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Associate Product Designer - Kids Home
Target • Minneapolis, United States of America 🇺🇸
As an Associate Designer, you will support Owned Brand Product Design and Development with direction from design leaders. You will assist in preparing product specs and developing trim, print, embellishment, and hardware packages.
Responsibilities
- Support Owned Brand Product Design and Development with direction from design leaders to achieve overall product design strategy and merchant objectives
- Maintain a diligent and self-directed approach to workload, and provide accurate and timely communication to internal and external partners
- Support product/trend research, trend concepts, color, and design/development of products
- Assist the team in preparing product specs, and developing trim, print, embellishment, and hardware packages
- Translate ideas using CAD/hand sketches
- Complete design/technical sketches and professional presentation boards/materials for meetings, and vendor partners
- Work closely with the Technical Design department, working together to communicate fit and construction details
Requirements
- Four-year degree in Design, Fine Art, or similar area of study, or equivalent experience
- 1+ years of experience
- Computer design system skills including InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
- Experience in CAD illustration or 2D/3D software
- Ability to stay aware of Trends and Fashion
- Understanding of textiles, garment construction/fit or raw materials & product production
- Experience assimilating product feedback
- Ability to research and apply market/trend information
- Ability to build strong partnerships in order to successfully work in a team environment
Key Skills
- InDesign
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- CAD illustration
- 2D/3D software
- Trend awareness
- Fashion understanding
- Textiles
- Garment construction/fit
- Raw materials & product production
- Product feedback assimilation
- Market/trend research
- Team partnerships
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more
- 401(k)
- Employee discount
- Short term disability
- Long term disability
- Paid sick leave
- Paid national holidays
- Paid vacation
About Target
Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop. For more information, visit corporate.target.com. Beware of Hiring Scams: Target will never ask you to submit personal information via a text message for a position. Target will only ask you to apply for positions through corporate.target.com/careers, or Workday, our applicant tracking system.
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