Junior to Midlevel Textile Product Designer

Mainstream International is seeking a Junior to Midlevel Textile Product Designer to join its in-house design team in Edison, NJ (onsite). This role supports a mass market product pipeline spanning kitchen and tabletop textiles, plus bedding, bath, beach, and more. You will translate creative direction into production-ready files, coordinate print and color workflows, and help keep designs aligned from strike offs and lab dips through vendor communication.

What you’ll do

• Interpret artwork and produce production-ready files, including reducing color count using digital redrawing and indexing techniques
• Adjust artwork for product construction and printing limitations, selecting colors using the Pantone color system
• Create tech packs with strong attention to detail for soft textile products, constructions, and techniques
• Prepare pattern repeats with seamless alignment, layout, and scale appropriate to the product type
• Review product strike offs for scale, color, and quality specifications
• Review lab dips and provide clear feedback to buyers, internal teams, and factories
• Communicate with overseas vendors, including China, India, and Pakistan
• Provide clear art and technical direction to a global design team through simple, effective communication
• Create customer presentation decks and sell sheets across product categories
• Conduct market comp shops in person and online to stay current on trends and color
• Support senior designers with design layouts and placement prints, with a strong focus on kitchen and tabletop
• For the right candidate, contribute to original artwork development and share product development ideas with the team

What you bring

• 2–5 years of experience designing for home, mass market apparel, gift, or a similar field
• Bachelor’s degree in textile design, illustration, graphic design, or related field
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator on the MAC platform
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Strong experience creating pattern repeats
• Knowledge of various printing techniques
• Strong composition skills and an excellent eye for color
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication, digital organization, and time management
• Flexible mindset to manage multiple projects at once
• Experience using AI tools to assist the design process is a plus
• Knowledge of home textile fabrics, constructions, materials, print, and manufacturing processes is a plus
• Color separations experience is a plus
• Submit portfolio via PDF or website link

Tools you’ll use

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Microsoft Office
• MAC

Compensation and benefits

Salary: USD 58,000 per year. Benefits include 401(k), dental, disability, flexible spending account, health, life insurance, and paid time off.