Director, Design
About the role
Tailored Brands is a leading omnichannel specialty retailer of menswear, including suits, formalwear and a broad selection of business casual offerings. The company aims to help its customers love the way they look and feel for their most important moments by delivering personalized products and services through a convenient network of stores and e-commerce sites. The company's brands include Men's Wearhouse, Jos. A. Bank, Moores and K&G Fashion. At Tailored Brands, we value differences and know they make us better. We are always working to make our Company a more diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) place to work. The Director, Knits & Sweaters / Designer, Bottoms, Denim & Outerwear provides strategic leadership for the knits and sweaters business while serving as the hands-on designer for casual bottoms, denim, and outerwear. This role owns the seasonal creative direction, product development, and final execution of knits and sweaters — including category strategy, assortment direction, fabrication, color, silhouette, quality, and team leadership. In parallel, the role designs bottoms, denim, and outerwear, translating trend, customer, and brand insights into commercially relevant product concepts through final sample approval. The position partners closely with merchandising, planning, sourcing, technical design, production, vendors, and senior leadership to deliver cohesive, on-brand, high-quality sportswear collections that meet business, margin, timing, and customer needs. The role will also work hands-on with AI-powered design tools throughout the creative process — including generative ideation, trend and color forecasting, digital prototyping, and virtual sampling — to speed up concept development and support stronger design decisions across categories.
Responsibilities
- Establish seasonal strategy and creative direction across knits, sweaters, casual bottoms, denim, and outerwear in alignment with brand strategy, customer needs, business priorities, and financial objectives.
- Lead the knits and sweaters category while maintaining hands-on design ownership of bottoms, denim, and outerwear — defining