Designer II Running Apparel
PUMA Group · Somerville, MA · 3 wk ago
Art & CreativeFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes a mission description, responsibilities, qualifications, maybe benefits/pay. We need to use for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if there is real specific content.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, application instructions, cookie/navigation/legal. Also remove duplicated lines.
We need to preserve all substantive information.
Let's parse content:
Intro: "SPEED & SPIRIT is what we look for in our candidates, defined by some simple values that inspire us to BE DRIVEN in our performance, BE VIBRANT in our sporting legacy, BE TOGETHER in our team spirit, and BE YOU to let our individual talent and experience shine. Applying for a job at PUMA is easy and all genders are welcome. Simply click APPLY ONLINE and follow the steps to upload your application."
That's generic intro and application instructions; we should remove application instructions (click APPLY ONLINE). Also remove generic values? Might be considered fluff but maybe part of About the role? The values could be part of company culture; but we need to preserve substantive information. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The intro about values and applying may be considered not essential? It's not a responsibility or qualification. Could be considered fluff but maybe part of "About the role"? However they said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." We could include an "About the role" section summarizing the mission and values? But we must not invent or summarize away detail. We can keep the mission description as prose under About the role? The mission description: "YOUR MISSION: The Designer II will independently develop and execute apparel concepts and products across the Running/Training/Studio business, contributing to seasonal product direction and helping translate consumer, market, and trend insights into relevant, innovative performance apparel. The role is responsible for driving product from concept through development while ensuring alignment with PUMA’s global performance brand, design, quality, cost, and margin standards."
That's substantive. So we can have an
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if there is real specific content.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, application instructions, cookie/navigation/legal. Also remove duplicated lines.
We need to preserve all substantive information.
Let's parse content:
Intro: "SPEED & SPIRIT is what we look for in our candidates, defined by some simple values that inspire us to BE DRIVEN in our performance, BE VIBRANT in our sporting legacy, BE TOGETHER in our team spirit, and BE YOU to let our individual talent and experience shine. Applying for a job at PUMA is easy and all genders are welcome. Simply click APPLY ONLINE and follow the steps to upload your application."
That's generic intro and application instructions; we should remove application instructions (click APPLY ONLINE). Also remove generic values? Might be considered fluff but maybe part of About the role? The values could be part of company culture; but we need to preserve substantive information. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The intro about values and applying may be considered not essential? It's not a responsibility or qualification. Could be considered fluff but maybe part of "About the role"? However they said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." We could include an "About the role" section summarizing the mission and values? But we must not invent or summarize away detail. We can keep the mission description as prose under About the role? The mission description: "YOUR MISSION: The Designer II will independently develop and execute apparel concepts and products across the Running/Training/Studio business, contributing to seasonal product direction and helping translate consumer, market, and trend insights into relevant, innovative performance apparel. The role is responsible for driving product from concept through development while ensuring alignment with PUMA’s global performance brand, design, quality, cost, and margin standards."
That's substantive. So we can have an About the role
with that paragraph.
Then responsibilities: many bullet-like sentences after mission. We can put them under Responsibilities
with - each.
Then qualifications/talent: "YOUR TALENT: BS/BA or BFA degree in fashion design or related field 2+ years of experience as an Apparel Designer, preferably within a performance apparel company, with demonstrated ownership of product from concept through development. Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator and Photoshop. Strong understanding of the sports performance and/or sport lifestyle market, including competition, distribution, price, product, consumer, and retail environments. Strong technical knowledge of fabrics, trims, construction, product development, fit, and quality requirements. Demonstrated ability to translate consumer, market, and trend insights into compelling product and design concepts. Strong presentation, storytelling, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design intent and influence cross-functional partners. Strong line merchandising abilities, including the ability to build well-rounded, balanced, and commercially relevant collections. Ability to independently manage multiple projects and priorities at various stages while maintaining a high level of organization, quality, and attention to detail. Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment and demonstrate initiative, accountability, and sound design judgment."
We could split into Requirements (education/experience) and Skills (technical/soft). But we can also just have a Qualifications section with all. However they want sections like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We could separate:
Requirements
for degree and years experience. Skills
for the rest (proficiency, understanding, technical knowledge, ability to translate insights, presentation skills, line merchandising, project management, teamwork). Or we could have Qualifications as umbrella. But we need to follow instruction: use headings for those categories if content exists. We'll create Requirements and Skills.
Pay: "The hiring range base pay for this position is $72,100 - $90,900 + Bonus + Benefits (Benefit Summary Corporate) Pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience."
We have pay and benefits mentioned. So we can have Pay
with that sentence. Benefits: they mention "+ Bonus + Benefits (Benefit Summary Corporate)" but not detailed. Since they didn't list specific benefits, we should not create a Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It only mentions benefits generically; no detail. So we should not create Benefits section.
Schedule: not mentioned.
Travel: "Approximate Travel Required when applicable: 10-15%" That's schedule/travel info. Could be under Schedule? But they said only create Schedule section if posting actually states them. Travel is not schedule but maybe we could include under a "Travel" heading? Not in allowed headings list. Allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Travel could be considered part of Schedule? Not exactly. Might be better to include under Responsibilities? But it's not a responsibility. Could be under About the role? Might be considered extra detail. Since they didn't list Travel as allowed heading, we could omit it? But we must preserve ALL substantive information. Travel is substantive. We could include it under a Schedule
as it's related to time commitment. The heading Schedule is allowed; we can put travel info there. However schedule usually refers to work hours, but travel % is okay. We'll include Schedule section with that line.
Now we need to remove boilerplate: EEO statements, equal opportunity, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. Also remove "PUMA provides equal opportunities..." etc. Also remove "At PUMA, every application is reviewed..." etc. Also remove "PUMA is a global sports brand..." etc. Also remove "PUMA is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer." etc. Also remove "We believe in creating spaces..." etc. Also remove "Because at PUMA, whoever wants to play, can play." etc. Also remove "PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear..." etc. Also remove "The PUMA Group owns..." etc. Also remove "PUMA is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer." etc. Also remove "It is the policy of PUMA to prohibit discrimination..." etc.
Also remove "Approximate Travel Required when applicable: 10-15%" we keep.
Now we need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. Not needed.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
About the role
... mission paragraph ...
Responsibilities
- Independently own and execute assigned seasonal apparel product areas, from concept and design direction through development and final product, in partnership with the apparel design, product development, PLM, and cross-functional teams.
- Contribute to the development of four seasonal and carryover apparel ranges per year, helping build cohesive, balanced, and commercially relevant collections.
- Develop and communicate clear design concepts, seasonal stories, and product direction informed by consumer insights, market research, competitive analysis, and trend research.
- Drive the creation of differentiated, desirable, and innovative products that strengthen the category and contribute to the next ICON products.
- Lead the timely and accurate completion of artwork pages, CADs, tech packages, and other design deliverables based on the design time and action calendar.
- Partner with Developers and Sourcing offices to translate design intent into product, leveraging an understanding of source capabilities, flexibility, limitations, fit, function, fabrics, and construction.
- Balance design intent with cost, margin, commercial requirements, and product briefs, making informed design decisions throughout the development process.
- Conduct and apply market, competitor, consumer, price, and trend research to inform design direction and product opportunities.
- Build and present compelling design concepts, seasonal stories, and product presentations to small and large groups, clearly communicating design rationale and product vision.
- Serve as an active design voice in product feedback sessions, confidently communicating recommendations and responding constructively to feedback.
- Take ownership of key meeting tools and design materials, ensuring they are organized, accurate, and presentation-ready.
- Collaborate effectively across design, product development, PLM, sourcing, and other cross-functional partners to move product forward and resolve issues.
- Support a high standard of design execution and contribute to the growth of the broader apparel design team through knowledge sharing, collaboration, and positive team leadership.
Requirements
- BS/BA or BFA degree in fashion design or related field
- 2+ years of experience as an Apparel Designer, preferably within a performance apparel company, with demonstrated ownership of product from concept through development.
Skills
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Strong understanding of the sports performance and/or sport lifestyle market, including competition, distribution, price, product, consumer, and retail environments.
- Strong technical knowledge of fabrics, trims, construction, product development, fit, and quality requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to translate consumer, market, and trend insights into compelling product and design concepts.
- Strong presentation, storytelling, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design intent and influence cross-functional partners.
- Strong line merchandising abilities, including the ability to build well-rounded, balanced, and commercially relevant collections.
- Ability to independently manage multiple projects and priorities at various stages while maintaining a high level of organization, quality, and attention to detail.
- Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment and demonstrate initiative, accountability, and sound design judgment.
Pay
The hiring range base pay for this position is $72,100 - $90,900 + Bonus + Benefits (Benefit Summary Corporate). Pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Schedule
Approximate Travel Required when applicable: 10-15%
Check for any leftover boilerplate: we removed EEO etc. Ensure no duplicated lines.
Check that we didn't include "YOUR MISSION:" or "YOUR TALENT:" headings; we integrated content.
Check that we didn't include "Applying for a job at PUMA is easy and all genders are welcome. Simply click APPLY ONLINE and follow the steps to upload your application." removed.
Check that we didn't include "SPEED & SPIRIT is what we look for..." maybe we could keep as part of About the role? It's values statement. Could be considered fluff but it's substantive about company culture. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The values statement is not boilerplate; it's about what they look for. Could be included in About the role as extra sentence. However we already have mission paragraph; we could prepend that values sentence. But we must not invent or summarize away detail. Including it is fine. Let's add it as a separate paragraph before mission? Or combine.
We'll add a about values then mission.
Thus About the role section will have two paragraphs: first about SPEED & SPIRIT values, second about mission.
Let's craft:
SPEED & SPIRIT is what we look for in our
Requirements
for degree and years experience.Skills
for the rest (proficiency, understanding, technical knowledge, ability to translate insights, presentation skills, line merchandising, project management, teamwork). Or we could have Qualifications as umbrella. But we need to follow instruction: use headings for those categories if content exists. We'll create Requirements and Skills. Pay: "The hiring range base pay for this position is $72,100 - $90,900 + Bonus + Benefits (Benefit Summary Corporate) Pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience." We have pay and benefits mentioned. So we can havePay
with that sentence. Benefits: they mention "+ Bonus + Benefits (Benefit Summary Corporate)" but not detailed. Since they didn't list specific benefits, we should not create a Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It only mentions benefits generically; no detail. So we should not create Benefits section. Schedule: not mentioned. Travel: "Approximate Travel Required when applicable: 10-15%" That's schedule/travel info. Could be under Schedule? But they said only create Schedule section if posting actually states them. Travel is not schedule but maybe we could include under a "Travel" heading? Not in allowed headings list. Allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Travel could be considered part of Schedule? Not exactly. Might be better to include under Responsibilities? But it's not a responsibility. Could be under About the role? Might be considered extra detail. Since they didn't list Travel as allowed heading, we could omit it? But we must preserve ALL substantive information. Travel is substantive. We could include it under aSchedule
as it's related to time commitment. The heading Schedule is allowed; we can put travel info there. However schedule usually refers to work hours, but travel % is okay. We'll include Schedule section with that line. Now we need to remove boilerplate: EEO statements, equal opportunity, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. Also remove "PUMA provides equal opportunities..." etc. Also remove "At PUMA, every application is reviewed..." etc. Also remove "PUMA is a global sports brand..." etc. Also remove "PUMA is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer." etc. Also remove "We believe in creating spaces..." etc. Also remove "Because at PUMA, whoever wants to play, can play." etc. Also remove "PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear..." etc. Also remove "The PUMA Group owns..." etc. Also remove "PUMA is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer." etc. Also remove "It is the policy of PUMA to prohibit discrimination..." etc. Also remove "Approximate Travel Required when applicable: 10-15%" we keep. Now we need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. Not needed. Now produce HTML fragment. Structure:About the role
... mission paragraph ...
Responsibilities
- Independently own and execute assigned seasonal apparel product areas, from concept and design direction through development and final product, in partnership with the apparel design, product development, PLM, and cross-functional teams.
- Contribute to the development of four seasonal and carryover apparel ranges per year, helping build cohesive, balanced, and commercially relevant collections.
- Develop and communicate clear design concepts, seasonal stories, and product direction informed by consumer insights, market research, competitive analysis, and trend research.
- Drive the creation of differentiated, desirable, and innovative products that strengthen the category and contribute to the next ICON products.
- Lead the timely and accurate completion of artwork pages, CADs, tech packages, and other design deliverables based on the design time and action calendar.
- Partner with Developers and Sourcing offices to translate design intent into product, leveraging an understanding of source capabilities, flexibility, limitations, fit, function, fabrics, and construction.
- Balance design intent with cost, margin, commercial requirements, and product briefs, making informed design decisions throughout the development process.
- Conduct and apply market, competitor, consumer, price, and trend research to inform design direction and product opportunities.
- Build and present compelling design concepts, seasonal stories, and product presentations to small and large groups, clearly communicating design rationale and product vision.
- Serve as an active design voice in product feedback sessions, confidently communicating recommendations and responding constructively to feedback.
- Take ownership of key meeting tools and design materials, ensuring they are organized, accurate, and presentation-ready.
- Collaborate effectively across design, product development, PLM, sourcing, and other cross-functional partners to move product forward and resolve issues.
- Support a high standard of design execution and contribute to the growth of the broader apparel design team through knowledge sharing, collaboration, and positive team leadership.
Requirements
- BS/BA or BFA degree in fashion design or related field
- 2+ years of experience as an Apparel Designer, preferably within a performance apparel company, with demonstrated ownership of product from concept through development.
Skills
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Strong understanding of the sports performance and/or sport lifestyle market, including competition, distribution, price, product, consumer, and retail environments.
- Strong technical knowledge of fabrics, trims, construction, product development, fit, and quality requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to translate consumer, market, and trend insights into compelling product and design concepts.
- Strong presentation, storytelling, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design intent and influence cross-functional partners.
- Strong line merchandising abilities, including the ability to build well-rounded, balanced, and commercially relevant collections.
- Ability to independently manage multiple projects and priorities at various stages while maintaining a high level of organization, quality, and attention to detail.
- Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment and demonstrate initiative, accountability, and sound design judgment.
Pay
The hiring range base pay for this position is $72,100 - $90,900 + Bonus + Benefits (Benefit Summary Corporate). Pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Schedule
Approximate Travel Required when applicable: 10-15%
Check for any leftover boilerplate: we removed EEO etc. Ensure no duplicated lines. Check that we didn't include "YOUR MISSION:" or "YOUR TALENT:" headings; we integrated content. Check that we didn't include "Applying for a job at PUMA is easy and all genders are welcome. Simply click APPLY ONLINE and follow the steps to upload your application." removed. Check that we didn't include "SPEED & SPIRIT is what we look for..." maybe we could keep as part of About the role? It's values statement. Could be considered fluff but it's substantive about company culture. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The values statement is not boilerplate; it's about what they look for. Could be included in About the role as extra sentence. However we already have mission paragraph; we could prepend that values sentence. But we must not invent or summarize away detail. Including it is fine. Let's add it as a separate paragraph before mission? Or combine. We'll add aabout values then mission. Thus About the role section will have two paragraphs: first about SPEED & SPIRIT values, second about mission. Let's craft:
SPEED & SPIRIT is what we look for in our