Urban Outfitters Assistant Designer

Women's Apparel Designer

Urban Outfitters is seeking a highly creative Women's Apparel Designer to support design team in all functions of creative design and product execution.

Role Responsibilities

· Assist in preparing presentation materials for seasonal benchmark meetings such as Sketch Review, Finalization, and Print + Color day

· Excellent ability to sketch design ideas accurately and emotionally while maintaining a good sense of proportion and can accurately illustrate details to communicate design vision to manager

· Possesses mocking, draping, sewing, and other technical skills related to garment making

· Tracks, manages and organizes department samples

Role Qualifications

VISION

· Maintains awareness of trend, shares research and inspiration with team (social media, retail experience, street-style, competitive shopping and vintage exploration as it relates to the UO product)

· Brand ambassador and role model of our values

· Demonstrates a close connection to UO customer

· Works with design leads to execute creative vision in sample and presentation form

BUSINESS ACUMEN

· Analyzing Velo metrics every Monday to understand business and sell through of product

· Maintaining and updating CADs for seasonal assortment in Adobe XD

· General understanding and awareness of overall fit, fabric and construction intentions

· Ability to investigates design solutions for projects with an awareness of cost, process, and impact on partners

LEADERSHIP

· Independently executes assignments once given direction and effectively manages up in a timely manner

· Develops well thought out comments and opinions using both POV and data to contribute during meetings

· Remains humble while receiving feedback openly and positively with a willingness to collaborate on ideas or processes that may require necessary changes

TEAMWORK/COLLABOARATION/CULTURAL FIT

· Communicates and collaborates effectively both internally and with cross-functional partners and vendors to ensure product execution reflects design intent

· Takes responsibility for organizing their work, setting their own timelines and recognizing conditions and results that may impact the assignment

· Maintains courteous, professional email/phone and interpersonal relationships with cross-functional partners and vendors. Ability to format a professional and comprehensive email

DRIVE

· Flexible, adaptable and responsive to fast-paced work environment while maintaining style and design vision integrity

· Asks questions and strives for clarity, quickly learns from mistakes and actively seeks solutions

· Displays the ability to "find work" and offers to help teammates during down time

· Effectively manages up in a timely manner

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

· Adobe suite proficient

· Microsoft Office suite proficient

· AI prompting and generating for creative and presentation purpose (MJ, PromeAi, and ChatGPT)

· Treadstone and BOM maintenance

· Maintain organized and up to date line sheet and assortment tools at all time

· Highly organized with capacity to anticipate change

The Perks

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

EEO Statement

URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.