Senior Designer Kids Home

Target Target · Retail · Minneapolis, MN

Senior Designer for Kids Home products at Target, focusing on Pillowfort brand. Responsibilities include leading product design and development, trend forecasting, concept development, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Requires expertise in Kids Home design, textiles, and computer design systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Accountable for and lead Owned Brand Product Design and Development for the Pillowfort Kids Home Brand with direction from design leaders to achieve overall product design strategy and merchant objectives.
  2. Being an industry expert; able to forecast category, brand, business or guest segment trends
  3. Help lead and implement strategy for the business, in collaboration with other cross function leads.
  4. Drive and lead product research and design
  5. Globally shop markets to identify category, brand, business or guest segment trends and travel to factories for development and execution of programs

Skills

Required

  • Illustrator
  • Photoshop
  • textiles
  • construction
  • raw materials
  • product production
  • product development processes

Nice to have

  • Knowledge or curiosity of AI design tools

What the JD emphasized

  • Previous Experience in Kids Home Design, Bedding, or Soft Home
  • Four-year degree in Design, Fine Art, or similar area, or equivalent experience
  • Minimum 8+ years of experience
  • Advanced understanding of textiles, construction/or raw materials & product production
  • Commercial sense, market knowledge, ability to research and apply market/trend information
  • Knowledge of product development processes