Freelance Designer

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Bdainc · Woodinville, WA

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The Apparel Designer will create innovative, commercially viable apparel products across knits, wovens, tops, and bottoms for men's, women's, and kids' categories. This person will lead design from concept through final product, partnering across teams to ensure each product reflects strong design thinking, client brand expression, technical accuracy, and manufacturability. This is a hands-on creative role for someone who understands apparel construction, materials, fit, graphics, costing, and production realities - and who can use design to solve both creative and business challenges. What You Do - Innovative Design Thinking: Create breakthrough products across various categories, including knits, wovens, tops, and bottoms in all departments, Men's Women's, and Kid's. - Design Development: Lead the design process from conceptualization to final product, ensuring excellence in performance, function, and aesthetics. - Collaborative Problem-Solving: Partner with Sales, Merchandising, Sourcing, Product Development, Fit, to ideate, refine, and evolve design concepts, always pushing the boundaries of what's possible. - Pressure-Test Assumptions: Oversee the design process by conducting wear-testing, validation, and material development, ensuring each idea is tested rigorously and refined to meet client standards. - Storytelling & Communication: Prepare compelling presentations that communicate the innovation behind your designs-crafting narratives, toolboxes, and frameworks that bring your concepts to life for key stakeholders. - Development & Knowledge Sharing: Share your expertise with teammates, helping them grow and develop their own design skills. Foster a collaborative, knowledge-sharing environment that elevates the entire team. - Drive Commercial Success: Focus on creating commercially viable innovations that resonate with our client's needs and strategic business goals. - Brand Expression: Create compelling designs and graphic assortments that are innovating, while staying true to branded client guardrails. What You Bring - A deep passion for creating innovative products that appeal to clients - Using creative design to solve product cost limitations - Expertise in product construction, trims, materials, and apparel manufacturing with a keen eye for the finest details. - A collaborative mindset, eager to work across teams to bring your ideas to life. - Experience in leading the design process from concept to final product including costing, graphic creation and material d

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Most companies claim to have the best people. We say to them, "Keep dreaming." Our people are second to none. They set us apart with their entrepreneurial spirit and ambition. They come to us from the likes of Amazon, Microsoft, Nordstrom, Starbucks and the sports world, bringing energy, bold ideas and a willingness to dive into the unfamiliar. It's our people that make BDA the top global Merchandise Agency to work for. Location: Woodinville, WA This role is based in Woodinville, WA and this freelance role requires you to work onsite 2 days per week . To be considered, you must live within commuting distance , as regular in-person collaboration is a key part of the role. Role Overview BDA is seeking a highly creative and commercially minded Freelance Apparel Designer to help bring innovative, brand-right product concepts to life across men's, women's, and kids' categories. This role is ideal for a designer who can blend trend, storytelling, technical expertise, and practical product development to create apparel that is both exciting and executable. In this role, you will own the design process from concept through final product, partnering closely with Sales, Merchandising, Sourcing, Product Development, Fit, and cross-functional stakeholders to develop breakthrough apparel and graphic assortments that align with client brand standards, business goals, and customer needs. You will help shape products that go beyond "putting a logo on apparel" - creating thoughtfully designed, custom product experiences that support some of the world's most recognizable brands. The right person will bring strong apparel design experience, technical design knowledge, material and textile expertise, and the ability to present creative concepts with confidence. You will thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where innovation, commercial viability, and client impact all matter. About BDA BDA is a global leader in branded merchandise, helping some of the world's most recognized companies create meaningful connections through product, experiences, and brand storytelling. We are passionate about creating moments that matter - whether through custom merchandise, apparel, collectibles, promotional products, or fully integrated brand programs. As we continue to grow, we are looking for creative, collaborative, and product-obsessed talent who want to help shape what's possible in the branded merchandise space.

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