Company is hiring a Designer for Women's Pants, Jackets, and Tailoring to own the design process from market research and conception through to final styling. You will play a key role in creating sustainable product, exceeding customer expectations, and ensuring outstanding product style, fit, and quality within an energizing, inclusive, and creative environment.
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.
- Influence strategy for your product area, providing recommendations regarding seasonal themes and edits to the line.
- Partner with Production and Tech Design to create tech packs and communicate the vision behind fit and product design.
- Build cross-functional partnerships and consensus, identifying sketch callouts and communicating desired fit and aesthetic.
- Oversee fabric and trim selection.
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.
- An elevated sense of style, aesthetic, and color with the ability 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.
- Strong computer knowledge including Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Excel.
- Ability to assess relatively complex situations and analyze data to make judgments and recommend solutions.
Technical Stack
- Adobe Illustrator
- Microsoft Excel
Team & Environment
You will collaborate within a cross-functional team including Merchandising, Production, Technical Design, Gap Inc Sourcing (GIS), Visual Merchandising, and Marketing.
