Senior Designer - Women's Wovens (American Eagle) Job at American Eagle Outfitte

Job Description

POSITION TITLE: Senior Designer - Women's Wovens

REPORTS TO: Senior Design Director

POSITION SUMMARY:

This role is responsible for seasonally designing and executing the AE Women's Wovens assortment that relates to the seasonal concept and overall aesthetic and philosophy of AE.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identify market trends domestically and internationally continually and evaluate trends as they relate to American Eagle.
• Working closely with the Senior Design Director, identify big ideas + key items that will answer the seasonal brief and business needs.
• Excellent sketching and vector cads skills that communicate proper proportion, details and constructions for presentation decks and techpacks.
• Apply seasonal color, print and pattern to the line post sketch reviews and work with the Senior Design Director to balance out according to the key focus palettes and color stories.
• Wash and color development seasonally to work with any new seasonal washes or any new wash on an existing fabric.
• Have thorough working knowledge of raw materials and work with material team to source seasonal fabrics, attend weekly material meeting to manage requests and approvals. Support the design director with seasonal platforming needs for material pre-positioning.
• Partner with Senior Design Director on seasonal presentations and key milestones and be able to confidently field questions from executive leadership team.
• Oversee seasonal decks with all up-to-date information on details, wash and color.
• Supervise techpack creation ensuring the assistant designer can correctly assemble all information needed to direct the tech team on the design intent. Proof the work and provide an extra set of eyes across all styles and bubble any questions and areas when further guidance is required from the design director.
• Partner with production team to schedule hand off's according to calendar deadlines aligned with design director.
• Attend and support all style fittings to guide the teams through fit comments, support and proof follow up actions.
• Trim/submit approvals along with color/print/stripe approvals.
• Gold tag, shade band and other color/material approvals.
• Support assistants with daily vendor emails.
• Partner with production team to achieve the highest quality product within the cost structure that is needed.
• Partner with merchants to ensure design is aligned on seasonal needs and changes throughout the season.
• Supervise Assistant Designer and/or Associate Designer to assist in the development of that individual to grow to the next level.
• Understands importance of training as a key role in developing their direct reports and guides them.
• Manage design team's workload and day-to-day, help to prioritize through the complexity of overlapping seasons.
• Partner with Senior Design Director on seasonal calendar and category specific deadlines to ensure these are achievable.
• Able to work in a hybrid environment, meaning that some work may be performed remotely but certain essential functions must be performed in-person/in-office based on the needs of the business.
• In person/in-office collaboration is required, the frequency of such in-person/in-office collaboration (e.g., portion of week, entire week) is dictated by business needs. Such collaboration includes work centralized around product development, milestone meetings, fittings, and approvals.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Fashion or Art (or equivalent experience and education).
• Experience working in Apparel. Wovens experience is plus.
• 8+ years related experience
• Keen eye for color, trend, detail and construction.
• Able to multi-task and prioritize based on business objectives
• Working knowledge of Adobe Suite (Illustrator/Photoshop/Indesign) and Excel. PLM experience is a plus.
• Ability to act as liaison between many departments, excellent communication, and analytic skills.
• Must be detail oriented, computer literate and able to handle multiple tasks at once.

PAY/BENEFITS INFORMATION:

• Actual starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to relevant experience and location.
• Subject to eligibility requirements, associates may receive health care benefits (including medical, vision, and dental); wellness benefits; 401(k) retirement benefits; life and disability insurance; employee stock purchase program; paid time off; paid sick leave; and parental leave and benefits.
• Paid Time Off, paid sick leave, and holiday pay vary by job level and type, job location, employment classification (part-time or full-time / exempt or non-exempt), and years of service. For additional information, please click here.
• AEO may also provide discretionary bonuses and other incentives at its discretion.

About Us

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) is a portfolio of unique, loved and enduring brands with merchandise assortments that consist of high-quality, on-trend apparel, intimates, activewear, accessories, and personal care products.

AEO operates stores in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Hong Kong, and ships to approximately 80 countries worldwide through its websites. American Eagle and Aerie merchandise also is available at more than 300 international locations operated by licensees in approximately 30 countries.

AEO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to complying with all federal, state and local equal employment opportunity ("EEO") laws. AEO prohibits discrimination against associates and applicants for employment because of the individual's race or color, religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression, marital or partnership status, domestic violence or stalking victim status, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This applies to all AEO activities, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, compensation, assignment, training, promotion, performance evaluation, discipline and discharge. AEO also provides reasonable accommodation of religion and disability in accordance with applicable law.

Applications will be accepted until the Apply Before date (if applicable), but may be extended based on applicant volume.