Senior Director Design, Lifestyle

About the Role

What You'll Do

• 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.

Who You Are

• 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