Senior Designer- Inline Innovation; Temporary

Position: Senior Designer- Inline Innovation (12 month Temporary)
Overview  As a Senior Designer – Inline Innovation, you design and develop future-focused apparel concepts, from ideation through to commercialization. You partner with teams across Inline Apparel Design and Advanced Concepts to deliver comprehensive product solutions that are aligned with Arc’teryx design philosophies. You concept and build projects that may be outside of Arc’teryx current expertise and current know-how, and you push existing product categories beyond where the industry is today.

You will work ahead of regular product timelines, researching, gathering insights, opportunities, and creating breakthrough ideas that fall within our five-year strategy.
Key Products You’ll Be Designing For:
Inline innovation concepts for Men’s and Women’s
Future-focused apparel; knitwear, underwear, etc.
Early silhouette and fit design that support the ever-changing needs of activity-specific athletes
This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is open to hybrid remote work. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.
Meet Your Future Team:  We are builders, problem-solvers, and passionate outdoor enthusiasts. Fueled by curiosity, we take an immersive approach to identifying future needs, then build, test, and validate products that solve for real functional challenges. We are innovative problem solvers with a focus on collaborative teamwork.
Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:  As a Senior Designer – Inline Innovation, you design and develop future-focused apparel concepts, from ideation through to commercialization. You partner with teams across Inline Apparel Design and Advanced Concepts to deliver comprehensive product solutions that are aligned with Arc’teryx design philosophies. You concept and build projects that may be outside of Arc’teryx current expertise and current know-how, and you push existing product categories beyond where the industry is today.

You will work ahead of regular product timelines, researching, gathering insights, opportunities, and creating breakthrough ideas that fall within our five-year strategy.
Key Products You’ll Be Designing For:
Inline innovation concepts for Men’s and Women’s
Future-focused apparel; knitwear, underwear, etc.
Early silhouette and fit design that support the ever-changing needs of activity-specific athletes
This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is open to hybrid remote work. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.
Meet Your Future Team:  We are builders, problem-solvers, and passionate outdoor enthusiasts. Fueled by curiosity, we take an immersive approach to identifying future needs, then build, test, and validate products that solve for real functional challenges. We are innovative problem solvers with a focus on collaborative teamwork.
Are you our next Senior Designer – Inline Innovation?
You have a Degree in Apparel Design, Textile Design, Industrial Design or equivalent experience, with a minimum of 8+ years’ hands-on experience designing products and 2+ years leading a team or process
You bring your curiosity and passion for product to imagine and build innovative, relevant, and resolved designs
You are an innovative problem solver compelled to figure out new solutions and able to collaboratively partner cross-functionally
You are a conceptual thinker able to visually communicate ideas efficiently and effectively
You have extensive experience with a variety of materials (technical wovens, cut and sew knits, etc.) and manufacturing processes such as seam-sealing, lamination, down and/or synthetic insulation.
You have advanced knowledge, skill and ability in mentoring others on processes, patterning, sewing, and construction, with advanced technical and creative skills to pattern and prototype new products
You have a relationship with, and knowledge of our core sports and you deeply understand the end-user needs of these athletes
You are an excellent team player with the ability to take direction, work with minimal supervision
You have excellent planning, organizational, problem solving and decision-making skills
You are technically proficient with 8 years’ experience using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and/or CLO3D, Gerber,…