Senior Fabric Print Designer & Merchandiser

Job Description

Reports to : President and Director of Sales

Status : Exempt

About the Role

Zelouf International is seeking a Lead Print Designer / Merchandiser to drive the creative vision, development, and customer engagement of our fashion fabric collections and CAD initiatives. This role blends creativity, market awareness, and merchandising strategy with hands-on design execution.

The ideal candidate is a front-facing creative leader —someone who enjoys meeting directly with customers’ garment designers , leading design discussions, and translating ideas into successful fabric collections. This is not a behind-the-scenes design job. It’s a proactive, highly collaborative role that connects creative design, customer development, and operational execution across departments and global partners.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Collaboration & Market Presence

• Act as the primary creative interface with customers—attending appointments, market meetings, and presentations to understand their needs and develop custom print concepts.
• Meet regularly with customers’ design teams to present trends, print stories, and new fabric developments; collaborate closely to bring design concepts to life.
• Travel 2–4 times per year for customer visits, market research, and trade events.

Creative Leadership & Team Oversight

Print Library & Copyright Oversight

Story Building & Merchandising

Cross-Department Collaboration

Trend & Market Research

Qualifications

Ideal Candidate Profile

This is a hands-on creative leadership position for a designer who thrives on collaboration and customer engagement. The right candidate will balance artistry with business awareness, lead creative development while staying deeply involved in execution, and inspire both customers and colleagues. They should take pride in seeing their fabrics in the marketplace, maintaining Zelouf’s creative standards, and driving the continued growth of our print and fabric collections.

The following benefits are available to all full-time employees :

Full Time employees working on average 30 hours or more per week.

o    Available to all full-time employees with at least 180 days of continues service

The following benefits are available to all employees (Part Time and Full Time employees)

Zelouf International provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.