Assistant Designer, Handbags

Gap Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gap Inc in New York is seeking a creative product designer to help shape sustainable fashion lines. You will concept, sketch, and prepare basic specifications while partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure the product's style, fit, and value meet customer expectations.

You’ll research trends, develop concepts, and communicate with leadership and partners to drive the design from concept to store. The role emphasizes risk-taking, customer curiosity, and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience translating trends into customer-focused designs.
• Ability to balance style with brand standards and margin targets.
• Familiarity with garment construction and fit processes.

Responsibilities

• Research global markets to identify seasonal trends and competitive inspiration.
• Develop concepts and sketches for product lines and present to leadership.
• Collaborate with Merchandising, Production, Tech Design, GIS, Visual Merchandising and Marketing.
• Create tech packs and communicate fit and design vision to ensure quality and margin targets.
• Ask effective questions and solicit feedback to understand needs.
• Support the product design process and help meet deadlines with organized boards.

Skills

Creative problem solving

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Strong sense of style

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Microsoft Excel

Job description

About the Role

In this role, you will work in an energizing, inclusive, and creative environment focused on concepting and creating sustainable product that exceeds customers’ expectations. Your goal is to partner with cross functional team members who collectively are responsible for ensuring that the product style, fit, and quality are more than worth the price for our customers. Responsibilities include assisting in designing the product line, preparing sketches, and assisting with basic specifications of the product. Must lean into risk taking and be customer curious!

What You’ll Do

• Research global markets in order to identify new seasonal trends, silhouettes, fabrics, techniques, product categories and competitive inspiration.

• Assist in developing concepts and sketches for product line and advocate for design ideas by presenting 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 product concept to store and site execution is a seamless experience.

• Partner with Production and Tech Design to create tech packs and communicate vision behind fit and product design, ensuring execution, quality, and desired margin targets are achieved.

• Ask effective questions and solicit feedback to understand needs.

• Complete structured assignments, like attending fit sessions with manager, and makes revisions to sketch and design packages based on stated priorities.

• Manage administration and follow up of product design process such as presentation boards creation to ensure team stays organized and hits required deadlines.

Who You Are

• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and highly collaborative environment, with the 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 to design process

• Strong computer knowledge including Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Excel

• Recognize and act on inconsistencies in data or results