Associate Concept Designer

Role Summary

Free People is seek an Associate Concept Designer to join our team!  The Associate Concept Designer’s responsibility is to identify and communicate seasonal trend direction to inspire the Free People Design Team by researching current fashion trends as they apply to the Free People customer across multiple categories and generating visual content while providing the assistance needed to communicate those trends through the creation of trend presentations and publications.

Role Responsibilities

• Contribute a unique creative perspective on current fashion trends.
• Research trend direction in the areas of Color, Print, Graphics, Embellishment, Wash, Fabric, Silhouette, Shoes, and Design Details as they relate to the Free People customer.
• Compile visual content and build strong trend guides that visually document and communicate seasonal trends to Design team and cross functional partners in trend categories of ownership.
• Maintain effective communication with design teams regarding trend presentation dates, concept packet publication and sample distribution.
• Attend MSR’s for both Wholesale & Retail as well as Sales meetings to keep up with current selling info, buying needs and to help in identifying categories that need trend support.
• Recognize and accurately forecast fashion and cultural trends and understand how they relate to the Free People customer.
• Respond to business objectives with creativity and innovative approaches.

Role Qualifications

• Degree in Fashion Apparel Design or related field and 4+ Years Design Experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of the Free People and FP Movement Customer.
• Ability to use Adobe InDesign to create presentations.  
• Design Portfolio that demonstrates trend awareness, skill in visual storytelling and strong ability in articulating ideas clearly.
• Creative Vision: Demonstrate the vision to identify trends in their early stages and understand their impact to fashion.
• Expertise in taking aspirational ideas, focusing on the key details and make them work for a broader audience.
• Highly organized and efficient
• Self-starter and solution seeker
• Ability to thrive in a fast paced and team-based environment
• Excellent communication skills to communicate ideas and inspirations to others and to interact with Designers, Buyers and other Cross Functional partners.

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.