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Design Manager, Adult Accessories, Brand
Gap Inc.
New York, NY, United States
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About Us
In 1969, Don and Doris Fisher opened the first Gap store on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco. They wanted to make it easier to find a great pair of jeans, and they did. Their denim and records store was a hit, and it grew to become one of the world’s most iconic brands.
Today we’re represented in more than 1400 stores in over 40 countries, and online. We have headquarters in New York, London, Shanghai, Tokyo, and, of course, San Francisco.
Our unique aesthetic is optimistic cool, elevated American style. Our clothes are crafted with care, with focused attention to thoughtful design.We believe in staying true to our heritage while creating what’s next.
Don and Doris Fisher always wanted to “do more than sell clothes.” They wanted to support the people who ran their company, to be active in their communities, and to have a positive impact on the world. Their vision helped transform retail, and we’re still following their lead.
We stand for freedom and possibility for all; we champion diverse ideas that transcend generations, geographies and genders.
So if you have ideas, if you’re talented, if you want to work with phenomenal people, and if you think we should leave the world a little better than we found it, we’d love to meet you.
Role Description
Design Manager of Adult Accessories manages and directs an in-house team of designers and vendor partnerships to develop concepts and trends that translate into optimized commercial product delivered to our customers. He/She guides the product aesthetic, and ensures product quality throughout the co-creation and development process. He/ She is responsible for managing a team and workflow through all aspects of the entire product development process including market research, design, co-creation, vendor leveraged model and consistency of product quality in accordance with costing parameters and strategic line plan.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Protects brand aesthetic; possesses elevated sense of style and translates trends through brand filter.
• Is responsible for setting the overall global design direction of the Adult Accessories product line.
• Articulates the Gap vision for Accessories to licensed vendors
• Acts as liaison to Aldo Accessories for all shoes and bags.
• Responsible for managing small in-house design team focused in soft goods
• Ensures product aesthetic and costs are consistent with brand image and target customers; sees development through to approval.
Qualifications
• Accessories -deep experience in accessory design and product development with commercial viability.
• Financial Acumen-proven ability to impact financial outcomes.
• Experimentation-experience successfully implementing brand filters and trend funnel.
• Innovation-great eye for color, understands possibilities of construction, has delivered new innovative ways to use details in design.
• Team Leadership- experience building, managing and inspiring large cross category, cross division, cross functional Design/Creative teams.
• Personal Leadership- demonstrated executive presence, presentation, influencing, and collaboration across a senior leadership team in a variety of settings.
• Change Leadership- experience leading through significant change