Designer, Kids + Baby Accessories

The Gap • Folsom, CA

27d

About The Position

In this role, you will work in an energizing, inclusive, and creative environment focused on concepting and creating sustainable products that exceed customers' expectations. You will partner with cross-functional team members responsible for ensuring that product style, fit, and quality are more than worth the price for customers. You will manage the design process for your assigned product category, from market research and conception through product design and final styling. The role calls for risk-taking and customer curiosity.

Requirements

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, highly collaborative environment; juggle multiple seasons at once; and track development deadlines.
• An elevated sense of style, aesthetic, and color, with the ability to translate trends through the lens of the customer and brand.
• Thorough knowledge of silhouette, fit, fabrication, construction, color use, sewing techniques, and trim.
• Strong computer knowledge, including Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to assess relatively complex situations, analyze data, make judgments, and recommend solutions.

Responsibilities

• Research global markets to identify new seasonal trends, silhouettes, fabrics, techniques, product categories, and competitive inspiration.
• Develop concepts and sketches for the product line and present design ideas to internal leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Build strong relationships with Merchandising, Production, Technical Design, Gap Inc Sourcing (GIS), Visual Merchandising, and Marketing to support seamless product concept-to-store and site execution.
• Influence product-area strategy by recommending seasonal themes and line edits, ensuring products meet business and customer needs.
• Partner with Production and Tech Design to create tech packs and communicate the vision behind fit and product design, ensuring execution, quality, and desired margin targets.
• Build cross-functional partnerships and consensus, identify sketch callouts, and communicate desired fit and aesthetic to the cross-functional team.
• Select fabrics and trims.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed