Urban Outfitters Creative Merchandise Manager - Women's

URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Employee discounts

PTO

Retirement savings

Job summary

URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. is seeking a Creative Merchandising Manager to drive women’s apparel and accessories priorities across retail and digital channels.

You’ll align GTM strategies with the customer experience, partner with buying, visual merchandising, and digital teams, and lead with a customer voice in mind. The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams to execute product strategies at all touchpoints, manage timelines, and ensure key items anchor brand campaigns and

Qualifications

• Independent and autonomous ways of working.
• Strong collaborative and organizational skills.
• Ability to work on multiple projects, with multiple timelines, while maintaining an excellent attention to detail.
• Proven aptitude for quick, creative, and adaptive thinking.
• Excellent communication skills, collaborative and strong verbal etiquette.
• Pro-active with new ideas and have a healthy curiosity.
• Ability to problem solve and follow direction.
• Excellent organizational, time management, communication, and detail-oriented skills.
• Working knowledge of Google Suite.
• Experience with Figma, Asana and Adobe Creative Suite is a plus.
• Buying knowledge and styling experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with Buying partners to understand seasonal assortments and develop realistic, high-impact messaging for key volume-driving items.
• Manage internal processes and track project deadlines.
• Create monthly message planning documents as a central resource for teams, ensuring alignment on inventory, investments, and delivery dates.
• Partner with the Visual Merchandising team to translate seasonal and monthly strategies into engaging retail environments.
• Select imagery featuring key items for in-store displays.
• Collaborate with the Digital team to align product priorities with sales needs, identify opportunities, and adjust messaging to remain agile.
• Manage weekly email and site placements to support sales goals and highlight key merchandise.
• Act as the primary contact for Brand Marketing to ensure sales-driving products anchor emotional brand campaigns.
• Coordinate with studio and styling teams to ensure key items are featured in editorial shoots.
• Monitor market trends and newness relevant to the Urban Outfitters customer.
• Use weekly ecommerce handoffs to identify trends and flag upcoming key items.
• Proactively develop reactive messaging to support weekly business needs, leveraging existing assets where possible.
• Foster open communication and strong collaboration with cross-functional partners.
• Support the Creative Merchandiser by gathering SKU information, requesting samples, and organizing sample racks for marketing reviews.

Job description

Role Summary

Urban Outfitters is looking for a Creative Merchandising Manager who ensures Women’s Apparel and Accessories priorities appear effectively across retail and digital channels. This role aligns cross-functional go-to-market strategies with the customer experience, focusing on relevant occasions and keeping the customer voice at the center of all decisions. The Manager serves as a key departmental leader, representing the team to partners and building collaborative relationships to execute product strategies across all touchpoints.

Role Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with Buying partners to understand seasonal assortments and develop realistic, high-impact messaging for key volume-driving items.
• Manage internal processes and track project deadlines.
• Create monthly message planning documents as a central resource for teams, ensuring alignment on inventory, investments, and delivery dates.
• Partner with the Visual Merchandising team to translate seasonal and monthly strategies into engaging retail environments.
• Select imagery featuring key items for in-store displays.
• Collaborate with the Digital team to align product priorities with sales needs, identify opportunities, and adjust messaging to remain agile.
• Manage weekly email and site placements to support sales goals and highlight key merchandise.
• Act as the primary contact for Brand Marketing to ensure sales-driving products anchor emotional brand campaigns.
• Coordinate with studio and styling teams to ensure key items are featured in editorial shoots.
• Monitor market trends and newness relevant to the Urban Outfitters customer.
• Use weekly ecommerce handoffs to identify trends and flag upcoming key items.
• Proactively develop reactive messaging to support weekly business needs, leveraging existing assets where possible.
• Foster open communication and strong collaboration with cross-functional partners.
• Support the Creative Merchandiser by gathering SKU information, requesting samples, and organizing sample racks for marketing reviews.

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Role Qualifications

• Independent and autonomous ways of working
• Strong collaborative and organizational skills
• Ability to work on multiple projects, with multiple timelines, while maintaining an excellent attention to detail
• Proven aptitude for quick, creative, and adaptive thinking
• Excellent communication skills, collaborative and strong verbal etiquette
• Pro‑active with new ideas and have a healthy curiosity
• Ability to problem solve and follow direction
• Excellent organizational, time management, communication, and detail-oriented skills
• Ability to respond to feedback positively and constructively
• Working knowledge of Google Suite
• Experience with Figma, Asana and Adobe Creative Suite is a plus
• Buying knowledge and styling experience is a plus

The Perks

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

EEO Statement

URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non‑discrimination and anti‑harassment policies, we offer anti‑harassment training to managers and employees.