Sock Designer – Lululemon, Portland, OR

REFERENCE #: 032617

LOCATION: Portland , Oregon , United States

JOB FAMILY GROUP: Design

Sock Designer
The Sock Designer will elevate the Lululemon product by creating unique and original designs and artworks for the footwear category with a focus on socks. We strive to solve the needs of our Guest living into the sweatlife. Our team will drive excellence in product feel, function and aesthetic.

Leading
• The sock designer will create technical designs and artworks for Mens and Womens socks.
• Build inspirational concept boards to convey the seasonal sock concept direction.
• Maintain seasonal color documents and communicate to development
• Presents and communicates work clearly and confidently in seasonal meetings and reviews.
• The designer has a passion for style and function, is aware and ahead of trends and has knowledge of the market we play in.
• Design solutions for lululemon guests and ambassadors living the sweatlife in the Footwear COE

• Manage multiple product track development projects at various stages through design, development and start of production.
• Responsible for the technical knit design of assigned styles to on-time and 100% ready for commercialization.
• Translate graphic/print/pattern from lululemon creative team into technical designs that can be applied to Socks.
• Manage all Design resources internally, externally, and cross functionally to achieve desired outcomes of sock category

Partner
• Ability to work with lululemon ambassadors in focus groups and design solutions for unmet needs.
• Internal Concept team and external contractors to ensure Concept art is translated into technical files for each style development
• Manage the Concept Creation Calendar
• Work with Global Creative teams to confirm seasonal briefs are complete for each style.
• Regular check ins with Footwear/Apparel/Accessories merch and design teams to ensure alignment with product initiatives and seasonal creative direction.

Technical
• Ability to create technical vendor files for Jacquards, Textures, Print and Pattern
• Strong knowledge of Yarns, Textile, Knit and Performance products.
• Execute design intent and consistency through clear analysis, documentation, communication with Global Merchandising and Concept team.
• Critique, adjust and evaluate design concepts and prototypes from a performance, manufacturing, and functional perspective, extend expertise to problem solve
• Research trends, silhouette, style, and emerging technologies for technical Knits.
• Organize and prioritize daily workload of assigned product to maintain production calendar
• Travel onsite to work with manufacturers and suppliers on current and future development projects
• Attend Seasonal GTM meetings at Vancouver SSC

Experience + Requirements
• 4+ Years performance apparel, knit or textile design experience
• MA, BA, BFA, BS or equivalent in Apparel/Fashion/Textile design or similar
• Must be advanced in Adobe Creative Suite and Illustrator
• Solid presentation skills
• Experienced in different knitting techniques, flat/circular knit machines, yarns and garment construction
• Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life.
• Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results.
• Experience in building technical packages.
• Visible Independent, critical thinking, as well as strong attention to detail
• Driven by technical aspects of design process

NOTE: Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest. lululemon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. This Equal Employment Opportunity policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline, transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. While management is primarily responsible for seeing that lululemon equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, you share in the responsibility for assuring that, by your personal actions, the policies are effective.