Designer - Small Accessories

Lululemon Athletica Inc.; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 105,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health and dental benefits

Paid time off

Savings and retirement plan matching

Generous employee discount

Fitness & yoga classes

Parenthood top-up

Development courses

Mentorship programs

Job summary

lululemon is hiring a designer to redefine Small Accessories. This open canvas invites you to rethink the category, establish a new aesthetic, and craft small, beautifully considered objects that sit between fashion and sport.

We avoid leather, seek technical materials, thoughtful construction, and minimal, detail-driven design. You’ll partner with development, materials, and manufacturing teams to bring ideas to life and mentor peers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing accessories or closely related product.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating taste, originality and visual thinking.
• Excellent understanding of materials, construction, proportion and detail.
• Strong sketching, CAD and Adobe Creative Suite skills.
• Experience developing product with international manufacturing partners.
• Curious about fashion, sport, culture, materials and how people live.

Responsibilities

• Design Small Accessories from first idea through to final product.
• Create original concepts with a clear, distinctive point of view.
• Build strong visual research, mood boards and creative stories for new product.
• Explore the space between fashion, sport, movement and everyday life.
• Obsess over proportion, material, construction, colour and small details.
• Work closely with development, materials and manufacturing partners to realize ideas.
• Mentor and support other designers, raising the creative bar.

Skills

5+ years designing accessories

Strong portfolio

Sketching

CAD

Adobe Creative Suite

International manufacturing experience

Materials & construction knowledge

Fashion & sport curiosity

Tools

CAD

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

who we are

lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our success to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we're in. As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. In particular, that includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people.

Requirements

Description & Requirements

who we are

lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our success to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we're in. As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. In particular, that includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people.

About The Role

We’re looking for a designer to help redefine Small Accessories at lululemon.

This is a relatively open canvas. A chance to rethink the category, establish a new aesthetic and create small, beautifully considered objects that sit somewhere between fashion and sport.

We don’t work in leather. We’re interested in what comes next: technical materials, unexpected construction, intelligent function and minimal, detail-driven design.

What You’ll Do

• Design Small Accessories from first idea through to final product.
• Create original concepts that give the category a clear and distinctive point of view.
• Build strong visual research, mood boards and creative stories that lead to genuinely new product.
• Explore the space between fashion, sport, movement and everyday life.
• Obsess over proportion, material, construction, colour and small details.
• Work closely with development, materials and manufacturing partners to turn ideas into beautifully resolved product.
• Mentor and support other designers, sharing ideas and raising the creative bar across the team.

Who You Are

You’re highly creative with an exceptional eye.

You might come from fashion and be curious about athletic product, or from sport with a sophisticated understanding of fashion and culture. We’re particularly interested in designers who are excited by the space between the two.

Your work is clean, modern and considered. You research deeply, make unexpected connections and relish the challenge of creating something original rather than repeating what already exists.

You’re collaborative, generous and low ego. You want to make great work and help the people around you do the same.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing accessories or closely related product.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating taste, originality and excellent visual thinking.
• Excellent understanding of materials, construction, proportion and detail.
• Strong sketching, CAD and Adobe Creative Suite skills.
• Experience developing product with international manufacturing partners.
• Curious about fashion, sport, culture, materials and how people live.

must haves

• Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for your life.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results.
• Communicate with honesty and kindness and create the space for others to do the same.
• Lead with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Integrate fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take yourself too seriously.

Immigration support is potentially available for this role.

Compensation And Benefits Package

lululemon’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. The typical hiring range for this position is from $104,600 – $137,300 CAD annually; the base pay offered is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards offering, permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive annual bonus program and equity offerings, subject to program eligibility requirements.

At Lululemon, Investing In Our People Is a Top Priority. We Believe That When Life Works, Work Works. We Strive To Be The Place Where Inclusive Leaders Come To Develop And Enable All To Be Well. Recognizing Our Teams For Their Performance And Dedication, Other Components Of Our Total Rewards Offerings Include Support Of Career Development, Wellbeing, And Personal Growth

• Extended health and dental benefits, and mental health plans
• Paid time off
• Savings and retirement plan matching
• Generous employee discount
• Fitness & yoga classes
• Parenthood top-up
• Extensive catalog of development course offerings
• People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few)

Note: The incentive programs, benefits, and perks have certain eligibility requirements. The Company reserves the right to alter these incentive programs, benefits, and perks in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.

workplace arrangement

In-person collaboration and/or office-based work is necessary or important for the role. Work is mainly performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.