Posted: 11/18/2025 Employment Type: Permanent Job Category: Accessories/Footwear Job Number: AV5938421112

Job Description

Associate Eyewear Designer

We are currently searching for an Associate Eyewear Designer to join our clients growing Design Studio in New Orleans. This role will support the development of innovative, brand-aligned eyewear collections. Working closely with the Founder and Creative Director, this person will contribute to every stage of the design process, from concept development and technical drawings to prototyping and production, ensuring that each frame reflects the brands distinct point of view. The ideal candidate has 2–5 years of eyewear design experience, a strong understanding of materials and construction, and the creative sensibility to interpret and extend brand design language. This role requires both artistic intuition and technical precision, bridging creativity and execution in partnership with our global manufacturing teams.

This role is based in office 5 days a week.

Key Responsibilities:

Design & Development: Create and develop new eyewear concepts, including frame bodies, colorways, and materials, that align with brands creative vision.
Technical Drawings: Produce and revise CADs and technical specifications for prototypes and production, ensuring design accuracy and manufacturability.
Collaboration: Partner with Planning and Product teams to align new designs with sales and assortment strategies, ensuring a balance of creativity and commercial impact.
Sampling & Prototyping: Support sample development, coordinate with overseas manufacturers, and review prototypes for quality, fit, and brand alignment.
Creative Alignment: Maintain close collaboration with the Creative Director and Design team to ensure creative consistency and intuitive communication throughout design iterations.
Studio & Workflow Support: Work with the Design Studio team to maintain libraries, tech packs, color samples, and digital assets.
Project Ownership: Take initiative within assigned product segments, managing concepts through development and costing with entrepreneurial ownership.
Presentation & Feedback: Prepare design reviews and contribute to design meetings with leadership, providing rationale and responding to feedback constructively.

Requirements:

2–5 years of experience in eyewear design is required.
Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and CAD design software.
Understanding of eyewear materials, fit, and production methods.
Strong visual sensibility and brand awareness with a demonstrated ability to translate vision into detailed design.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work fluidly with creative, planning, and production counterparts.
Entrepreneurial mindset and willingness to take ownership of projects from concept to delivery.
Highly organized and proactive in creating and maintaining processes and systems.
Result driven, detail oriented individual, with an ability to work independently in a high-performance environment.
Focus on delivering individual goals that ladder up to overall company goals.

Meet Your Recruiter

Alonya Van Rooyen

From South Africa originally, Alonya has over 15 years of experience in fashion, accessories, footwear, & textiles. She has worked in various design and product development roles globally, including South Africa, Europe, and the US, giving her an international perspective on the industries.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

Emerging Blue is committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion with all hiring and employment practices. Our goal is go to create an inclusive environment in which all candidates and employees are treated with respect.

We partner with our clients to create diverse candidate pools, promote equality, and help build positive and inclusive company cultures.

Emerging Blue prohibits discrimination and all forms of applicant and employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, or status in any group protected by state or local law

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