Our client, an American retailer that owns and operates four well-established brands is hiring a Fashion Concept Director to join their design teams in San Francisco, CA!
This team creates trend ideas, themes, mood boards, and presentations for seasonal designs. As a Director on this team, you will manage the discussions, collaboration across teams, and final presentations for fashion concepts and themes for their Women’s clothing!
*This is not a sketching position.
Responsibilities:
- Research global trend insight and markets in order to identify new trends and strategic concept direction each season.
- Work with the Concept Senior Director to curate and create trend ideas, themes, mood boards & presentations.
- Ability to visualize compelling presentations and mood boards
- Collaborate with concept and design teams for seasonal Kick Off.
- Develop strong internal cross-functional relationships with design & merchandising to ensure strategic and purposeful trend direction – provide trend support & guidance as needed.
- Consistently research trends and the marketplace, for inspiration and opportunities in product assortments, trend and storytelling.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of fashion design experience
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and highly collaborative environment, with the agility to juggle multiple seasons at one time and track fashion deadlines.
- Possess an elevated sense of style, trend, knowledge of women’s design and how to translate trends through the lens of the customer and brand filter
- Dynamic, team-oriented attitude to lead and manage creative thinkers
- Confident presentation skills, capable of influencing an audience – both visually and verbally.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
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