The Development Coordinator will report to the Senior Product Developer. The ideal candidate will be hardworking, organized, highly communicative and exceptionally creative. As a member of high performing Design & Development department. You will be involved with our swim, active, and apparel categories (knits & wovens). The role will be supporting the Development department to drive our vision across all aspects of the design process, and ensure aesthetics are reflected through development to production approval.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Create fabrication and call out pages for Design tech packs.
• Create all artwork pitch sheets for strike off and lab dips requests across apparel, swimwear and accessories.
• Responsible for providing fabric, artwork, and lab dip comments and approvals.
• Update swim and apparel CADs for the Technical Design and Product Development teams.
• Maintain line sheets with most updated information and communicate any changes to relevant cross functional teams.
• Create style numbers and set up each season in Centric (PLM system).
• Create product knowledge charts for Frankies’ retail team.
• Attend weekly fittings.
• Create & maintain BOMs
• Track all raw materials and trims for development to sample maker, offshore and domestic suppliers for sampling.
• Responsible for shipping and tracking packages for Design, Development and Technical Design.
• Build strong, dynamic, and synergistic relationships with cross-functional partners; Technical Design, Product Development, Merchandising and Production.
• Create and send SMS and PHOTO sample PO's to factories.
• Track all SMS and PHOTO samples PO’s to ensure key milestones are achieved for Wholesale, Ecommerce and Campaign dates.
• Adherence to calendar and all key milestones.

Education/Requirements

• Minimum 3 years experience in similar role in the women’s contemporary / fashion space. Swim experience a plus.
• Formal degree in Fashion/Design.
• Very high proficiency in Adobe Illustrator a must.
• Highly organized.
• Basic understanding of fabrics, fit and construction across categories.
• Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Self-motivated, positive, adaptable, and dependable attitude.
• A team player, you contribute positively to team dynamic, cultivate passion and productivity.

Salary Range

The base salary range for this position is $26-$32 per hour and is full time. Actual salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, candidate’s related work experience. This position is also eligible for benefits.

About Frankies Bikinis

Frankies Bikinis is a global online destination for fashion-forward swimwear founded in 2012 by Francesca Aiello. Known for high-end fabrics, fashion forward shapes, and cheeky bottoms, our bikinis look great on everybody. Since the company’s inception, the brand has evolved into a lifestyle brand, expanding product offerings to include apparel, beauty, and footwear. Frankies Bikinis’ designs can be found in better retail boutiques including Victoria’s Secret, Revolve, Intermix, Free People, Kith, and Browns. The largest selection of Frankies Bikinis can be found in one of our stores or at frankiesbikinis.com.

We’re a fast-paced, highly-collaborative, customer-centric, swimwear-loving and solutions-oriented team. We’re also big fans of dogs, snacks, and not taking ourselves too seriously. We’re always looking for intelligent, kind, and passionate and ambitious people to join us and help us bring our amazing products to the world.

Everyone is welcome at Frankies Bikinis - we’re passionate about building a team that reflects the diversity of our community and creating an environment where our differences are celebrated. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Why Join Us?

• Our team is made up of friendly, funny, welcoming, low-ego, and passionate people -- who also happen to be great at what they do. We all know the people you work with can make or break a job and so we go to great lengths to protect this amazing culture.
• We have a hybrid remote work model where we expect you to be in the office 3 days per week, Monday – Wednesday unless designated differently for your position / department
• We work hard but are well-rounded. Breaks to pet dogs, hang with coworkers, and, if you are in the office, leaving at a reasonable time is encouraged.
• Care about growth? So do we. We have tons of exciting growth opportunities for our amazingly talented team. Not the type of place where you wait for your boss to quit before you can get promoted. New projects and business needs pop up all the time, and we always look internally first.

• All the other stuff you’d expect - great benefits including fully company-paid health insurance, a 401k plan with company matching, fun team outings, great product discounts and much more.