Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.
At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.
Ralph Lauren is seeking a creative and adaptable self-starter to fill the role of Concept Design Assistant for Women’s Polo Design. This position provides support for the Women’s Concept team across concept design, licensee design, brand styling, and special projects.
The position resides within a fast-paced environment where multi-tasking, juggling, and managing several tasks are critical to success. Superior organizational and problem-solving abilities are a must. The candidate should have a strong sense of the Polo Ralph Lauren brand and the Polo Woman.
- Sample pulling, management, and returns, including bought and rented samples, design samples, showroom samples, and library samples
- Digital file management, locating selects, organizing team share folder, creating and maintaining multiple forms of file sharing
- Digital and physical presentation support, gathering materials, editing images, assistance with toolkit creation
- Supporting licensee design, attending meetings, following up on resource sharing between design teams, tracking licensee samples
- Maintaining and updating concept print library
- Booking models per design needs
- Booking photographer to document concept presentations
- Printing style out and campaign images for selects process, printing imagery to bring to RL
- Note taking during concept meetings and sharing with attendees
- Sharing digital assets with design teams following presentations and ensuring all team members have access to concept resources
- Preparing for line reviews and style out, supporting space set-up
- Attend line review and look book style out, keep style out garments organized and pull additional styling items as needed
- Researching into concept prompts and pitching ideas to team
Salary range: $60,000 - $75,000 annually
Experience, Skills & Knowledge
- Fashion, art, or design background
- Strong understanding of Polo Woman
- High taste level
- Creative thinker
- Exceptional organizational skills, follow through and attention to detail.
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to build and foster effective working relationships with a wide range of personalities.
- Excellent cross-cultural, cross division, cross functional communication and partnering skills
- Detail and solution oriented
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task
- Maintain a fast-paced environment
- Computer proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook, Adobe
- Minimum of three days a week on site/office
- Ability to work well under pressure and meet critical deadlines
- The ability to take initiative and to prioritize work task
- Results driven
