Adobe Creative Suite, Analysis Skills, Business Strategy, Business Support, Coaching, Consumer Branding, Content Delivery/Distribution, Cross-Functional, Establish Priorities, Fashion Trends, Financial Trend Analysis, Leadership, Market Research, Market Trend Analysis, Product Development, Product Merchandising, Product Programs, Risk, Team Player, Time Management, Time Tracking, Trend Analysis
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. Your goal is to partner with cross functional team members who collectively are responsible for ensuring that the product style and trend are more than worth the price for our customers. You will define and lead the overall global design direction and conceptual development of the Old Navy Female range. Must lean into risk taking and be customer curious!
What You'll Do
- Set overarching vision and conceptual development for the Old Navy Female range.
- Drive the Female Concept Design process, including market research, macro trend, theme direction, trend funnel creation and content delivery.
- Develop concept Themes, Big Ideas and reporting for the Female product range, advocate for concept ideas by presenting to internal leadership and cross functional partners.
- Ensure design direction is consistent with market trends as well as business strategy; interpret international and domestic concepts and fashion trends as they relate to market demands, company image and business strategy.
- Develop strong internal cross functional relationships to direct and ensure successful execution of concept content.
- Drive strategy for the Female product lines by providing recommendations regarding macro trends, seasonal themes, big ideas and key items, ensuring concept work supports business and customer needs.
- Collaborate and lead others in key concept and product initiatives and their implementation.
- Provide creative direction and coaching to develop a motivated, high performing team.
Who You Are
- Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and highly collaborative environment, with the agility to juggle multiple seasons at one time and track individual and team workflow and deadlines.
- Possess an elevated sense of style, aesthetic, and color and understand how to translate trends through the lens of the customer and brand filter.
- Thorough knowledge of concept for fashion from Theme to Big Idea and Key Items.
- Proven experience in high quality, clear and inspirational mood boards and trend decks; computer knowledge including Adobe Creative Suite.
- Can evaluate complex situations using multiple internal and external sources.
- Ability to filter, prioritize, analyze, and validate complex, in-depth concepts and procedures.
- Understands broader conceptual impacts across merchandising and product development.
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