Director, Fashion Design - Apparel - Sam's Club

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Bentonville, AR

Director of Fashion Design for Apparel at Sam's Club, responsible for shaping the creative vision, leading a design team, and driving product concepts from ideation to assortment. This role involves translating trends and member insights into cohesive apparel collections, partnering with various departments, and ensuring brand storytelling and aesthetic consistency.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead seasonal design direction for Sam’s Club across Apparel translating trend and member insights into cohesive assortments.
  2. Design and oversee sketches, presentations, and prototype development to deliver high-quality samples with strong adoption.
  3. Drive brand storytelling and aesthetic consistency across men’s, women’s and children’s apparel.
  4. Partner with Product Development, Merchandising, Sourcing, Marketing, and Tech to optimize calendars, tools (PLM/CAD/3D), and design-to-cost decisions.

Skills

Required

  • Director-level apparel design leadership across multi-category assortments, from concept through prototype and adoption.
  • Expertise in brand architecture, line planning, tiering, and storytelling that strengthens member promise.
  • Strong command of color/print/fabric, fit intent, and material innovation balanced with cost and margin.
  • Fluency in trend platforms and design workflows/tools (PLM, CAD/3D, AI/social listening) to improve speed and quality.
  • Bachelor’s degree in fashion design, textile design, or related area and 8 years’ experience in apparel design, garment construction, or related area.
  • 10 years’ experience in apparel design, garment construction, or related area.
  • 5 years’ supervisory experience.

Nice to have

  • Experience driving brand identity and innovation.
  • Proven ability to build and scale design teams.
  • Strong business acumen and ability to influence product strategy.

What the JD emphasized

  • AI/social listening