Kids Accessories Designer Hybrid

About the Role We're building the future of product for kids — playful, expressive, and experience-led. As a Cross-Category Kids Designer, you'll create trend-driven collections across accessories, lifestyle, and gifting, with a core focus on beauty and hair. This is about designing products that aren't just worn or used — but played with, shared, and experienced. From tactile formats to "get ready with me" moments, you'll bring to life products that sit at the intersection of creativity, self-expression, and fun. Key Responsibilities Design Across Categories (with Beauty & Hair at the Core) Concept and design collections spanning accessories, gifting, and experiential products, anchored in beauty and hair. Create innovative beauty and hair-led experiences — from styling kits and DIY formats to interactive and collectible products. Build cohesive product worlds that connect across categories while maintaining a strong beauty identity. Create Experience-Led Product Design with play, discovery, and repeat engagement in mind. Develop products that tap into behaviors like "get ready with me," customization, and social sharing. Push boundaries on formats, materials, and usability to create standout experiences. Collaborate Across CFTs Partner with Merchandising to shape assortments that balance creativity with commercial needs. Work with Brand & Marketing to ensure product storytelling is cohesive across campaigns and channels. Align with Planning to meet margin, volume, and timeline goals. Collaborate with Production to bring designs to life with quality and speed. Drive Innovation & Trend Relevance Stay ahead of trends across beauty, hair, accessories, and play. Identify whitespace opportunities, especially in beauty-meets-play and hair experimentation. Continuously evolve product to stay fresh, relevant, and exciting. - Who You Are A designer who understands kids' behavior first — curious, expressive, and experience-driven. Passionate about beauty and hair, with a strong point of view on how they are explored and experienced. Fluent in AI-powered design tools and excited by new ways of creating. A strong storyteller who can bring ideas to life visually and conceptually. Comfortable working across categories in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. - Qualifications 3+ years in product design, ideally within kids, across varying categories - beauty experience is ideal Experience working with cross-functional teams (Merchandising, Brand, Planning, Development). Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite + experience with AI design tools. Understanding of materials, product development, and retail environments. - Why This Role Matters Our kid's destination is a powerful entry points into creativity, confidence, and self-expression. This role is about bringing that to life across categories, creating products that feel immersive, intuitive, and fun. You'll help shape how Claire's shows up for kids — not just as a place to buy products, but as a destination for beauty and hair experiences. The Energy Playful. Fast-moving. Creative. Experimental.

Think:

beauty meets play, hair as self-expression, and products designed to be used, shared, and loved on repeat. Claire's is committed to adhering to all applicable company policies and federal, state, and local laws and regulations. All positions will be compensated at or above the legally mandated minimum wage for the location in which work is performed. The final compensation will be determined by various factors such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. Benefits for full-time employees included medical, dental, and vision insurance, voluntary welfare plans, bonus plan eligibility, 401(k) match, vacation time, sick time• and paid leave. Benefits for part-time employees included voluntary welfare plans, 401(k) match, vacation time, sick time• and paid leave in required states.

Sick Time:

For the State of Washington, all employees will accrue paid sick time at the rate of 1 hour for every 30 hours worked. Claire's is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and we encourage applications from members of all underrepresented groups, including those with disabilities. We will accommodate applicants' needs, upon request, throughout all stages of the recruitment process. Please inform us of the accommodation(s) that you may require. Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially. To request accommodation, please email Benefits@claires.com. Only messages sent for this purpose will be considered.