American Eagle Outfitters Inc.
Senior Designer – American Eagle Outfitters
Senior Designer responsible for leading design development for American Eagle brand, reporting to Design Director and collaborating with cross‑functional teams.
Responsibilities
Continuously identify and assess domestic and international market trends, ensuring relevance to the AE brand identity.
Collaborate with Design Director to define seasonal key ideas, prints, wash and color direction, ensuring alignment with leadership’s overarching seasonal concepts.
Maintain thorough knowledge of raw materials, partnering with material team for seasonal fabric sourcing, managing requests and approvals in weekly meetings, and supporting fabrication needs.
Partner with Design Director on seasonal presentations and key milestones, confidently addressing questions from executive leadership.
Utilize excellent sketching and CAD skills to communicate proper proportion, details and construction for presentation decks and tech packs.
Ensure seasonal decks contain up‑to‑date information on details, wash and color.
Oversee tech pack creation, ensuring the design team accurately assembles information in PLM, proofing work and providing additional review across all styles, escalating questions to Design Director as needed.
Partner with production team to schedule hand‑offs according to calendar deadlines and achieve highest quality product within required cost structure.
Oversee communication of spec and design intent to technical design team; attend and support all style fittings, guide fit comments, support and proof follow‑up; oversee trim, color, print, Gold tag and shade band approvals.
Partner with merchants to ensure design alignment on seasonal needs and changes throughout the season.
Supervise and develop Assistant and Associate Designers, providing training and mentorship for career advancement.
Oversee design team’s daily operations and workload, prioritizing tasks across multiple overlapping seasons, and support daily vendor communications via email and mail.
Partner with Design Director on seasonal calendar and category‑specific deadlines to ensure achievability.
In‑person office collaboration required, frequency dictated by business needs; includes product development, milestone meetings, fittings and approvals.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion or Art (or equivalent experience and education).
8+ years related experience in apparel, with woven experience a plus.
Keen eye for color, trend, detail and construction.
Ability to multi‑task and prioritize based on business objectives.
Working knowledge of Adobe Suite (Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign) and Excel; PLM experience preferred.
Excellent communication and analytical skills; liaison across many departments.
Detail oriented, computer literate and able to handle multiple tasks at once.
Pay & Benefits
Actual starting pay determined by experience and location.
Health care benefits (medical, vision, dental); wellness benefits; 401(k) retirement benefits; life and disability insurance; employee stock purchase program; paid time off; paid sick leave; parental leave and other benefits.
Paid time off, paid sick leave and holiday pay vary by job level and location.
Possible discretionary bonuses and other incentives at AEO discretion.
About American Eagle Outfitters American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) is a portfolio of unique, loved and enduring brands that offer high‑quality, on‑trend apparel, intimates, activewear, accessories and personal care products. AEO operates stores in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Hong Kong, and ships to approximately 80 countries worldwide.
AEO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to complying with all federal, state and local equal employment opportunity laws. AEO prohibits discrimination against associates and applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, alienage, citizenship, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, marital status, domestic violence status, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other protected characteristic. AEO also provides reasonable accommodation of religion and disability in accordance with applicable law.
Job Identification: 20073 | Job Category: Product Design | Posting Date: 2025‑10‑22 | Location: New York, NY, United States
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Responsibilities
Continuously identify and assess domestic and international market trends, ensuring relevance to the AE brand identity.
Collaborate with Design Director to define seasonal key ideas, prints, wash and color direction, ensuring alignment with leadership’s overarching seasonal concepts.
Maintain thorough knowledge of raw materials, partnering with material team for seasonal fabric sourcing, managing requests and approvals in weekly meetings, and supporting fabrication needs.
Partner with Design Director on seasonal presentations and key milestones, confidently addressing questions from executive leadership.
Utilize excellent sketching and CAD skills to communicate proper proportion, details and construction for presentation decks and tech packs.
Ensure seasonal decks contain up‑to‑date information on details, wash and color.
Oversee tech pack creation, ensuring the design team accurately assembles information in PLM, proofing work and providing additional review across all styles, escalating questions to Design Director as needed.
Partner with production team to schedule hand‑offs according to calendar deadlines and achieve highest quality product within required cost structure.
Oversee communication of spec and design intent to technical design team; attend and support all style fittings, guide fit comments, support and proof follow‑up; oversee trim, color, print, Gold tag and shade band approvals.
Partner with merchants to ensure design alignment on seasonal needs and changes throughout the season.
Supervise and develop Assistant and Associate Designers, providing training and mentorship for career advancement.
Oversee design team’s daily operations and workload, prioritizing tasks across multiple overlapping seasons, and support daily vendor communications via email and mail.
Partner with Design Director on seasonal calendar and category‑specific deadlines to ensure achievability.
In‑person office collaboration required, frequency dictated by business needs; includes product development, milestone meetings, fittings and approvals.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion or Art (or equivalent experience and education).
8+ years related experience in apparel, with woven experience a plus.
Keen eye for color, trend, detail and construction.
Ability to multi‑task and prioritize based on business objectives.
Working knowledge of Adobe Suite (Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign) and Excel; PLM experience preferred.
Excellent communication and analytical skills; liaison across many departments.
Detail oriented, computer literate and able to handle multiple tasks at once.
Pay & Benefits
Actual starting pay determined by experience and location.
Health care benefits (medical, vision, dental); wellness benefits; 401(k) retirement benefits; life and disability insurance; employee stock purchase program; paid time off; paid sick leave; parental leave and other benefits.
Paid time off, paid sick leave and holiday pay vary by job level and location.
Possible discretionary bonuses and other incentives at AEO discretion.
About American Eagle Outfitters American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) is a portfolio of unique, loved and enduring brands that offer high‑quality, on‑trend apparel, intimates, activewear, accessories and personal care products. AEO operates stores in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Hong Kong, and ships to approximately 80 countries worldwide.
AEO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to complying with all federal, state and local equal employment opportunity laws. AEO prohibits discrimination against associates and applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, alienage, citizenship, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, marital status, domestic violence status, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other protected characteristic. AEO also provides reasonable accommodation of religion and disability in accordance with applicable law.
Job Identification: 20073 | Job Category: Product Design | Posting Date: 2025‑10‑22 | Location: New York, NY, United States
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