Urban Outfitters Assistant Designer

Urban Outfitters•Philadelphia, PA

About The Position

Urban Outfitters is seeking a highly creative Women’s Apparel Designer to support the design team in all functions of creative design and product execution.

Requirements

Excellent ability to sketch design ideas accurately and emotionally while maintaining a good sense of proportion and can accurately illustrate details to communicate design vision to manager
Possesses mocking, draping, sewing, and other technical skills related to garment making
Maintains awareness of trend, shares research and inspiration with team (social media, retail experience, street-style, competitive shopping and vintage exploration as it relates to the UO product)
Demonstrates a close connection to UO customer
Works with design leads to execute creative vision in sample and presentation form
Analyzing Velo metrics every Monday to understand business and sell through of product
Maintaining and updating CADs for seasonal assortment in Adobe XD
General understanding and awareness of overall fit, fabric and construction intentions
Ability to investigates design solutions for projects with an awareness of cost, process, and impact on partners
Independently executes assignments once given direction and effectively manages up in a timely manner
Develops well thought out comments and opinions using both POV and data to contribute during meetings
Remains humble while receiving feedback openly and positively with a willingness to collaborate on ideas or processes that may require necessary changes
Communicates and collaborates effectively both internally and with cross-functional partners and vendors to ensure product execution reflects design intent
Takes responsibility for organizing their work, setting their own timelines and recognizing conditions and results that may impact the assignment
Maintains courteous, professional email/phone and interpersonal relationships with cross-functional partners and vendors. Ability to format a professional and comprehensive email
Flexible, adaptable and responsive to fast-paced work environment while maintaining style and design vision integrity
Asks questions and strives for clarity, quickly learns from mistakes and actively seeks solutions
Displays the ability to “find work” and offers to help teammates during downtime
Effectively manages up in a timely manner
Adobe suite proficient
Microsoft Office suite proficient
AI prompting and generating for creative and presentation purpose (MJ, PromeAi, and ChatGPT)
Treadstone and BOM maintenance
Maintain organized and up to date line sheet and assortment tools at all time
Highly organized with capacity to anticipate change

Nice To Haves

Brand ambassador and role model of our values

Responsibilities

Assist in preparing presentation materials for seasonal benchmark meetings such as Sketch Review, Finalization, and Print + Color day
Sketch design ideas accurately and emotionally while maintaining a good sense of proportion and can accurately illustrate details to communicate design vision to manager
Possess mocking, draping, sewing, and other technical skills related to garment making
Track, manage and organize department samples
Maintain awareness of trend, share research and inspiration with team (social media, retail experience, street-style, competitive shopping and vintage exploration as it relates to the UO product)
Act as a brand ambassador and role model of our values
Demonstrate a close connection to UO customer
Work with design leads to execute creative vision in sample and presentation form
Analyze Velo metrics every Monday to understand business and sell through of product
Maintain and update CADs for seasonal assortment in Adobe XD
Investigate design solutions for projects with an awareness of cost, process, and impact on partners
Independently execute assignments once given direction and effectively manage up in a timely manner
Develop well thought out comments and opinions using both POV and data to contribute during meetings
Remain humble while receiving feedback openly and positively with a willingness to collaborate on ideas or processes that may require necessary changes
Communicate and collaborate effectively both internally and with cross-functional partners and vendors to ensure product execution reflects design intent
Take responsibility for organizing their work, setting their own timelines and recognizing conditions and results that may impact the assignment
Maintain courteous, professional email/phone and interpersonal relationships with cross-functional partners and vendors. Ability to format a professional and comprehensive email
Be flexible, adaptable and responsive to fast-paced work environment while maintaining style and design vision integrity
Ask questions and strive for clarity, learn quickly from mistakes and actively seek solutions
Display the ability to “find work” and offer to help teammates during downtime
Proficient in Adobe suite
Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
Utilize AI prompting and generating for creative and presentation purposes (MJ, PromeAi, and ChatGPT)
Maintain Treadstone and BOM
Maintain organized and up to date line sheet and assortment tools at all time
Be highly organized with capacity to anticipate change