Our Company

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Our family of brands are Williams Sonoma, Williams Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn teen, pottery barn kids, Rejuvenation, Mark & Graham, west elm, or Outward. These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room and even outdoor spaces. We've seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half of a century ago. What hasn't changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate. Today, we're a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we're always looking for new energy and ideas.

About the Team

The Rejuvenation product development team consists of highly creative, collaborative, and technical thinkers. As a key member of the team, you will bring your design skills to the table to support the Textile team by bringing high quality home textiles to market.

 

Position Summary
As the Senior Textiles Designer, you will lead design for textiles across the home. Categories include rugs, bedding, throw pillows, blankets, quilts, bath textiles, outdoor textiles, drapery, and more. In this role, you will be a key leader on the design team from concept to launch. Our Senior Textile Designer will help inspire, innovate, and translate seasonal concepts and market trends into design solutions that meet business needs.

This is a hybrid role - 4 days/week onsite in our Portland office required. 

Specific Responsibilities

Partner with our Design Director to develop a cohesive look and feel for bedrooms and living rooms each quarter, aligning with the brand’s quarterly concepts.  Identify a breadth of customers to offer distinct product assortments that cater to an array of new and existing design aesthetics for the brand. Partner with merchants to identify white space for new products and colorways that bring forward new points of view that build off existing core products.  Lead weekly product review meetings and quarterly design presentations.  Create cohesive color palettes per collection, building off the brand’s existing core assortment and quarterly concepts each season.   Create custom illustrative artwork in-house that will be applied across bedding, throw pillows, wallpaper, and more. Manage communication with vendors to provide design direction for net new collections and provide feedback for print and pattern alterations.  Create pairings for seasonal textile assortment to build quarterly bedding and living room looks each season.  Maintain a quality standards and consistent color stories for textiles with all key vendors through lab dips and pom selection.  Create design presentations each quarter, inclusive of design inspiration, color palettes, custom patterns, CADs, and samples from vendors.  Bring forward new techniques and materials that align with quality expectations, price points, and market trends.  Participate in weekly product development meetings, owning the development cycle for the textile design team.  Work directly with overseas partners to produce designs on time each quarter.  Travel to domestic and international markets, 2-4 times per year, to identify vendor capabilities and build cohesive textiles assortments.  Create spec packs for vendor communication, maintaining quality and standards and production.  Produce and manage documents for sample comments.  Participate in virtual and in-person vendor meetings to ensure designs and sampling are being produced on time.  Lead and develop the Textiles design team by identifying key priorities each quarter Create a creative culture that inspires others through curated design inspiration, historical design research, and knowledge of materials and techniques Build accountability within the design team to ensure deliverables are delivered efficiently and on time. Ensure sustainable goals and are being met by making intentional design choices that align with the brand’s sustainable initiatives. 

 

Qualifications

Minimum of 5-7 years product design experience with a focus in textiles for a retail brand.  Minimum of 4 years in rug product development, working with hand-knotted, flatwoven, and hand-loomed constructions.  Minimum of 3 years managing others with the ability to delegate projects, coach for career planning, and set clear expectations for deliverables.  Proven track record of building seasonal textile assortments across the home on a quarterly launch timeline.  Highly detail-oriented, excellent time management skills, and highly collaborative. Ability to inspire cross functional partners by presenting thoughtful concepts inspired by market trends, fashion, and interior designers.  Knowledgeable in all aspects of textile design and manufacturing for home products, including weave structures, dyeing techniques, print and pattern styles, trim details, and production standards.  Proven proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud applications: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Ability to create seasonal color palettes that align with existing products and new seasonal concepts.  Excellent communication skills with the ability to present ideas and design strategies.  Experience working within a four-quarter brand calendar.  Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to work, both, collaboratively and independently. Experience employing design strategies to achieve business goals.  High standards to quality, integrity and design.

Benefits:

Once you are here, you can look forward to a wide variety of benefits designed to help you grow, personally and professionally, to keep you healthy, to prepare you for the unexpected, to care for your family and to build a secure future. Depending on your position and your location, here’s a look at what you might be eligible for: 

A generous discount on all Williams Sonoma Inc. brands through multiple shopping channels A 401(k) plan and other investment opportunities Paid vacations, holidays and other time-off programs Health benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance; health and dependent care tax-free spending accounts; medical, family and bereavement leave; same-sex domestic partner benefits; short- and long-term disability programs; life and travel insurance; an employee assistance program Tax-free commuter benefits A wellness program that supports your physical, financial and emotional health In-person and online learning opportunities through WSI University  Cross-brand and cross-function career opportunities Location specific sample sales A business casual work environment San Francisco based bike share program Time off to volunteer Matching donations to qualifying nonprofit organizations Company-sponsored community involvement Various discounts on local businesses

WSI will not now or in the future commence an immigration case or "sponsor" an individual for this position (for example, H-1B or other employment-based immigration