Associate Designer, Lifestyle Apparel

Gapinc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Gap Inc. is seeking an apparel designer to join the Athleta lifestyle product team in San Francisco. You will partner with cross-functional teams to build concept-driven dresses, skirts, outerwear, and more, ensuring fit, style, and market relevance.

The role emphasizes risk-taking, customer-centric design, and collaboration with Merchandising, Production, GIS, Visual Merchandising, and Marketing to deliver a seamless product to stores and digital platforms.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of apparel design experience.
• Strong knowledge of silhouette, fit, fabrication, trim.
• Proficiency with Adobe Illustrator and Excel.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Research global markets to identify seasonal trends and new categories.
• Develop concepts and sketches for product lines and present to leadership.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Merchandising, Production, GIS, and Marketing.
• Create tech packs with Production and Tech Design.
• Select fabrics, trims, and ensure quality and margins.
• Communicate fit and aesthetic to teams.
• Participate in diverse projects.

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 participating in the conceptual development of Athleta Lifestyle Dresses, Skirts, Outerwear, Bottoms, and Tops product lines, including both Knits and Wovens, and ensuring product is consistent with market trends and brand strategies. 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.
• Develop 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 customer experience.
• Influence strategy for product area, providing recommendations regarding seasonal themes and edits to line, ensuring product meets business and customer needs.
• 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.
• Build cross functional partnerships and consensus, identifying sketch callouts and communicating desired fit and aesthetic to cross functional team.
• Responsible for fabric and trim selection.
• Participate in projects and assignments of diverse scope.

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.
• Strong computer knowledge including Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Excel.
• Confident presentation skills, capable of influencing an audience.
• Well-craftedcommunication andorganizational skills,inclusive oftrackingdevelopment deadlines.
• 3+years experienceinappareldesign