Freelance Apparel Designer

🕒 August 14

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✍️ Designer

👻 Ghost score 12%

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Dolls Kill

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2011

🛍️ eCommerce

👗 Fashion

🛒 Retail

💰 $40M Series B on 2019-12

eCommerce • Fashion • Retail

Dolls Kill is a fashion retail company known for its bold, edgy, and unconventional styles. It offers a wide range of unique clothing, shoes, and accessories catering to individuals who embrace subculture aesthetics and alternative fashion. Dolls Kill targets a younger, fashion-forward audience and is popular among those who enjoy setting trends rather than following them. The company sells its products through its online platform and mobile app, frequently offering promotions and exclusive collections.

📋 Description

• Develop new styles across ready-to-wear, intimates, outerwear, and other categories from concept through tech pack • Design new styles based on trend direction and brand aesthetic • Sketch original designs by hand or digitally using Illustrator/Procreate • Translate concepts into clear, detailed design specifications • Research trends across alternative fashion, festival wear, rave, goth, punk, and subculture-adjacent spaces • Select fabrics, trims, prints, and washes appropriate to cost targets and Dolls Kill’s aesthetic • Build and maintain tech packs containing measurements, construction details, callouts, colorways, and trims for factories/vendors • Support Dolls Kill’s product team in developing new styles specifically for the DK customer

🎯 Requirements

• Understanding of Dolls Kill’s unique aesthetic and lifestyle • Strong portfolio demonstrating range across silhouettes, prints, categories, and trims; alternative/subculture focus is a bonus • College degree in Fashion Design required • 5–7 years of industry experience in fashion design required, including apparel, footwear, and/or bags/accessories • Ability to sketch computerized vector flats in Adobe Illustrator • Hand-sketching ability is a strong plus • Tech pack experience required • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Comfortable working independently and meeting deadlines within a freelance/contract structure