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Senior Designer – Jackets & Outerwear
URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)Senior Designer for Jackets & Outerwear at Free People, shaping detail-driven fashion for expressive categories. Involves concept direction, monthly design development, and mentoring junior designers.
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Identify emerging fashion trends, and translate them into concept direction that feels relevant, aspirational, and brand-right for the Free People customer.
- Develop monthly concept direction for Jackets & Outerwear, including silhouette, fabric, wash, trim, artwork, and embellishment ideas.
- Create and communicate design ideas through sketching, digital tools, draped or sewn mock-ups, AI-assisted exploration when appropriate, and other visual communication methods.
- Edit the assortment to create a thoughtful balance of ideas against the business lineplan, ensuring the category has range, newness, emotional product, and commercial clarity.
- Create compelling, presentation-ready digital decks on a monthly basis for design leadership, with an eye toward elevation, clarity, and efficiency.
- Lead technical design setups with strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy across technical sketches, BOMs, design packages, construction notes, pattern translation, and handoff to Technical Design.
- Attend fittings and contribute to fit, construction, proportion, and detail problem-solving throughout the development process.
- Partner closely with Merchandising, Product Development, Technical Design, Production, and Sourcing to ensure designs are creative, executable, and aligned with business objectives.
- Mentor and guide junior team members through research, sketching, design development, package execution, technical accuracy, and day-to-day priorities.
- Communicate ideas clearly and collaboratively in key meetings, inspiring confidence across Design, Merchandising, Production, and leadership partners.
- Bring flexibility, curiosity, positivity, and a generous creative spirit to the team and the work
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion/Apparel Design preferred.
- 9+ years of industry experience in Jackets, Wovens, Outerwear, Dresses, or a closely related apparel category strongly preferred.
- Professional portfolio demonstrating creative vision, jacket/outerwear design ability, technical understanding, and an aesthetic relevant to the Free People brand.
- Fluency in digital design and presentation tools, including Adobe Creative Suite; experience with CAD, Procreate, AI-assisted design tools, PLM systems, or related apparel design platforms preferred.
- Ability to sketch and communicate design ideas clearly through hand sketching, digital sketching, CAD, mock-ups, or other relevant visual tools.
- Ability to work on-site 3–5 days per week at our World Headquarters in Philadelphia, PA.
Benefits
Comp & perks- medical
- dental
- vision
- PTO
- generous employee discounts
- retirement savings and much more
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Hard Skills & Tools
apparel designtechnical designsketchingmock-upsfit problem-solvingconstruction notespattern translationdesign developmentBOMscreative vision
Soft Skills
communicationmentoringcollaborationattention to detailflexibilitycuriositypositivitycreative spiritleadershipproblem-solving
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion/Apparel Design