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 across Girls Woven Tops, Dresses, Bottoms, and Sweaters. 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. Responsibilities include participating in the conceptual development of Girls Woven Tops, Dresses, Bottoms, and Sweaters ensuring product is consistent with market trends and brand strategies. Must lean into risk taking and be customer curious!
What You'll Do
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 advocates 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 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.
Participate in projects and assignments of diverse scope.
Responsible for sketch callouts and communicating desired fit and aesthetic to tech design and maintaining sketch updates and specifications (i.e. trims, wash, etc..)
Who You Are
Must have a high level of natural interest in current events, and be up to date on current fashion and social media trends/pop-ups, especially in the pre-teen/ teen world.
Work with R&D/ fabric development to source new fabrics for each season
Able to color up croquis for collection boards. Having a good eye for color is a must!
Will help to make color comments and print approvals
Must be a flexible cross functional partner that is able to pivot from project to project in a fast paced environment.
Proficient in illustrator, photoshop, and will work in Miro for presentations.