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SrDesigner,Mens
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“Sr Designer, Mens. Skills: Set strategic direction for product area and team, Provide creative direction and coaching to develop a motivated, high performing team, 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 internal cross functional relations”
What You'll Achieve.
Create sustainable product that exceeds customers' expectations; Ensure that the product style, fit, and quality are more than worth the price for our customers; Ensure product concept to store and site execution is a seamless customer experience; Ensuring execution, quality, and desired margin targets are achieved
Industry & Context.
Evaluate sometimes complex situations using multiple sources of information (internal and external sources); Filter, prioritize, analyze and validate potentially complex in-depth understanding of concepts and procedures throughout the product creation process related to garment construction, hand sketching, and fabric, and understanding of procedures and concepts in other areas, such as merchandising and product development.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
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 computer knowledge including Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Excel, Evaluate sometimes complex situations using multiple sources of information (internal and external sources), Able to filter, prioritize, analyze and validate potentially complex in-depth understanding of concepts and procedures throughout the product creation process related to garment construction, hand sketching, and fabric, and understanding of procedures and concepts in other areas, such as merchandising and product development.
What You'll Do.
Set strategic direction for product area and team
Provide creative direction and coaching to develop a motivated
Research global markets in order to identify new seasonal trends
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 internal cross functional relationships with Merchandising
Gap Inc Sourcing (GIS)
Visual Merchandising and Marketing to ensure product concept to store and site execution is a seamless customer experience
Partner with Production and Tech Design to create tech packs and communicate vision behind fit and product design
and desired margin targets are achieved
Collaborate and lead others in key design and product initiatives and their implementation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with cross functional team members; Develop internal cross functional relationships with Merchandising, Production, Technical design, Gap Inc Sourcing (GIS), Visual Merchandising and Marketing; Partner with Production and Tech Design; Collaborate and lead others in key design and product initiatives and their implementation
Communication Scope
Advocate for design ideas by presenting to internal leadership and cross functional partners; Communicate vision behind fit and product design
Process & Methodology
Track development deadlines, Ensure product concept to store and site execution is a seamless customer experience, Ensuring execution, quality, and desired margin targets are achieved, Implementation of key design and product initiatives
Full Job Description
## 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 set the overall global design direction for the conceptual development of a specific product line. Must lean into risk taking and be customer curious! ## What You'll Do * Set strategic direction for product area and team * Provide creative direction and coaching to develop a motivated, high performing team * 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 * 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 * Collaborate and lead others in key design and product initiatives and their implementation ## Who You Are * 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; computer knowledge includi
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