Senior Designer, Design and Strategy Concept

Target; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Target is seeking a Senior Designer for the Home Design Strategy & Concept team in Minneapolis. The role combines brand strategy, concept design, and cross-functional collaboration to shape seasonal concepts and owned-brand direction.

Hybrid work with in-office days is required, and you will lead brand storytelling across Threshold or Room Essentials. You will partner with merchandising, visual merchandising and marketing to ensure cohesive go-to-market execution while acting as brand captain

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in product or concept design within home.
• Deep understanding of the home industry from mass to designer brands.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Understand, research, react to and synthesize external macro drivers and consumer imperatives.
• Research and synthesize forward looking industry trends to create brand right seasonal concepts.
• Act as a Brand Captain for one of Home’s key Owned Brands, Threshold or Room Essentials.
• Act as a point person between design teams across divisions, ensuring needs are addressed.
• Drive differentiated Owned Brand identity through color, form, material, price and theme.

Skills

Brand strategy

Concept design

Consumer research

Visual storytelling

Cross-functional collab

Time management

Job description

The pay range is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications.

In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves.

Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

About Us

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

Working at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are, and we invest in the places we collectively live, work and play. We prioritize relationships, fuel and develop talent by creating growth opportunities, and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value, and how we work. It’s how we care, grow, and win together.

At the heart of one of the world’s best loved and most recognizable brands is an impeccable Product Development & Design organization. We thrive on the magic of discovering that just‑right thing, and we infuse everything we do with our passion for affordable style. We concept, develop, make and deliver modern new favorites that Target guests expect and deserve. We are trend and style experts who stay ahead of the curve, proactively identifying our market’s needs and exceeding them, every time. Join our dynamic and inventive team to influence the style, quality and value that decisively position Target above the competition. Here, you’ll be close to the action of dreaming up and bringing to life the Target-owned brands that surprise and gratify guests.

The role of the Design Strategy & Concept team within the Home OBPDP organization is to provide both the strategy and inspirational direction necessary to both the assortment and design process within the Home Pyramid. The ideal candidate has an in-depth knowledge of the Home space, a keen eye for identifying market trends and consumer shifts, and is able to craft and articulate visual brand stories that clearly tie back to brand and pyramid level strategies.

As a Sr. Designer for the Home Design Strategy & Concept team, you will conduct consumer, industry and product research, leveraging those insights to influence Owned Brand identity and create seasonal brand concepts that drive both enterprise and Owned Brand strategy. You’ll play an integral part of the larger design org., closely collaborating with design teams across all categories, and influencing peers and leaders. In addition to driving the creation of seasonal brand concepts, you will act as a brand captain for one of our anchor home brands, Threshold or Room Essentials, playing a key role in concept execution from ideation to go to market through design execution and connected storytelling. Core responsibilities of this role are outlined below, but job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

This role will work from our Downtown MN campus. They currently are 4 days in office per week. This is not a remote eligible position.

In This Role You Will

• Understand, research, react to and synthesize external macro drivers and consumer imperatives such as economic shifts, the influence of AI, and changing societal norms, translating them into actionable home specific direction
• Research and synthesize forward looking industry and esthetic trends to create brand right, directional seasonal concepts used to inform both seasonal assortments and cross-category development
• Act as a Brand Captain for one of Home’s key Owned Brands, Threshold or Room Essentials, ensuring consistent and cohesive execution of assortments across product categories, working with merchandising, visual merchandising and marketing teams to ensure a seamless go to market experience.
• Act as a point person between various design teams across divisions, ensuring divisional and category needs are considered and addressed
• Drive differentiated Owned Brand identity through color, form, material, price and theme

The Ideal Candidate

• 5+ years experience in product or concept design within home
• Adept at synthesizing and actioning against business strategy goals
• Has a deep understanding of the home industry from mass, to designer and aspirational brands
• Developed sense of color, material, pattern and technique across all home categories
• Strong collaborator, understanding of how to influence cross-functional peers and leaders
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Strong written and visual presentation kills
• Bias to action, innovation and adaptability with an emphasis on problem solving and critical thinking

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target.

Team Members in the Target General Merch Inc operating company are prohibited from working more than thirty (30) days per calendar year in any of the following states: AL, AR, DE, FL, IN, IA, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN and VA. If hired, you will be prohibited from working remotely from any of the states listed above for more than thirty (30) days per calendar year.

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to [e-mail]. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.

Application deadline is : 09/13/2026