Sr Designer, Textiles - Rejuvenation

Rejuvenation; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

A generous discount on all WSI brands

A 401(k) plan and other investment opp

Paid vacations, holidays, and time off

Health benefits, dental and vision...

Tax-free commuter benefits

Wellness program for physical, mental,

Job summary

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is seeking a Senior Textiles Designer to lead textile design across home categories, including rugs, bedding, and bath textiles.

You will guide concepts from ideation to launch and collaborate with design, merchandising, and overseas partners to ensure timely production. Based in Portland, OR, this role requires 5–7 years of product design in textiles, strong Adobe CC skills, and a passion for color, pattern, and sustainable practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–7 years in product design with a textiles focus for retail.
• Strong ability to build seasonal textile assortments and concepts.
• Proven track record of leading design projects end-to-end.
• Excellent eye for color, pattern, and material quality.
• Experience presenting concepts to cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead textile design across home categories from concept to launch.
• Develop cohesive color palettes aligned with brand concepts.
• Create custom artwork for bedding, pillows, wallpaper, and more.
• Present design direction in weekly reviews and quarterly design meetings.
• Collaborate with vendors and overseas partners to ensure on-time production.
• Maintain high quality standards and consistent color stories with vendors.
• Produce design presentations with inspiration, CADs, and samples.

Skills

Textile design

Product development

Brand collaboration

Color theory

Team leadership

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Job description

About the Team

The Rejuvenation product development team consists of highly creative, collaborative, and technical thinkers. As a key member of the team, you will bring your design skills to the table to support the Textile team by bringing high quality home textiles to market.

Job Description

The Rejuvenation product development team consists of highly creative, collaborative, and technical thinkers. As a key member of the team, you will bring your design skills to the table to support the Textile team by bringing high quality home textiles to market.

Position Summary

As the Senior Textiles Designer, you will lead design for textiles across the home. Categories include rugs, bedding, throw pillows, blankets, quilts, bath textiles, outdoor textiles, drapery, and more . In this role, you will be a key leader on the design team from concept to launch. Our Senior Textile Designer will help inspire, innovate, and translate seasonal concepts and market trends into design solutions that meet business needs.

Specific Responsibilities

• Partner with our Design Director to develop a cohesive look and feel for bedrooms and living rooms each quarter, aligning with the brand’s quarterly concepts.
• Identify a breadth of customers to offer distinct product assortments that cater to an array of new and existing design aesthetics for the brand.
• Partner with merchants to identify white space for new products and colorways that bring forward new points of view that build off existing core products.
• Lead weekly product review meetings and quarterly design presentations.
• Create cohesive color palettes per collection, building off the brand’s existing core assortment and quarterly concepts each season.
• Create custom illustrative artwork in-house that will be applied across bedding, throw pillows, wallpaper, and more.
• Manage communication with vendors to provide design direction for net new collections and provide feedback for print and pattern alterations.
• Maintain a quality standards and consistent color stories for textiles with all key vendors through lab dips and pom selection.
• Create design presentations each quarter, inclusive of design inspiration, color palettes, custom patterns, CADs, and samples from vendors.
• Bring forward new techniques and materials that align with quality expectations, price points, and market trends.
• Participate in weekly product development meetings, owning the development cycle for the textile design team.
• Create pairings for seasonal textile assortment to build quarterly bedding and living room looks each season.
• Work directly with overseas partners to produce designs on time each quarter.
• Travel to domestic and international markets, 2-4 times per year, to identify vendor capabilities and build cohesive textiles assortments.
• Create spec packs for vendor communication, maintaining quality and standards and production.
• Produce and manage documents for sample comments.
• Participate in virtual and in-person vendor meetings to ensure designs and sampling are being produced on time.
• Lead and develop the Textiles design team by identifying key priorities each quarter
• Create a creative culture that inspires others through curated design inspiration, historical design research, and knowledge of materials and techniques
• Build accountability within the design team to ensure deliverables are delivered efficiently and on time.
• Ensure sustainable goals and are being met by making intentional design choices that align with the brand’s sustainable initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5-7 years product design experience with a focus in textiles for a retail brand.
• Minimum of 4 years in rug product development, working with hand-knotted, flatwoven, and hand-loomed constructions.
• Minimum of 3 years managing others with the ability to delegate projects, coach for career planning, and set clear expectations for deliverables.
• Proven track record of building seasonal textile assortments across the home on a quarterly launch timeline.
• Highly detail-oriented, excellent time management skills, and highly collaborative.
• Ability to inspire cross functional partners by presenting thoughtful concepts inspired by market trends, fashion, and interior designers.
• Knowledgeable in all aspects of textile design and manufacturing for home products, including weave structures, dyeing techniques, print and pattern styles, trim details, and production standards.
• Proven proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud applications: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
• Ability to create seasonal color palettes that align with existing products and new seasonal concepts.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present ideas and design strategies.
• Experience working within a four-quarter brand calendar.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to work, both, collaboratively and independently.
• Experience employing design strategies to achieve business goals.
• High standards to quality, integrity and design.

People First

Putting People First means investing in overall well-being and opportunities to grow and advance within the organization. Depending on the position and location, here are a few highlights of what benefits may be available:

Benefits

• A generous discount on all WSI brands
• A 401(k) plan and other investment opportunities
• Paid vacations, holidays, and time off to volunteer
• Health benefits, dental and vision insurance, including same-sex domestic partner benefits
• Tax-free commuter benefits
• A wellness program that supports your physical, financial and emotional health

Continued Learning

• In-person and online learning opportunities through WSI University
• Cross-brand and cross-function career opportunities
• Resources for self-development
• Advisor (Mentor) program
• Career development workshops, learning programs, and speaker series

WSI will not now or in the future commence an immigration case or "sponsor" an individual for this position (for example, H-1B or other employment-based immigration).

This role is not eligible for relocation assistance.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, or other applicable state or local laws and ordinances.

About Us

Our Company

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Our family of brands are Williams Sonoma, Williams Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, Rejuvenation, West Elm, Mark & Graham, Outward, and GreenRow. These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room and even outdoor spaces. We've seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half a century ago. What hasn't changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate. Today, we're a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we're always looking for new energy and ideas.