Designer, Womens, Tops, Skirts & Dresses

About the role

In this role, you will work in an energizing, inclusive, and creative environment focused on concepting and creating sustainable product that exceeds customers' expectations. Your goal is to partner with cross-functional team members who collectively are responsible for ensuring that the product style, fit, and quality are more than worth the price for our customers. You will manage the design process from market research and conception through to product design and final styling for your assigned product category.

Responsibilities

• Research global markets in order to identify new seasonal trends, silhouettes, fabrics, techniques, product categories and competitive inspiration.
• Develop concepts and sketches for product line and advocate for design ideas by presenting to internal leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Develop strong internal cross-functional relationships with Merchandising, Production, Technical design, Gap Inc Sourcing (GIS), Visual Merchandising and Marketing to ensure product concept to store and site execution is a seamless customer experience.
• Influence strategy for product area, providing recommendations regarding seasonal themes and edits to line, ensuring product meets business and customer needs.
• Partner with Production and Tech Design to create tech packs and communicate vision behind fit and product design, ensuring execution, quality, and desired margin targets are achieved.
• Build cross-functional partnerships and consensus, identifying sketch callouts and communicating desired fit and aesthetic to cross-functional team.
• Responsible for fabric and trim selection.

Requirements

Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and highly collaborative environment, with the ability to juggle multiple seasons at one time and track development deadlines. Possess an elevated sense of style, aesthetic, and color and understand how to translate trends through the lens of the customer and brand filter. Thorough knowledge of silhouette, fit, fabrication, construction, color use, sewing techniques, and trim. Strong computer knowledge including Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Excel.

Qualifications

Ability to assess relatively complex situations and analyze data to make judgments and recommend solutions.

Skills

Strong communication and collaboration skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team, attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, and creativity.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary range of $89,100.00 - $115,800.00, depending on qualifications, experience, and location. Employee pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, experience, skill level, competencies, and work location. We provide a merchandise discount for our brands, one of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry, opportunities for volunteerism, a 401(k) plan with company matching, an employee stock purchase plan, medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, and more.

We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.