Senior Designer, Textiles, Pillows - West Elm

About the Role

The Senior Designer is responsible for developing innovative products for the Pillow category that support the vision of the brand. This role combines creative expertise with a strong understanding of market trends, material, and customer need. This role partners closely with cross-functional teams to develop products that are brand right, ensure quality execution, and drive business growth across the category.

Responsibilities

• Manage the daily functions of the development process
• Translate seasonal concept direction into cohesive and innovative collections
• Collaborate with the print team to develop prints that align with the seasonal concept and are product appropriate
• Build seasonal presentations to convey the direction for the pillow category
• Work with team to maintain visual line list and presentation in deck and board format
• Aid and lead during design presentations
• Manage development samples both physically and digitally
• Understand of fabric qualities and constructions, techniques, and how they affect price points, look, and end use
• Proactively according to development calendar to stay ahead of timelines
• Partner closely with Product Development and merchant partners to ensure design intent through sampling and timeline adherence
• Work rigorously with overseas partners and vendors to achieve desired quality and look
• Ensure all technical specifications and communication with vendors including making comments on samples, and sending product approvals in PLM
• Thoroughly review with the team for accuracy and completeness before issuing
• Aid team members in managing their workload as required
• Constantly stay aware of competitive landscape and identify trends to move the design direction forward
• Translate trend insights into actionable design direction

Criteria

• MUST provide Portfolio link (including password) on resume - or link to PDF work samples with application
• Bachelor’s Degree in Textile Design or related field
• Minimum 5 years of design work experience, preferably in-home furnishings or textiles
• Must be expert level in Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong conceptual vision with deep technical expertise in woven, printed, and embellished textiles
• Extremely organized, efficient and detail-oriented – excellent calendar adherence and ownership
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

About Us

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Our family of brands are Williams Sonoma, Williams Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, Rejuvenation, West Elm, Mark & Graham, Outward, and GreenRow. These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room and even outdoor spaces. We've seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half of a century ago. What hasn't changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate. Today, we're a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we're always looking for new energy and ideas.