Tapestry, Inc.
VP, Leathergoods, Design Kate Spade
Is this the next step in your career Find out if you are the right candidate by reading through the complete overview below. NY, NY, US Since its launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade New York has always been colorful, bold, and optimistic. Today, it is a global lifestyle brand that designs extraordinary things for the everyday, delivering seasonal collections of handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, home décor, and more. Known for its rich heritage and unique brand DNA, Kate Spade New York offers a distinctive point of view and celebrates communities of women around the globe who live their perfectly imperfect lifestyles. Kate Spade New York is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands committed to stretching what’s possible. A member of the Tapestry family, we are part of a global house of brands that has unwavering optimism and is committed to being innovative and wholly inclusive. Visit
Our People
page to learn more about Tapestry's commitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity. Location: New York Reports to: CEO and Brand President Primary Purpose: This is an exciting opportunity to bring fresh, bold, and innovative ideas to life in handbags and SLGs for Kate Spade - a brand known for its vibrant personality and unique style. The individual will design and develop a collection reflective of the Kate Spade aesthetic, brand vision, and consumer insights, meeting all critical milestones and overall strategic brand goals. The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in design to: Lead a team of designers to achieve the creative vision for leathergoods collections. Collaborate with Chief Merchant to ensure commercial viability of collections. Collaborate with VP Design of Concept, Print, Color and Lifestyle Categories to ensure cohesion across categories. Bring the season’s unique narrative to life through inspiration boards that captivate and energize the team, and appeal to a broad customer base. Partner with the team to refine seasonal concept, materials, hardware, and color palette for collections. Create sketches, product prototypes, and finished samples together with the design, tech design, and product development teams. Be accountable for the success of the entire product design process including raw material development in partnership with product development, sketching, design, technical design, product review, and cost engineering. Responsible for upholding design integrity, high-quality execution, and timeliness throughout the entire development process from concept through engineering and commercialization. Responsible for leading the team to meet all timeline milestones and deadlines; monitor the work of the team to ensure all deliverables are completed accurately. Partner cross-functionally with Merchandising and Product Development on a regular basis. Participate in meetings with cross-functional category partners. Lead, mentor, and develop design team, fostering an inclusive and supportive environment. The accomplished individual will possess: 15+ years of related design experience across multiple categories, and at least 7+ years of design leadership experience. Expert knowledge of construction techniques, color ways, raw materials, fabrication, trends, and style. Strong computer knowledge, including Adobe Illustrator and strong hand sketching ability. Proven ability to lead and manage a successful design team. Ability to manage multiple company priorities in a fast-paced environment. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with a diverse group at all levels. Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail and follow-up. Kate Spade New York is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline, and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. Visit Kate Spade New York at www.katespade.com. Our Competencies for All Employees Courage : Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary. Creativity : Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings. Customer Focus:
Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect. Dealing with Ambiguity : Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having
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Is this the next step in your career Find out if you are the right candidate by reading through the complete overview below. NY, NY, US Since its launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade New York has always been colorful, bold, and optimistic. Today, it is a global lifestyle brand that designs extraordinary things for the everyday, delivering seasonal collections of handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, home décor, and more. Known for its rich heritage and unique brand DNA, Kate Spade New York offers a distinctive point of view and celebrates communities of women around the globe who live their perfectly imperfect lifestyles. Kate Spade New York is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands committed to stretching what’s possible. A member of the Tapestry family, we are part of a global house of brands that has unwavering optimism and is committed to being innovative and wholly inclusive. Visit
Our People
page to learn more about Tapestry's commitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity. Location: New York Reports to: CEO and Brand President Primary Purpose: This is an exciting opportunity to bring fresh, bold, and innovative ideas to life in handbags and SLGs for Kate Spade - a brand known for its vibrant personality and unique style. The individual will design and develop a collection reflective of the Kate Spade aesthetic, brand vision, and consumer insights, meeting all critical milestones and overall strategic brand goals. The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in design to: Lead a team of designers to achieve the creative vision for leathergoods collections. Collaborate with Chief Merchant to ensure commercial viability of collections. Collaborate with VP Design of Concept, Print, Color and Lifestyle Categories to ensure cohesion across categories. Bring the season’s unique narrative to life through inspiration boards that captivate and energize the team, and appeal to a broad customer base. Partner with the team to refine seasonal concept, materials, hardware, and color palette for collections. Create sketches, product prototypes, and finished samples together with the design, tech design, and product development teams. Be accountable for the success of the entire product design process including raw material development in partnership with product development, sketching, design, technical design, product review, and cost engineering. Responsible for upholding design integrity, high-quality execution, and timeliness throughout the entire development process from concept through engineering and commercialization. Responsible for leading the team to meet all timeline milestones and deadlines; monitor the work of the team to ensure all deliverables are completed accurately. Partner cross-functionally with Merchandising and Product Development on a regular basis. Participate in meetings with cross-functional category partners. Lead, mentor, and develop design team, fostering an inclusive and supportive environment. The accomplished individual will possess: 15+ years of related design experience across multiple categories, and at least 7+ years of design leadership experience. Expert knowledge of construction techniques, color ways, raw materials, fabrication, trends, and style. Strong computer knowledge, including Adobe Illustrator and strong hand sketching ability. Proven ability to lead and manage a successful design team. Ability to manage multiple company priorities in a fast-paced environment. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with a diverse group at all levels. Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail and follow-up. Kate Spade New York is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline, and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. Visit Kate Spade New York at www.katespade.com. Our Competencies for All Employees Courage : Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary. Creativity : Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings. Customer Focus:
Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect. Dealing with Ambiguity : Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having
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