Senior Apparel Designer, Snow

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Your opportunity at Arc’teryx  :
As the Senior Designer, Snow, you design advanced, comprehensive apparel solutions that are aligned with Arc’teryx design philosophies. In this highly technical role, you focus on establishing the long-term vision and design strategy for our Snow product category, designing for the circular future we hope to inhabit, where nothing is left to waste. You bring your curiosity and passion for product to imagine and build innovative, relevant and resolved designs, continuously exceeding our guests’ evolving needs.
This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is expected to be performed on location. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.
Meet your future team:
The Snow category team creates innovative apparel solutions that solve for all aspects of snow activities. We are collaborative builders, innovative 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 in outerwear.
Your opportunity at Arc’teryx  :
As the Senior Designer, Snow, you design advanced, comprehensive apparel solutions that are aligned with Arc’teryx design philosophies. In this highly technical role, you focus on establishing the long-term vision and design strategy for our Snow product category, designing for the circular future we hope to inhabit, where nothing is left to waste. You bring your curiosity and passion for product to imagine and build innovative, relevant and resolved designs, continuously exceeding our guests’ evolving needs.
This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is expected to be performed on location. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.
Meet your future team:
The Snow category team creates innovative apparel solutions that solve for all aspects of snow activities. We are collaborative builders, innovative 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 in outerwear.
If you were in the Senior Designer role now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:
Collaborating with leadership and key stakeholders to establish and drive the vision and long-term design strategy for the Arc’teryx Snow product category
Inspiring, empowering, and supporting a group of high performing Designers and Design Developers to create comprehensive design solutions to exceed end user expectations
Adhering to Arc’teryx Sustainability Design Principles while also contributing to future improvements as we transition our snow product into circular builds
Identifying and creating innovative performance or technology platforms that underpin product categories
Collaborating with the Snow Athletes to identify key needs and solves for our existing products, and innovating on opportunities to be industry leaders in the Snow category
Driving the commercialization of innovative technologies, including materials, pattern/part shaping and construction techniques for existing and future product categories
Creating patterns, mockups, and prototypes to explore, resolve, or prove new concepts or construction techniques, with emphasis on designing for repairability
Collaborating with the Fit & Pattern team to resolve fit style and construction issues, and ensure a fully commercialized product
Coordinating with the Raw Materials team to test new materials and ensure that necessary items are available for prototyping
Collaborating closely with other Designers to create and bring new and better toolbox solutions that benefit the brand (such as new technologies, construction techniques, features, etc.)
Collaborating with the Merchandising team and Design Directors on seasonal line…