experience: 2 years plus in design for the junior, missy, specialty, and department store markets (e.g. American Eagle, Guess, Bebe, Express). Strong rendering skills required. Collaborative, team environment. Designer must adhere to customer trend packet specs. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

GENERAL MERCHANDISE MANAGER

Responsibilities: Reports directly to the president. To oversee creative director, vp of merchandising, and all of design, merchandising, graphics, etc. Must have costume jewelry experience – experience with the company’s product. Prefer wholesale but possibly retail. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

JEWELRY DESIGNER – RI

Candidate: Designer of Junior, Missy or Trend product for large costume jewelry company in RI/Providence area. Skills: Hand sketching and/or computer skills. Compensation: Open Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

MERCHANDISER – RI

Candidate: Accessory background, not necessarily jewelry: hair, handbags, small leather goods all acceptable. Will be working on Junior, Missy, and Trend products. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR – NYC

Experience: Production Director to oversee production department of large costume Jewelry Company based in NY with 10-15 years experience. Driven, goal-oriented, work-oriented strategic thinker who likes to solve problems and get results. Retail experience in fashion is key. Strong costing experience is a must; a buying background a plus. The Company: There are 12+ employees in production and another 6-8 sample-makers in the department. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

DIRECTOR OF CHINA STRATEGIES

Location: Quindao and Yiwu, China Reports to: VP Production, China Strategies, and Product Development Responsibilities: Managing China strategy, operation performance evaluation, vendor relations, lead China employee team, primary contact for US operations teams. Experience: 5+ years of jewelry production, 5+ years of QC and compliance, management, bilingual (Mandarin/English), strong written/verbal communication, organized and detail-oriented, critical thinking, and proactive problem-solving college graduate. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE – NEW YORK

Responsibilities: Support for Production Manager/Assistant Production Manager, processing purchase orders, input and maintenance of the production schedule. Skills: Highly proficient in Excel, detail-oriented, written and verbal communication, college education. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

SOURCING/PRODUCTION MANAGER – NY office/costume jewelry

Responsibilities: Takes over entire process once an item has been purchased, including vendor sourcing, price negotiation, and oversight of production and fulfillment process from start to finish. Will function as the primary interface between sales and operations. Experience: Preferably jewelry but another area of accessories is acceptable. Needs to have production background rather than only product development. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE – NYC

Responsibilities: Manage production approval process for 10-20 accounts, understand and implement quality and social responsibility process for these accounts, communicate and follow-up on production issues, review and proof product specifications before orders are placed, evaluate feasibility of new product designs. Candidate: Fair knowledge of jewelry, good communication skills (for some contacts English is not the primary language), organized team-player with knowledge of Excel and any imaging software. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

ASSISTANT MERCHANDISER – NY

Responsibilities: Provides support for the merchandising department including speccing, processing paperwork, spreadsheets, sample follow-up, client/vendor communication. Growth position. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

SR/MID/JR MERCHANDISER

Experience: 5-10 years experience for senior, 3-5 for junior. Focus on Kohls line of costume jewelry, familiar with Mid-Tier and Mass Market costume jewelry. Will be involved in product development and design, sourcing (including overseas), and pricing. Must understand trend and must be prolific and fast as you will be creating 100′s of skus per month. Not looking specifically for a designer, but rather for a product development/merchandising person to build product, negotiate pricing, give merchandise presentations, and communicate with overseas manufacturers. The Company: Works with all major mass, mid-tier, specialty, junior, missy, large size, discounter, West Coast, and Middle America retailers except Kmart and Sears. Highly collaborative, communicative environment with opportunity to learn and grow. We have 53 employees in NY and 3 offices in NY, a warehouse in NJ, and 3 Hong Kong offices. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

FASHION JEWELRY DESIGN COORDINATOR/PROJECT MANAGER

The Company: A well established, high volume designer and importer of costume jewelry for the nation’s leading department and specialty stores is looking for a design coordinator/project manager. The Position: The project manager will act as a liaison between the design director, sales team and in-house designers to ensure projects remain on schedule from beginning to end. Candidate will assist the design director with administrative management of the design function, manage scheduling, and track design projects. Candidate: The successful candidate should have a minimum of 5 years experience in the jewelry business, with design and/or management experience, with the ability to excel and to inspire others in a fast-paced environment. Compensation: A competitive salary is offered along with an attractive employee benefits package. All applications will be held in the strictest confidence. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

SALES DIRECTOR IN RI/NY OFFICE

Candidate: Sales Director with account management experience in the jewelry industry as well as a general knowledge of costume jewelry (merchandising and trends). Concentration on mass and mid-tier retailers, but interested in all market segments, must be capable of managing on-going business as well as opening new accounts. Candidate must be capable of managing a staff of professional account managers and customer service reps. They need to have experience with managing programs for a retailer rather than just sell an open line. Skills: · Sales skills – identify and develop new market opportunities · Sell branded, licensed and/or private label merchandise · Strong management and communication skills – verbal and written · Team-oriented · Detail-oriented · Knowledge of Excel, Word, Outlook – ability to organize sales and budget information · Able to manage markdowns, OTB budgets and other customer negotiations · Travel as necessary to NY or RI office and accounts Requirements: 5+ years management experience Compensation: Depends on experience Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

SENIOR LEVEL PRODUCT DEVELOPER/MANAGER – RI

Candidate:Must have background in costume jewelry product development, management and/or design. Minimum 3+ years of experience. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

STORE DESIGN MANAGER

Experience: Must have a balance of hands-on practical experience and creative design. Must have degree in architecture, interior, industrial or store design and relevant store design experience. Candidate should come from specialty retail. Experience working with Pandora, Brighton Collectibles, Sunglass Hut, Coach, or Lucky Brand Jeans would be compatible. Must be able to negotiate annual contracts and travel 25-30% of the time. Responsibilities: Senior level role to supervise a small design team. The first 6-12 months of the job will be solely dedicated to implementing our new Crystal Forest store design. This will require weekly trips to the manufacturer in Ohio and working hands-on with them. Company is open to relocation. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

OPEN CALL – COSTUME JEWELRY SALESPEOPLE

Seeking: Experienced costume jewelry salespeople for all levels of positions, from senior level down. Must have current contacts and be able to leverage existing accounts and/or bring new accounts to the table. Salaries are open – my clients are willing to pay what they need to pay to bring a strong salesperson on board. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com

OPEN CALL – COSTUME JEWELRY DESIGNERS

Seeking: Costume jewelry designers for all levels of positions from Design Director level down to Jewelry Designer level. Must have 2+ years of costume jewelry design experience for a variety of openings in NY and RI. Contact: Adriane, Style Search & Consulting LLC, at as@stylesearchers.com