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Position Summary... What you'll do...Associate Designer, Fashion (Young Adult Men's) Relocation Required to NYC. We are seeking an Associate Designer for Young Adult Men’s who is passionate about trend-driven fashion, youth culture, and creating product that feels relevant, modern, and commercially impactful. This role is ideal for a highly creative and organized designer with strong young adult aesthetic instincts, a collaborative mindset, and excitement around fast-paced design work, chase opportunities, and cross-functional partnerships. About the Team Our Young Adult Men’s team is focused on building trend-right, culturally relevant product that connects with the next generation customer. We create fashion with a strong point of view across apparel, graphics, color, and lifestyle-driven assortments while balancing speed, innovation, and commercial success. The team thrives on collaboration, creativity, and bringing fresh ideas to life through impactful design and storytelling. What You’ll Do

• Support the design and development of Young Adult Men’s apparel across multiple categories and seasonal concepts
• Research trends, youth culture, graphics, color, silhouette, fabric, and market inspiration to help shape seasonal direction
• Partner cross-functionally with Design, Merchandising, Product Development, and tech design to execute product from concept through production
• Assist in chase projects, fast-turn opportunities, special collaborations, and trend-driven product initiatives
• Help organize and maintain seasonal design boards, presentations, approvals, and Daily emails
• Contribute fresh ideas and creative energy while maintaining strong attention to detail and organization in a fast-paced environment

What You’ll Bring

• Passion for young adult/menswear design with a strong understanding of trend, color, graphics, and youth-driven fashion aesthetics
• Minimum 3 years of experience in fashion design, preferably within young adult, streetwear, fast fashion, or trend-focused retail
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and strong comfortability utilizing AI tools within the creative process
• Strong sense of color, print, graphics, and pattern development
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities and thrive under fast timelines
• Collaborative spirit with eagerness to learn, contribute, and step into hands-on design opportunities
• Strong communication skills and a proactive, solution-oriented mindset
• Excitement around collaboration, trend reaction, and fast-paced product creation
• Experience designing for a strong Young Adult apparel brand Preferred
• Strong graphic, print and pattern design eye
• Experience working in fast-paced retail or vertical design environments
• Knowledge of current youth culture, fashion trends, and emerging market brands
• Experience utilizing AI tools within the design and creative process
• Strong collaboration skills across cross-functional teams and external partners

Ways of Working This role is based in the New York City Metro area and is an in-office position five days a week. We believe strong collaboration, creative partnership, and hands-on product development are best achieved through an in-person working environment that supports fast decision-making and team engagement. Benefits:
Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process. At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $96,000.00 - $186,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in fashion design, textile design, or related area and 1 year’s experience in apparel design, garment construction, or related area.
Option 2: 3 years’ experience in apparel design, garment construction, or related area. Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Ability to translate trends into commercial designs., Experience working with cross-functional teams., Understanding of fabric sourcing and garment production processes. Primary Location... 45 W 25Th St, New York, NY 10010, United States of America Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.