Trend Designer

The pay range is $73,000.00 - $

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.

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Are you a design expert who can support your business by staying one step ahead of industry trends, new materials and techniques? Can you demonstrate the utmost attention to detail and create products that are unprecedented in the marketplace for their design and quality for the price? Then you’ll have success on our Design team who owns the design and development of all Target-owned brands, from apparel to home goods, and beauty to essentials.

In close partnership with our merchant and sourcing counterparts, you’ll drive brand cohesion and continuity, ensuring that our products meet the merchant line plans, assortment strategies, price points and overall creative direction.

Under the overall direction of Design leadership, you will work with an assigned category, brand, business or guest segment and manage your own process and calendar. You will be expected to maintain a diligent approach to workload, which includes timely communication with internal and external partners. You’ll support and drive concepts throughout the development process, research, selection of materials/finishes, and the creation of silhouettes/form language.

Using CAD/hand sketches, you’ll translate ideas for product direction. This includes preparing professional presentation boards with illustrations, CAD artwork, fabrication, and material samples. In addition, you will support and drive product designs to maintain overall creative direction, merchant line plans, assortment strategies, and price points. You’ll build brand cohesion by partnering with peers across the division to ensure continuity. In collaboration with technical designers/engineers and sourcing partners, you’ll also identify, troubleshoot and resolve product issues.

The Fun
101 Strategy, Concept & Innovation team identifies future opportunities and translates them into actionable strategic and style direction across the Fun
101 portfolio, including Play, Sport, Pop Culture, Gadget, Celebrations (Toys, Sporting Goods, Entertainment, Tech Accessories, Seasonal), and Limited Time Only Partnerships.

Operating as both a trend forecasting team and concept studio, wecreate compelling and differentiated strategies that shape future business, brand, and product vision, connect to enterprise strategic initiatives, and uncover new opportunities for long-term growth.

• Identify and synthesize emerging cultural shifts, consumer behaviors, market dynamics, and aesthetic movements to inform seasonal and long-range trend direction and innovation.
• Monitor innovation, entertainment, technology, licensing, and competitive landscapes to identify emerging opportunities relevant to the Fun
  101 portfolio

• Support the synthesis and identification of macro trend landscape, emerging opportunity spaces, and future areas of…