Fashion Director - Victoria's Secret

Fashion Director

Victoria's Secret

At Victoria's Secret & Co, you'll join a world-leading specialty retail brand recognized globally for innovation and excellence in lingerie and fashion. You'll work alongside industry leaders to set the standard for what a retail brand can achieve, placing customers at the center of everything we do to create products and experiences that bring them joy.
We believe everyone deserves a place where they truly belong. We celebrate individuality and know that your passion, experience, and unique perspective strengthen our team and business. Here, you'll be empowered to perform, grow, and engage through unmatched opportunities to develop your skills, gain real-world experience, and learn from the best in the business.
The Fashion Director is a strategic creative leader responsible for shaping and elevating the brand's fashion point of view to inspire the customer through compelling product storytelling. Partnering closely with cross-functional leadership across creative, merchandising, design, and marketing, this role ensures the initial concept and vision are clearly defined and carried through the entire creative process to final delivery across all channels. The Fashion Director guides the team in translating brand strategy into impactful visual narratives through outfitting each seasonal collection.
Collaborate with the creative and marketing team leads to produce compelling fashion stories that highlight key seasonal messages and business goals.
Lead and mentor the team.
Be the expert in our product and intended expression to the consumer.
Direct the product looks selection process and the creation of the Seasonal Outfitting Deck, knowing product benefits, attributes, and volume potential to help drive revenue and align with business and product priorities.
Share Post-Shoot Outfitting Update to broader teams in marketing and merchandising.
Partner with the AVP, Fashion in the creation of seasonal key Big Idea and Pillar product distortions for Product POV milestones, reviewing assortments for all tiers to ensure big idea design outfitting stories are protected at the inception to optimize storytelling as in input into the buy.
Ensure all team outfitting deliverables drive business goals with a campaign-first, creative-first, and customer-first mindset.
Present to internal leaders at the VP+ level.
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Minimum Salary: $148,000.00
Maximum Salary: $209,790.00
VS&Co provides a range of compensation for this role as shown. Your actual salary will be determined by a number of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic region, or other relevant factors.
Minimum 12+ years of experience in a fashion relevant role (marketing, visual, styling, creative, merchanidising).
Deep understanding of visual merchandising, editorial photography, social media, and the digital space and how to build the best product experience in all channels.
Strong leadership and consensus-building skills, with willingness to continually embrace personal and professional development.
Proven experience leading and developing a team of creative professionals, as well as working across indirect reports and cross functional partners.
Effective communication and collaboration skills, with ability to work across creative, technical, and operational partners
Comfortable working with ambiguity and change. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, shared digital systems, Keynote, and Adobe Creative Suite required.
Substantial travel may be required.
Ability to work in our New York City office required We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws. Please see links: California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Philadelphia Fair Chance Law, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance
An equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual's race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected category recognized by state, federal or local laws. We only hire individuals authorized for employment in the United States.
Paid parental leave to bond with your new addition
401(k) savings plan with company match
Merit increases and performance bonuses
On-the-spot recognition and rewards for a job well done
Employee stock purchase program
Merchandise discounts
Medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage
Tuition reimbursement
Commuter benefits
Working and Living in New York City
When you work at Victoria's Secret in New York City, you'll be at the heart of global fashion innovation and leadership. Our corporate offices are a creative hub of bold ideas, iconic branding, and visionary strategy. Here, we bring together gifted professionals in a wide variety of areas, including Product Development & Design, Merchandising & Planning, Marketing & Media Strategy, Digital & E-commerce, Creative Services, Asset Protection & Executive Security and Customer Experience Leadership. New York is also home to our flagship retail store with three floors of shopping, a champagne bar and much more. With a career at Victoria's Secret in New York, you'll enjoy an incomparable lifestyle where you'll be immersed in one of the most dynamic and exciting cities on Earth, known for its worldrenowned dining, shopping, entertainment and more.