Senior Design Manager, Product Design

VFC Corporation

Tokyo, Japan
5-8 years apparel product design experience
Fluent english language proficiency
Pattern making and material knowledge skills
This role is responsible for ensuring that concept, art direction, and design are on-brand and aligned with global strategy

Job Summary

  • This role is responsible for ensuring that concept, art direction, and design are on-brand and aligned with global strategy.
  • The position requires supervising the execution of new art including photo-shoots, illustrations, and digital imaging while developing commercially viable apparel designs.
  • Candidates must foster an innovative one VF mindset within the team and act as the front of marketplace reality to filter relevant trends into collections.

Matching Summary

This role is responsible for ensuring that concept, art direction, and design are on-brand and aligned with global strategy.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5-8 years apparel product design experience
  • Fluent English language proficiency
  • Pattern making and material knowledge skills
  • Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop software capabilities
  • Seasonal calendar milestone management

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with lifestyle or streetwear brands
  • Footwear brand experience
  • Management of external freelance resources
  • Strong sense of general fashion trends
  • Ability to work in uncertainty and ambiguity

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Apparel or Consumer Product Design
  • 5-8 years of relevant apparel product design experience
  • Fluent English communication skills required

Work Rights

Not specified

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