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Gap Inc. · 4 months ago

Senior Director Design, Lifestyle

positionSF - 2 Folsom
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

Gap Inc. is a leading retailer, and they are seeking a Senior Director of Design for their Athleta division. This role involves managing a creative design team to develop sustainable products while ensuring high quality and customer satisfaction through collaboration with cross-functional teams.

ApparelE-CommerceFashionLifestyleRetail
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Lead team through all aspects of the product design process, providing creative direction, coaching, and developing a motivated, high performing team
Regularly influence leadership team decisions and initiatives
Develop overall design vision and concept for division or function, advocating and presenting strategies to internal leadership and cross functional partners
Research global markets in order to identify new seasonal trends, silhouettes, fabrics, techniques, product categories and competitive inspiration
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
Responsible for planning, budget, and end results; sets policies and strategies for division or function

Qualification

Creative directionProduct design processSilhouetteFit expertiseAdobe IllustratorMicrosoft ExcelTrend analysisTeam leadershipCollaboration skills

Required

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
Ability to lead, influence and develop a high performing team of designers
Possess an elevated sense of style, aesthetic, and color and understand how to translate trends through the lens of the customer and brand filter
Expert knowledge of silhouette, fit, fabrication, construction, color use, sewing techniques, and trim
Strong computer knowledge including Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Excel

Company

Gap Inc.

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Gap Inc., a house of iconic brands, is the largest specialty apparel company in America.
dateFounded in 1969
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San Francisco, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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https://www.gapinc.com/en-us/

H1B Sponsorship

Gap Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (105)
2024 (117)
2023 (151)
2022 (142)
2021 (111)
2020 (80)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.25B
2020-05-07Post Ipo Debt· $2.25B
1978-01-13IPO

Leadership Team

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Richard Dickson
Chief Executive Officer
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Sven Gerjets
EVP, Chief Technology Officer
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