Old Navy Men’s Knits & Sweaters Designer

Old Navy; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50% merchandise discount

Competitive Paid Time Off

401(k) plan with company matching

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Job summary

A fashion retailer based in San Francisco is looking for a creative professional to manage the design process for sustainable products. Your responsibilities include researching trends, developing designs, and working closely with various teams to ensure cohesive execution. The ideal candidate should possess a strong aesthetic sense, be adept in Adobe Illustrator, and thrive in a collaborative environment. Benefits include merchandise discounts and a competitive PTO plan.

Qualifications

• Ability to juggle multiple seasons and development deadlines.
• Thorough knowledge of silhouette, fit, and construction.
• Capability to assess complex situations and recommend solutions.

Responsibilities

• Research global markets for trends and competitive inspiration.
• Develop concepts and sketches for the product line.
• Influence product strategy and ensure it meets customer needs.

Skills

Fast-paced working ability

Strong design sense

Adobe Illustrator proficiency

Data analysis skills

Microsoft Excel

Tools

Microsoft Excel

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.

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.

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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