Aéropostale

Manager

• Use statistical information and market knowledge to create action plans and achieve financial, customer-service, and operational goals.
• Understand and demonstrate product knowledge, selling, and operational skills to maximize sales.
• Engage with customers to build relationships and brand loyalty using company tools.
• Attract, develop, and retain top talent individuals.
• Motivate and engage teams by identifying their strengths.
• Provide and receive feedback to improve performance and develop team members.
• Communicate clear expectations and hold the store team accountable to achieving results.
• Ensure store standards for merchandising and operations are met consistently.
• Oversee controllable expenses such as payroll and training to increase profitability.
• Establish trust with the team in the face of opposing beliefs, values, or perspectives.

Store Manager

• Use statistical information and market knowledge to create action plans and achieve financial, customer-service and operational goals.
• Understand and demonstrate product knowledge, selling and operational skills to maximize sales.
• Engage with customers to build relationships and brand loyalty by using company tools.
• Attract, develop, and retain top talent individuals.
• Motivate and engage teams by identifying strengths.
• Provide and receive feedback to improve performance and develop team members.
• Communicate clear expectations and hold team and self accountable to achieving results.
• Ensure store standards for merchandising and operations are met consistently.
• Oversee all controllable expenses such as payroll and training to increase profitability.

Vice President

• Lead the strategic financial objectives of the division through accurate and proactive management and forecasting of sales, margin, and inventory levels to achieve targets
• Provide high-level analysis and business reports to leadership
• Develop and share merchandise analysis to inform and lead decision-making, including weekly promotional pricing and markdown decisions
• Partner with merchandising and allocation on the timing and quantity of new and existing product flow into the stores to maximize profitability
• Demonstrates effective working relationships, building strong partnerships and influencing cross-functional leaders, inclusive of merchandising, allocation, marketing, finance, and production.
• Drive planning process improvements, standardizations, and best practices aligned to accommodate the complexities of the business.
• Accountable for leveraging departments to achieve division results
• Lead, develop, and manage planning team – provide training and career development.

Vice President, Merchandise Planning

Designer

• Act as the primary point of contact between the design team and third-party vendors
• Clearly communicate design intent, fit comments, and product details
• Coordinate and track all sample submissions, lab dips, and design approvals
• Manage incoming and outgoing submits to ensure deadlines are met
• Maintain professional, timely email correspondence with vendors
• Support head designers by documenting and following up on fit comments
• Maintain organized design libraries, records, and sample archives
• Assist in the preparation of design packages, decks, and presentations
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to keep projects aligned and on schedule
• Support the design development of collaborative and third-party collections, ensuring alignment with brand standards
• Contribute to seasonal concepts, color palettes, prints, and silhouettes specific to collaboration initiatives
• Create and update technical sketches and flats using Adobe Illustrator
• Support fabric, trim, wash, and color selection in partnership with the Designer
• Contribute to mood boards, concept decks, line reviews, and collaboration presentations
• Conduct trend, market, and competitive research using digital platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, WGSN, and Miro
• Create, update, and maintain detailed and accurate tech packs, including measurements, construction details, BOMs, and design comments
• Support fit sessions by capturing detailed notes, tracking revisions, and following up on required changes
• Assist with sample management, including tracking, organizing, reviewing, and maintaining sample libraries
• Track product updates throughout the development lifecycle to ensure accuracy and on-time execution
• Support communication with third-party vendors and overseas factories to uphold design intent and brand expectations
• Partner closely with Merchandising, Technical Design, Production, and Sourcing teams to align collaborative product with line plans, costing, and timelines
• Assist in managing seasonal calendars and collaboration-specific milestones
• Support adoption meetings, line reviews, and cross-functional checkpoints
• Organize and maintain design files, collaboration decks, reference libraries, and seasonal boards
• Update PLM systems, line plans, BOMs, and internal tracking tools
• Support market preparation, collaboration launches, and internal presentations

Associate Designer

• Manages garment evaluation process to ensure the provision of technical design assistance with master pattern and size grading as needed.
• Collaborate with Design and Product Development teams to determine fit and aesthetics.
• Complete product packages in FlexPLM, including measurements, construction details and technical sketches.
• Establish and maintain fit and construction standards to ensure brand consistency and quality.
• Prepare and lead fit sessions with Design and Product Development, discuss fit history when presenting current fit and recommend alternative methods of construction or options for components when necessary.
• Resolve and communicate fit and construction issues to International Buying Offices and factories within the development and production timelines.
• Daily communication and follow through with IBO, vendors, and all cross-functional partners.
• Enhance fit and quality through review of customer comments, competitive analysis, and conducting fit symposiums.

Senior Technical Designer

Growth Marketing

• Lead the development and execution of key growth and channel activation programs across Aéropostale and Lucky Brand.
• Oversee and support the Aéropostale App + Loyalty platform, including activation efforts that drive consumer engagement, retention, and participation.
• Lead marketing support for the Lucky Brand App launch, including planning, activation, and cross-functional alignment.
• Help scale and strengthen the Aéropostale store associate advocacy program.
• Help develop and support a store associate advocacy program for Lucky Brand.
• Develop clear, strategic, and actionable marketing briefs for Creative, CRM, Retail, PR, Communications, Store Operations, and other internal partners.
• Translate business priorities into marketing objectives, audience definitions, messaging direction, deliverables, timing, and success measures.
• Partner closely with brand marketing leadership to ensure activation programs align with broader brand, product, and channel strategies.
• Work cross-functionally with Marketing, CRM, Creative, Retail, Communications, Store Operations, and field teams to support strong execution.
• Support retail and field activation efforts tied to app, loyalty, and associate advocacy programs.
• Support coordination with external partners, where relevant to activation initiatives.
• Ensure activation workstreams are integrated into the broader seasonal marketing calendar as the team works across multiple seasons simultaneously.
• Monitor program performance and identify opportunities to improve engagement, adoption, participation, and overall effectiveness.
• Help bring greater discipline and consistency to how key activation initiatives are planned, briefed, and launched.

Senior Manager, Marketing Growth Channel Activation

• Use statistical information and market knowledge to create action plans and achieve financial, customer-service and operational goals.
• Understand and demonstrate product knowledge, selling and operational skills to maximize sales.
• Engage with customers to build relationships and brand loyalty by using company tools.
• Attract, develop, and retain top talent individuals.
• Motivate and engage your teams by identifying their strengths.
• Provide and receive feedback to improve performance and develop team members.
• Communicate clear expectations and hold the store team and yourself accountable to achieving results.
• Ensure store standards for merchandising and operations are met consistently.
• Oversee all controllable expenses such as payroll and training to increase profitability.
• Establish trust with the team in the face of opposing beliefs, values or perspectives.

Procurement

• Support the development, sourcing, and placement of programs on a seasonal basis, emphasizing quality and maintaining mark-on plans.
• Supports partnerships with cross functional merchant and design departments to develop long term strategies to achieve the goals of the business within the parameters of cost targets and delivery schedules.
• Support and participate in all relevant company wide initiatives as they arise.
• Lead team in adjusting to changing priorities.
• Partner with merchandising to maintain an awareness of key items and overall assortment across classifications.
• Partner with design to gain an understanding of seasonal concepts and design direction across classifications.
• Support team in the resolution of complex development, shipping, and delivery issues while upholding internal and external partnerships.
• Analyze processes, resources, and techniques across classifications and create plans to drive consistency and standardization.
• Partner with Fabric development team and design to conduct fabric and technique research.
• Manage deadlines in accordance with the corporate calendar.
• Find creative solutions to calendar issues throughout the production process.
• Investigate ways to shorten lead-times and increase flexibility.
• Communicate and enforce Aeropostale’s production, quality, and delivery requirements with all team members and suppliers.

Senior Sourcing Manager

• Use statistical information and market knowledge to create action plans and achieve financial, customer-service and operational goals, while addressing the store unique strengths and challenges.
• Understand and demonstrate product knowledge, selling and operational skills to maximize sales.
• Engage with customers to build relationships and brand loyalty by using company tools.
• Attract, develop, and retain top talent individuals.
• Motivate and engage your teams by identifying their strengths.
• Provide and receive feedback to improve performance and develop team members.
• Communicate clear expectations and hold the store team and yourself accountable to achieving results.
• Ensure store standards for merchandising and operations are met consistently.
• Oversee all controllable expenses such as payroll and training to increase profitability.
• Establish trust with the team in the face of opposing beliefs, values or perspectives.
• Remain composed in the face of challenges and unforeseen circumstances
• Provide leadership or assistance with floor sets, window changes, and other merchandising and visual expectations.
• Perform POS transactions on designated shifts and execute management functions in the absence of Assistant Manager.
• Schedule employees to their strengths to maximize productivity.
• Model our values of respect, integrity, teamwork, compassion, accountability, and inclusivity.