Designer, Designer Collaborations

Old Navy; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Merchandise discount

Paid time off

Volunteer hours

401(k) matching

Stock purchase plan

Medical, dental, vision and life ins.

Job summary

Old Navy in San Francisco seeks a Senior Apparel Designer to lead concepting and styling for a key product category. You will guide the design process from market research through final styling, partnering with Merchandising, Production, Tech Design, GIS, Visual Merchandising and Marketing.

You should translate trends into customer-focused designs, manage tech packs, select fabrics and trims, and balance fit, quality, and margin while meeting deadlines.

Qualifications

• Experience designing consumer apparel and product lines.
• Ability to translate trends into customer-focused designs.
• Strong knowledge of silhouette, fit, fabrication, color, and trim.

Responsibilities

• Research global markets to identify new seasonal trends, silhouettes, fabrics and categories.
• Develop concepts and sketches for product lines and present to leadership and partners.
• Build cross-functional relationships with Merchandising, Production, Tech Design, GIS, VM and Marketing.
• Influence strategy for product area with seasonal themes and line edits.
• Create tech packs with Production and Tech Design to ensure fit, quality and margins.
• Build partnerships and convey fit and aesthetic to the team.
• Select fabrics and trims for the line.

Skills

Adobe Illustrator

Microsoft Excel

Product design

Fashion knowledge

Tools

Tech packs

Job description

About Old Navy

Forget what you know about old-school industry rules. When you work at Old Navy, you’re choosing a different path. From day one, we’ve been on a mission to democratize fashion and make shopping fun again. Our teams make style accessible to everyone, creating high-quality, must-have fashion essentials for the whole family, with love, season after season.

About Old Navy

Forget what you know about old-school industry rules. When you work at Old Navy, you’re choosing a different path. From day one, we’ve been on a mission to democratize fashion and make shopping fun again. Our teams make style accessible to everyone, creating high-quality, must-have fashion essentials for the whole family, with love, season after season. We opened our first store in 1994 in San Francisco and have been on a roll ever since. We cultivate a community of playful personalities that thrive in a fast-paced environment where our employees can be their most authentic selves. Here, we’re family.

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. You will manage the design process from market research and conception through to product design and final styling for your assigned product category. 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.

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
• Ability to assess relatively complex situations and analyze data to make judgments and recommend solutions

Salary Range: $89,100.00 - $115,800.00

Employee pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, experience, skill level, competencies and work location. We will meet minimum wage or minimum of the pay range (whichever is higher) based on city, county and state requirements.

Benefits at Old Navy

• Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
• One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.*
• Employees can take up to five “on the clock” hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.*
• Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee’s base pay.*
• Employee stock purchase plan.*
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.*
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• For eligible employees

Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.