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From our own workshops to trusted partners around the globe, we design and curate products makers reach for every day: the fabrics, threads, yarns, and tools that turn ideas into finished pieces.\nThis role is the hub for our quilt patterns, kits, and samples, following each one from a designer's first submission to the finished product. You'll work with our design, merchandising, manufacturing, creative, and web teams, plus an outside group of sewing contractors, to make sure quilters get clear patterns and kits they love.\nWhat You'll Do\nRun our call for submissions, organize incoming designs, and coordinate the selection committee for new kits\nManage a roster of 30+ pattern designers, along with the copyrighted intellectual property that comes with their work\nPrice kit sample projects, assign them to sewing contractors, prepare their materials (including cutting yarn), and keep rolling deadlines on track\nDraft and invoice contracts for Block of the Month programs\nDevelop and update patterns: draft sample products, calculate yardage, write sewing instructions, create quilt illustrations and instruction diagrams, prepare digital pattern files, and proof everything for commercial use\nSupport merchandising and creative work: review fabric collections, re-color pattern designs in Adobe Illustrator, introduce new thread colorways, coordinate samples for photography, and proof catalog pages and email campaigns\nBuild products in NetSuite, manage website files, coordinate kit literature with our Ohio warehouse, work with the Planning team on fabric replacements, and answer customer questions about patterns and sewing\nWhat You'll Bring\nStrong quilting and sewing knowledge, with experience writing clear patterns and instructions\nProficiency in Adobe Illustrator\nExperience with yardage calculation and pattern proofing\nExcellent organization and the ability to manage multiple deadlines and contractors\nComfort with contracts, invoicing, and working with freelancers\nSharp attention to detail for proofing patterns, catalogs, and email campaigns\nYou'll Thrive Here If\nYou communicate in a clear, friendly way with designers, contractors, customers, and teammates\nYou like having many projects in motion at once and feel good when they all land on time\nYou have experience with NetSuite or a similar ecommerce or inventory system\nYou're familiar with copyright and IP basics and take care with other people's creative work\nAdditional Information\nThis is a hybrid role based in Vancouver, WA, reporting directly to the Sr. Director of Merchandising & Planning, with 1 to 2 direct reports.\nComprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage; 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