Director, Design, Leathergoods Position Available In New York, New York

Director, Design, Leathergoods
Kate Spade
New York City, NY, US
Since its launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade New York has always been colorful, bold, and optimistic. Today, it is a global lifestyle brand that designs extraordinary things for the everyday, delivering seasonal collections of handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, home décor, and more. Known for its rich heritage and unique brand DNA, Kate Spade New York offers a distinctive point of view and celebratesmunities of women around the globe who live their perfectly imperfect lifestyles. Kate Spade New York is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brandsmitted to stretching what’s possible.
A member of the Tapestry family, we are part of a global house of brands that has unwavering optimism and ismitted to being innovative and wholly inclusive. Visit Our People page to learn more about Tapestry’smitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity.
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in design to… Manage the design process from concept through production for Mainline handbags and small leathergoods Lead the design team through the design process, providing clear direction and feedback for concepts, designs, layers, techniques, color and placement, in close partnership with the VP of Leathergoods Design Actively participate in the conceptual development of product lines includingmunicating and selling ideas/concepts, including rmendations for seasonal themes, new concepts, etc. Present concepts and designs in detail and holistically during cross functional milestone meetings in a manner that conveys design’s vision as well as merchandising requirements and demonstrates an understanding of the interdependencies of all product decisions Partner closely with Merchandising on ensuring designs achieve line architecture needs Research trends to to target consumer needs and translate to design process
Ensure that product is of high quality, cohesively designed and consistent with market trends, as well as business strategy Work with designers, technical design team and product development team to ensure design packages areplete and accurate Partner with the product development team to drive innovation through silhouettes, construction and techniques. Provide direction to hardware design team partners on hardware elments for handbags and small leathergoods Partner with concept, and color team members to ensure cohesive use of concepts, seasonal s and colors Execute corrections as needed; work with merchandising and product development to find appropriate solutions for costing or construction issues The aplished individual will possess… Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
10+ years design experience Experience designing handbags in high end designer market supported by proven portfolio to be considered for role
Strongputer knowledge, including adobe illustrator Strong leadership andmunication skills
Strong ability to hand sketch Strong design and conceptual skills Strong sense of trends, style and color Shape building skills required SLG experience a plus Thorough knowledge of raw materials, as well as, construction techniques
Understanding of merchandising as it relates to sales and store environment
Our Competencies for All Employees

Courage:

Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct,plete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know w they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.

Creativity:

Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.

Customer Focus:

Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Dealing with

Ambiguity:

Can effectively cope with change; can shift gearsfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; canfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Drive for

Results:

Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

Interpersonal Savvy:

Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside theanization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situationsfortably.
Learning on the

Fly:

Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
Our Competencies for All People Managers

Strategic Agility:

Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can createpetitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
Developing Direct s and

Others:

Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person’s career goals; constructspelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in theanization; is a people builder.

Building Effective Teams:

Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; s wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
Kate Spade is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion,pensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under the consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable amodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable amodation toplete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or employeerelationstapestry
Visit Kate Spade at katespade.

Work Setup:

HYBRID #LI-DC
BASE

PAY RANGE

$170,000.00 TO $225,000.00 Annually Here are some of the benefits that we offer: Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401 (K), Paid Paternity and Maternity leave, Commuter Benefits, Disability insurance and Tuition assistance. Please click for aplete list of U.S Corporate Compensation & Benefits.

Req ID:

118888

Nearest Major Market:

Manhattan

Nearest Secondary Market:

New York City

Job Segment:

Merchandising, Outside Sales, Retail, Sales