Anthropologie Associate Design Director - Temporary Assignment

Anthropologie is seeking an Associate Design Director for Handbag Design & Product Development. In this role, the Associate Design Director will be responsible for driving inspiration and design for Anthropologie's growing Handbag category. 

• Identify trends in styling and color that can be used across all of Accessories, focusing on Footwear
• Create seasonal inspiration decks and align with Merchants before working with vendors to create and develop new styles
• Design & develop within the seasonal Line Plan numbers, estimated 500 styles per year
• Gather seasonal booking dates to align with Investment Review dates
• Sample tracking in preparation for Investment Reviews
• Share unit buys by style with vendors to negotiate final costing
• Once the assortment is landed, collaborate with the Merchant team on branding by style
• Provide technical fit comments to vendors to get to the best fit possible, acting as the fit technician and fit model
• Problem solve as needed during bulk production

• 7+ years experinece designing and working cross functionally to bring product to life commercially
• Extensive design and technical handbag experience in Design and PD
• CAD, Photoshop, Excel, Powerpoint

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