Designer, Men's Apparel

Boot Barn is where community comes first. We thrive on togetherness, collaboration, and belonging. We build each other up, listen intently, and implement out-of-the-box ideas. We celebrate new innovations, congratulate one another’s achievements, and most importantly support each other. At Boot Barn, we work together to make a positive impact on the world around us, and by working collectively with encouragement, we consider ourselves “Partners.” With the values of the West guiding us, Boot Barn celebrates heritage, welcomes all, and values each unique Partner within our Boot Barn community. Our vision is to offer everyone a piece of the American spirit - one handshake at a time.

About the role

The Designer - Men’s Apparel drives the ideation and execution of developing product for the men’s apparel areas across multiple brands and categories. Primary responsibility is to refine the trend, vision, and translate trends to products, items, and assortment opportunities. The Designer will understand the brand strategies and financial goals to ensure that overall product development and direction delivers in-store consumer-driven programs that are competitive and differentiated by brand.

Responsibilities

• Engage in market and sales analysis to get a sense of trends and needs for target consumers.
• Design commercially viable products.
• Create seasonal presentations with trend inspiration, silhouettes, fit, functional features, embroidery, trims, and color palettes.
• Ensure all assortments deliver consistent color, trend, and creative direction across targeted lifestyle to ensure branding positioning and brand equity objectives are intact.
• Research, design, and develop raw materials, fabric, print development, graphic design, and trim within the time and action calendar.
• Create and manage Line Sheets and Tech packs including sketches with multiple views and details, colorways, construction details, and complete bill of materials. Distribute tech packs to vendors, factories, or agents that can achieve roadmap requirements, IMU, and general profitability.
• Actively participate in fit sessions, update sketches, design comments, and tech packs promptly with needed revisions.
• Communicate with sourcing partners/factories all details of product utilizing complete Tech Packs, commenting on lab dips, print and graphic, hand looms, strike-offs, knit downs while hitting all deadlines in order to adhere to timelines.
• Track all prototypes & pre-production samples utilizing the communicate (WIPs) dates and calendars.
• Partner with Production/Sourcing to ensure fabric, design details, and garments are within cost parameters while providing value to the apparel collection.
• Manage style hand-off to Product Manager (hand off final production Tech Packs, files, and approvals).
• Demonstrates a high degree of professionalism in communication, attitude, and teamwork with customers, peers, and management.
• Demonstrates a high level of quality work, attendance, and appearance.
• Adheres to all Company Policies & Procedures and Safety Regulations.
• Adheres to local, state, and federal laws.
• Performs any other duties that may be assigned by management.
• Understands and complies with all company rules and regulations.