Anthropologie Senior Design Director

URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly); Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid Time Off

Employee discounts

Retirement savings

Job summary

A prominent fashion retailer is seeking a Senior Design Director in Philadelphia. This role involves leading the design team to create seasonal collections and ensuring outstanding design execution. The candidate should have over 10 years of apparel design experience, exceptional leadership skills, and a strong understanding of the retail business. The position offers comprehensive perks including medical, dental, and generous discounts.

Qualifications

• Must have at least 10 years of experience in Apparel Design.
• Strong understanding of the Anthropologie customer aesthetic.
• Expert technical knowledge of product and manufacturing techniques.
• Strong retail business understanding to identify opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the design team.
• Create innovative seasonal collections.
• Collaborate on seasonal inspiration and brand direction.
• Oversee branding of the seasonal assortment.
• Oversee development of styles supporting concepts and buying needs.
• Coordinate with other Design Directors on cross-pollination and assortment balance.
• Work with Print & Color on direction and color assortment.
• Manage seasonal development calendar with the Design Manager.
• Prepare for and participate in product meetings.
• Oversee team budgets and maintain monthly spend.
• Elevate brand identity across seasonal assortments.

Skills

Creative thinking

Leadership

Communication

Trend recognition

Understanding retail business

Collaboration

Brand identity

Apparel design

Budget management

Job description

Anthropologie is searching for a Senior Design Director. Our Design Directors are responsible for creating a seasonal collection of innovative product appropriate for the Anthropologie customer while leading and mentoring the Design team.

Role Responsibilities

• Function as leader, mentor, and manager for the design team
• Create fresh, innovative, and commercial seasonal collections as well as ongoing fast turn product.
• Collaborate with Executive Creative Director, Brand Director, and DMM’s to ensure outstanding design execution while meeting business objectives.
• Partner with Executive Creative Director on seasonal inspiration, concept direction and trend.
• Guide Designer Teams in the development of styles that support the seasonal design concepts and fulfill the needs of the business as outlined by the Buying team.
• Work closely with other category Design Directors to cross pollinate ideas, outfitting, assortment balance and maintain seasonal design direction.
• Collaborate with Print & Color team on seasonal print & color direction and assortment.
• Facilitate the seasonal development calendar in collaboration with the Design Manager.
• Prepare for and participate in all relevant product meetings.
• Manage the teams’ budgets, ensuring monthly budget requirements met.
• Oversee branding of the seasonal assortment and work to build, improve, and elevate brand identity.

Role Qualifications

• Ideal candidate should be highly creative and have a strong point of view.
• Outstanding taste level with the ability to recognize, forecast, and translate industry trend direction.
• Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to direct Designers in a positive and strategic way while nurturing creativity at all levels.
• Strong understanding of retail business to identify product opportunities and offer innovative design solutions.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with partners in Buying, Production, and Design.
• Outstanding creative talent and taste level with the ability to recognize, forecast, and translate industry trend direction.
• Expert technical knowledge of product, raw materials, manufacturing techniques, and processes.
• Strong understanding of the Anthropologie customer aesthetic and product.
• Must have at least 10 years experience in Apparel Design.

The Perks

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

EEO Statement

URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.