Creative Director, Apparel Design Job Description

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Creative Director, Apparel Design Job Description Template

Our company is looking for a Creative Director, Apparel Design to join our team.

Responsibilities:

  • You work in partnership with Global Product Merchandising to ensure the product design vision aligns with the global merchandising strategy;
  • You identify the right product partnerships for specific projects and manage agency/consultant relationships through execution;
  • You work in partnership with R&D leadership to ensure relevant innovation concepts are executed appropriately in seasonal product launches.

Requirements:

  • You have proven leadership success with concepted, strategized and launched global consumer product concepts;
  • You eschew micro trends to instead pursue high impact, enduring, progressive design and experiences;
  • You have a strong understanding of softgoods product design, softgoods manufacturing and supply chain;
  • Your ability to make solid and bold decisions harvests natural leadership and trust;
  • You are a creative and strategic thinker with energy to break new ground and thrive in a technical lab-like, fail-forward environment;
  • Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for the outdoor lifestyle and culture that surrounds it;
  • You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement;
  • You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions;
  • You have a passion for sustainable design and style;
  • You have proven people leadership experience and a passion for coaching, mentoring, and guiding a team of creative leaders and contributors;
  • You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity;
  • You set a clear vision, align your team around common objectives, and foster commitment to these objectives;
  • You seek and execute the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right;
  • You have a knowledge and understanding of the outdoor/fashion/apparel industry and the disciplines for which Arc’teryx design products for;
  • You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration.