Company is hiring an Associate Designer for Women's Knits to concept and create sustainable product in an energizing, inclusive, and creative environment. You'll partner with cross-functional teams to ensure product style, fit, and quality exceed customer expectations.
What You'll Do
- Research global markets to identify new seasonal trends, silhouettes, fabrics, techniques, product categories, and competitive inspiration.
- Develop concepts and sketches for the product line and present design ideas to internal leadership and cross-functional partners.
- Develop strong internal cross-functional relationships with Merchandising, Production, Technical Design, Gap Inc Sourcing (GIS), Visual Merchandising, and Marketing to ensure seamless product execution.
- Partner with Production and Tech Design to create tech packs, communicate fit and product design vision, and ensure execution, quality, and margin targets.
- Participate in projects and assignments of diverse scope.
- Create sketch callouts, communicate desired fit and aesthetic to tech design, and maintain sketch updates and specifications.
What We're Looking For
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and highly collaborative environment.
- Ability to juggle multiple seasons at one time and track development deadlines.
- Possess an elevated sense of style, aesthetic, and color and understand how to translate trends through the lens of the customer and brand filter.
- Thorough knowledge of silhouette, fit, fabrication, construction, color use, sewing techniques, and trim; applied knowledge of garment construction methods.
- Strong computer knowledge including Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Excel.
- Ability to communicate difficult concepts in a simple manner.
- Present problem analysis and recommended solutions in a creative and logical manner.
Technical Stack
- Adobe Illustrator
- Microsoft Excel
Team & Environment
You'll be part of a cross-functional team including Merchandising, Production, Technical Design, GIS, Visual Merchandising, and Marketing.
Company is an equal opportunity employer.


