Solo Stove hiring Assistant Designer in Austin, TX | LinkedIn (2025)

Solo Brands is made up of 6 distinctive brands: Solo Stove, Chubbies, ORU Kayak, ISLE, IcyBreeze and TerraFlame. Our company is built around enhancing and creating experiences that form memories and connections to people, places and the natural world. We offer creative and emotional lifestyle products that help our customers create memories. Solo Brands is about Designing Good, Doing Good and Being Good so it can Create Good one good moment at a time. Good moments. Good memories. Good products. So you can create a good life.

We’re looking for an Assistant Designer to join our Design Team here at Chubbies (required to be in Austin). This person will be responsible for articulating the Chubbies brand, through our product assortment. Support the Design team through the execution of all pre-season and post-adoption responsibilities throughout the entire product life cycle.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Research trends in the menswear market with a focus on performance product categories
• Support the development of seasonal prototypes by creating flat sketches and supporting sketches to convey design intent
• Create and maintain inspirational design presentation boards for design meetings
• Responsible for building and maintaining accurate tech packs in our PLM system
• Work with design and sourcing teams to develop new fabrics and trims
• Attend and provide support for weekly fit reviews
• Maintain accurate and organized records of design materials
• Support the Design Team in meeting calendar milestones and deadlines
• Review samples w/ Senior Design and update relevant materials to reflect changes

Qualifications:

• 2-4 year degree in apparel or related field
• 1-3 years of experience in apparel industry
• Advanced knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop
• Ability to flat sketch menswear
• Knowledge of Microsoft and Google Office software
• Demonstrated pattern and color sense
• Understanding of garment fit and construction
• Strong communication skills
• Organized and highly motivated

Benefits:

• Flexible vacation policy
• Fully-covered medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees, majority-covered for dependents
• Private short-term disability plan insurance option for non-California employees
• 401(k) match
• Unlimited PTO
• Generous employee discount
• Priceless opportunity to work with the coolest team ever!

Inclusion Clause

At Chubbies, we don’t believe in just celebrating the weekend, we celebrate different voices, perspectives, and backgrounds. We stand against discrimination based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, or disabilities. It is our commitment to creating an inclusive environment for all employees while we chase that Friday at Five feeling.

Even if you don't qualify or have specific experience in every facet of this role this job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described. We encourage you to apply for any role you're personally interested in & excited to drive positive change at Chubbies!

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