Freelance Designer

OZMA makes women’s elevated basics, essential pieces focused on sustainability, quality, fit, and fabric. You will work collaboratively with our creative director/founder, who leads design across knits, wovens, denim, and tees. You can take strong creative starting point and knowing exactly how to push it further, finding the right fabrication, refining the silhouette, identifying the detail that makes it land. You are a design partner with your own strong POV - an ideator, a sounding board, an executor.You must have strong knowledge in knits, ideally of Peruvian yarns. This role requires deeper PD involvement in the sweater category.What You Will DoBuild on creative direction from the founder on knits, wovens, denim, and tees and execute with precision and point of viewIdentify trend-right silhouettes, fabrications, color, and details that sharpen the founder’s starting pointOwn sweater design and PD end to end: yarn sourcing, gauge, construction, tech packs, fit comments, and factory communicationSource fabrics and yarns independently with sustainability as the filterProduce clean sketches and specs across all categoriesWork within a small team: founder, Head of Production, Product Developer, patternmakers, and Tech DesignerRequired6+ years in women’s apparel design, minimum 2 years in a mid-level design roleBackground in elevated or contemporary basicsStrong technical execution across wovens, cut-and-sew knits, and denimDeep knowledge of sustainable materials, fiber certifications, and responsible sourcingAble to source fabrics and yarns independentlyPortfolio that shows editing and restraint, not trend volumeSweaters — Required, Not PreferredYou must be able to own sweater design and PD independently. This means yarn sourcing, gauge and construction knowledge, tech pack writing, and direct factory communication. Candidates without this depth will not be considered.You Are a Fit IfYou thrive both when given a strong direction to build on and can also ideate collaboratively or independentlyYou can receive feedback without friction and execute revisions quicklyYou are as comfortable writing a tech pack as you are in a concept conversationYou understand sustainability at a sourcing level, not just a marketing oneSmall, founder-led environments feel energizing, not limitingYou can be in our Frogtown studio regularly