Director Product Design - Wild Fable Sportswear

Target Brands, Inc.

$135K — $243K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Four-year degree in Design, Fine Arts or related field, or equivalent experience
  • 15+ years of product design and development experience in retail or wholesale
  • Experience in domestic and overseas market travel
  • Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and influencing skills
  • Proven leadership of product development teams and oversight of teams of ten or more
  • Ability to identify trends and demonstrate creative commercial sense
  • Knowledge of design and product processes, including textiles and garment manufacture

Responsibilities

  • Develop big ideas and creative concepts to meet Target's product strategy
  • Create exclusive and profitable products for Target's owned-brand merchandise
  • Lead the development of creative concepting and product strategy
  • Drive financial results with differentiated design solutions
  • Manage Target brand integrity and maintain consistency across divisions
  • Execute aesthetic components of product design including color, fabric, and fit
  • Lead team in seasonal trend research and product development processes

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, vision, and dental
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Employee discount
  • Paid sick leave and national holidays
  • Paid vacation
  • Short-term and long-term disability support
Full Job Description
The pay range is $135,000.00 - $243,000.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

Director Product Design

As Product Design Director, you will develop big ideas and creative concepts that achieve Target's overall product strategy as well as our quality and financial objectives. You will have a chance to create profitable and exclusive products to join our industry-leading lineup of owned-brand merchandise, and you will help manage designer partnerships for one of the world's leading retailers. Under Product Design & Development leadership, and in partnership with peers, you will be responsible for the brand and product vision by leading the development of creative concepting and product strategy.

Through your strong point of view on style and quality, you'll take the lead as you provide vision for brand concept and lead your team through the execution of product design. In partnership with your Divisional Merchandise Manager, you will align business priorities and assortment architecture and build the resources needed to deliver on assortment needs. In addition, you'll drive financial results by providing design solutions for business opportunities that are differentiated from the market place and unique to Target, including business shifts, key initiatives, new product concepts and seasonal focuses. Likewise, you'll manage the integrity of Target brands by delivering appropriate "point of view" and "point of difference" while preserving consistency across Divisions within each brand. You'll also ensure product assortment is appropriate for the designated Target guest segments and deliver on our overall product strategy. This includes leading the aesthetic execution of product, including: color, fabric/finish standards, print and pattern, expression of fit and trim/findings, and any other materials. You will also be responsible for leading your division through seasonal trend research and product design and development processes while leveraging cross-company synergy within Target to evolve and champion the design role. Finally, you'll lead, develop and manage team members by setting clear objectives, providing ongoing performance feedback, and evaluating potential.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

This role works in office 4 days/week from our Downtown MN campus.

About You:
• Four-year degree in Design, Fine Arts or related degree, or equivalent experience
• 15+ years of experience in product design and development in a retail or wholesale environment, with a successful track record
• Domestic and overseas market travel experience
• Outstanding communication, presentation, negotiation, and influencing skills
• Demonstrated leadership ability of product development teams
• Demonstrated ability to identify trends and creative ability with strong commercial sense
• In-depth knowledge of design and product development processes, including textiles and garment manufacture and demonstrated expertise in color, fabric, pattern, fit and garment execution
• Experience understanding the young contemporary / junior consumer
• Successful team leadership overseeing team size of ten or more

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target's needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Team Members in the Target General Merch Inc operating company are prohibited from working more than thirty (30) days per calendar year in any of the following states: AL, AR, DE, FL, IN, IA, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN and VA. If hired, you will be prohibited from working remotely from any of the states listed above for more than thirty (30) days per calendar year.

Benefits Eligibility
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Application deadline is : 08/16/2026

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