Assistant Designer, Handbags

The Gap, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

The Gap, Inc. is seeking a creative product designer to help concept and develop sustainable product lines. You will partner with cross-functional teams to ensure style, fit, and quality align with customer expectations and brand standards.

You will assist in designing the product line, preparing sketches, and developing basic specifications, while embracing risk-taking and customer curiosity in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Illustrator and Excel.
• Strong fashion sense and color knowledge.
• Ability to balance style with customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Research global markets to identify seasonal trends and fabrics.
• Develop concepts and sketches for product lines and present to leadership.
• Build cross-functional relationships with Merchandising, Production, GIS, Visual Merchandising and Marketing.
• Partner with Production and Tech Design to create tech packs and ensure margins.
• Ask effective questions and solicit feedback to understand needs.
• Attend fit sessions and revise sketches per priorities.
• Manage admin tasks and track design process deadlines.

Skills

Adobe Illustrator

Microsoft Excel

Trend analysis

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