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Old Navy · 8 hours ago

Director Design Toddler Girls

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$173K/yr - $225K/yr

Old Navy is on a mission to democratize fashion and create high-quality essentials for the whole family. The Director of Design for Toddler Girls will lead a creative design team, managing the product design process and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure a seamless customer experience.

ApparelE-CommerceFashionLifestyle

Responsibilities

Lead team through all aspects of the product design process, providing creative direction, coaching, and developing a motivated, high performing team

Research global markets in order to identify new seasonal trends, silhouettes, fabrics, techniques, product categories and competitive inspiration

Develop overall design vision and concept for product area, advocating and presenting strategies 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 initiatives and their implementation

Responsible for planning, budget, and end results; set policies and strategic direction for design team

Qualification

Creative directionProduct design processAdobe IllustratorMarket researchGarment constructionTeam leadershipAesthetic senseBudget planningTrend analysisMicrosoft ExcelCollaboration

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

Strong computer knowledge including Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Excel

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, product development, mills and vendors

Benefits

Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.

One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.

Employees can take up to five “on the clock” hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.

Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee’s base pay.

Employee stock purchase plan.

Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.

Company

Old Navy

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Old Navy offers shoppers with an online platform to find and purchase from among a collection of apparel stores in California. It is a sub-organization of Gap.

Founded in 1994