Director, Trend & Concept - LOFT

Director, Trend & Creative Concept

LOFT creates modern, feminine, versatile clothing for women with one common style goal: to look and feel confident wherever the day takes them. We empower women to find their authentic self-expression because feeling like yourself is always in style. Here at LOFT, we're busy styling the careers and supporting the lives of everyday optimists just like you. Express your authentic self and experience endless inspiration, all while enjoying the opportunities and benefits that help you get the most from your career, life, and wardrobe.

About the Role

The Director, Trend & Creative Concept is responsible for leading the development of new concepts and style ideas, based on market fashion trends and inspiration. The Director will be part of a unique environment that is an incubator for new ideas and creativity, with the opportunity to ensure the desired vision remains intact and is brought to life. This requires strong cross-functional relationships with design, merchandising, and marketing to ensure the product inspiration and styling carries through from initial design concept to marketing collateral.

The Impact You Can Have

• Spearhead conceptual direction for each season, adjusting per shifting strategic needs of the business
• Creates trend forecast to be used by both design and merchandising
• Research, identify trends and conceptualize new ideas that complement existing product or take the LOFT business in a new direction
• Oversee direction of print, pattern and color for each collection
• Print and Sample budget management
• Stay abreast of trends, new techniques and resources in print design and fabric
• Present new concepts and seasonal ideas to senior management and design for inspiration
• Demonstrate strong awareness of apparel retail and fashion landscape
• Build relationships with Cross-Functional partners and participate as a solution-oriented team member, contributing to a high performing team
• Demonstrate ability to affect key decisions within the Cross-Functional team
• Partner with Merchandising leadership to assure brand right color and theme flow, adding and adjusting color and print post line coordination processes.
• Partner with Marketing in order to influence marketing POV and creative solutions
• Partner with Design on print, pattern and color to meet all line plan and development needs
• Partners with each department at different touch points through the product life cycle.

You'll Bring to the Role

• 10-15 years of experience in design, pattern, textiles and color
• Bachelors' or Associates Degree, or equivalent, in Design
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong fashion sense, with a sense of brand and client needs
• Detail oriented, with excellent follow-through skills
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative environment
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Conceptual and/or Trend forecasting experience preferred

Benefits

• You will be eligible to receive a merchandise discount at select KnitWell Group brands, subject to each brand's discount policies.
• Support for your individual development plus opportunities for career mobility within our family of brands.
• A culture of giving back local volunteer opportunities, annual donation and volunteer match to eligible nonprofit organizations, and philanthropic activities to support our communities.
• Medical, dental, vision insurance & 401(K)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Time off paid time off & holidays

The target salary range for this role is: $140K - $180K

Location: Times Square Tower-ANN-New York, NY 10036

Regular/Full time

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Company is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates. Hiring decisions are based upon a candidate's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration and are made without regard to sex (including pregnancy), race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other category protected by applicable law. The Company is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for job applicants with disabilities. If you require an accommodation to perform the essential duties of the position you are seeking or to participate in the application process, please contact myHRSupport@knitwellgroup.com. The Company will make reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified applicants or employees, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the operations of the Company's business. The Company will not revoke or alter a job offer based on an applicant's request for reasonable accommodation.