Assistant Designer

At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging and creating safe, inclusive spaces where everyone feels welcome—both here and Outside. We value individual differences and are dedicated to maintaining an inclusive work environment where everyone can bring the best of their experience and talents and truly thrive.

Join L.L.Bean’s Product Creation team and help shape the look and feel of our iconic products! As an Assistant Designer, you’ll collaborate with talented designers to bring seasonal concepts to life across apparel, outerwear, and footwear. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn, grow, and make an impact in a creative, fast-paced environment.

Why L.L.Bean?
We’re passionate about quality, innovation, and the outdoors. Here, you’ll find a collaborative culture, opportunities to learn from industry experts, and the chance to contribute to products that inspire adventure.

What You’ll Do:

• Partner with designers to support daily tasks and seasonal initiatives
• Manage color and bill of materials data in Flex PLM
• Apply seasonal color direction to prints and patterns
• Assist in building trend-driven concepts and color palettes
• Create visual line summaries that showcase our product stories

Responsibilities

• Strategy (Product Aesthetic, Seasonal Concept Direction):
  • Assists design team with the construction of seasonal color palettes.
  • Assists in building presentation and concept boards.
  • Contributes to seasonal trend direction / seasonal trend presentation and seasonal trend deck and vendor deck.

• Market Research Aesthetic Inspiration and Trend:
  • Conducts market research primarily via web and visiting local stores.

• Core Work:
  • Tools and Systems Management: Flex PLM and BOM (Bill of Materials) responsibilities with focus on design deadlines relating to seasonal M2M (Mind to Market) calendar.
  • Creates and updates visual line plan using Photoshop and Illustrator
  • Maintains trim libraries
  • Assists designers in coloring surface patterns
  • Sends prints and selected surface pattern to mills to develop
  • Approves trim lab dips and material strike offs, etc.
  • May attend fit sessions for training purposes
  • May help to support 3D design in CLO3D

Skills & Qualifications

• Associates degree or equivalent required
• Clear and concise communication – both oral and written
• Team player/collaboration
• High level of attention to detail

Health & Safety Requirement

Every employee is responsible for contributing to a safe and healthy workplace. Employees are expected to be active participants in health and safety by following all safety policies and procedures, reporting unsafe conditions or at-risk behaviors to leadership, and conducting work in a safe manner. Those in a leadership role are also expected to model safe behaviors, evaluate risk, and ensure that risks are reduced to acceptable levels.

If you care about the outdoors, joining L.L.Bean is a great way to feel good about what you do. Our benefits package makes a good thing even better, with programs and perks designed to support your health and financial goals. Plus, maintaining a healthy work-life balance and re-charging outside are all part of the plan.

If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you'd be great at this role, we'd love to learn more about you!   At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us.  We strive to reflect this every day in our commitments to employees and partners and in our efforts to promote belonging.