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Burlington

Trend & Packaging Designer

Kingsbury, NV · On-site

Position Overview The Trend & Packaging Designer is responsible for creating best-in-class trend development and packaging solutions that elevate Burlington's private label brands across Beauty, Home ...

Jazwares

Toy Designer - Trends

Culver City, CA · On-site

$70K - $91K/yr

... trend-driven properties. Working closely with the Design Manager and Packaging Designer, you will turn emerging trends into engaging play experiences that align with brand strategies and licensor ...

Designer Brands

Designer

Manhattan, NY · On-site

With expertise in design, production, and sourcing, we create on-trend footwear and accessories ... At Designer Brands, we are committed to fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and ...

TiltEdge Solutions LLC

Home Textile Designer

New York, NY · On-site

$60K - $65K/yr

Participate in design and trend research, identifying new trends, techniques, color ideas and product concepts. * Create trends, designs and planograms for customer presentations. * Attend internal ...

Brass International

Graphic Designer

Mooresville, NC · On-site

The ideal candidate will have a strong eye for design and be able to translate our brand vision into engaging and on-trend designs. Key Responsibilities: - Collaborate with the marketing team to ...

Jazwares

Toy Designer - Trends

Culver City, CA · On-site +1

$70K - $91K/yr

... trend-driven properties. Working closely with the Design Manager and Packaging Designer, you will turn emerging trends into engaging play experiences that align with brand strategies and licensor ...

Designer Brands

Associate Designer

Manhattan, NY · On-site

With expertise in design, production, and sourcing, we create on-trend footwear and accessories ... At Designer Brands, we are committed to fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and ...

TOWN & COUNTRY LIVING

Home Textile Designer

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$60K - $65K/yr

Create trends, designs and planograms for customer presentations. Attend internal and customer meetings. Requirements QUALIFICATIONS Highly skilled at cleaning files, repeats, color separation ...

Jazwares

Senior Toy Designer - Trends

Culver City, CA · On-site

$111K - $119K/yr

As the Senior Toy Designer, Trends, you will successfully lead the design and development of ... and trend forecasts into compelling, high-volume products. You will champion the entire design ...

Jazwares

Senior Toy Designer - Trends

Culver City, CA

$111K - $119K/yr

As the Senior Toy Designer, Trends, you will successfully lead the design and development of ... and trend forecasts into compelling, high-volume products. You will champion the entire design ...

Town & Country Living

Home Textile Designer

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$60K - $65K/yr

... trend research, identifying new trends, techniques, color ideas and product concepts. · Create trends, designs and planograms for customer presentations. · Attend internal and customer meetings.

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How much do trend designer jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 11, 2026, the average hourly pay for trend designer in the United States is $23.71, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $19.71 and $24.04 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a trend designer?

Trend Designers are creative professionals who analyze, predict, and shape upcoming trends in industries such as fashion, interior design, and product development. They research consumer behavior, cultural shifts, and market data to forecast styles, colors, materials, and patterns that will become popular. Their insights help brands and companies stay ahead of the curve by creating products that resonate with future consumer preferences. Trend Designers often collaborate with design, marketing, and merchandising teams to ensure cohesive and relevant collections.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a trend designer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Trend Designer, you need a strong background in fashion or design, trend forecasting, and market research, often supported by a relevant degree or industry experience. Familiarity with design software like Adobe Creative Suite, trend analysis platforms, and digital moodboarding tools is critical. Creativity, strong visual communication, and the ability to anticipate market shifts are standout soft skills in this role. These skills enable Trend Designers to accurately predict and influence upcoming styles, keeping brands innovative and competitive.

What is the difference between Trend Designer vs Fashion Forecaster?

AspectTrend DesignerFashion Forecaster
CredentialsFashion design degree, portfolioFashion or trend analysis background
Work EnvironmentDesign studios, fashion housesResearch agencies, trend forecasting firms
Industry UsageCreating new designs based on trendsPredicting upcoming trends for brands

Trend Designers focus on creating fashion items inspired by current and future trends, working closely with design teams. Fashion Forecasters analyze market data and cultural shifts to predict future trends, guiding brands and designers. While both roles involve trend analysis, Trend Designers are more involved in the creative process, whereas Fashion Forecasters specialize in trend prediction and research.

How does a trend designer typically collaborate with other departments to bring new concepts to market?

Trend Designers work closely with product development, marketing, and merchandising teams to ensure that emerging trends are translated into viable products. This often involves presenting research findings, mood boards, and initial sketches to cross-functional teams, gathering feedback, and refining concepts based on practical constraints and market demands. Regular meetings and collaborative workshops are common, allowing Trend Designers to align their creative vision with brand strategy and production capabilities. Effective communication and adaptability are key to ensuring trend forecasting leads to successful product launches.
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Infographic showing various Trend Designer job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 88% Full Time, 6% Part Time, 1% Temporary, and 5% Contract. Highlights an 87% Physical, 5% Hybrid, and 8% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $49,320 per year, or $23.7 per hour.

Sr. Trend Designer- Essential and Beauty

Target Brands, Inc.

Minneapolis, MN • On-site

$95K - $171K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 15 days ago

Target rating

6.6

Company rating: 6.6 out of 10

Based on 6,979 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

14th of 39 rated national retailers

Job description

The pay range is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00
Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.
About us:
Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.
Team Overview:
A team within our Essentials & Beauty business leading trend forecasting and driving bold strategies across categories and the enterprise. We seek diverse skill sets and experiences to create compelling and differentiated strategies that shape future business, brand, and product vision, connect to enterprise strategic initiatives, and uncover new opportunities for long-term growth.
Position Overview:
As a Sr. Trend Designer in Essentials & Beauty, you will lead the identification, synthesis, and activation of emerging cultural, consumer, and category trends to inform product development, merchandising strategy, and enterprise decision-making. You will translate trend intelligence into actionable insights and strategic opportunities that drive growth, differentiation, and innovation across a broad portfolio of brands and categories.
By connecting cultural shifts, consumer behaviors, and emerging market dynamics, you will uncover future opportunities and inspire new ways of meeting consumer needs-helping the business anticipate what comes next, not just respond to what exists today. This will be accomplished through:
INTELLIGENCE AND INSIGHTS GATHERING
  • Leverage multiple sources of intelligence to identify and track emerging trends, cultural shifts, and evolving consumer behaviors across categories and competitive landscapes.

  • Lead deep-dive category analyses and deliver actionable insights and trend implications for merchants, product development, brand, and enterprise partners.

  • Monitor innovation, emerging markets, consumer behaviors, and macro cultural shifts to identify future opportunities, inform strategic priorities, and drive business growth.

TREND AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
  • Synthesize diverse inputs to identify macro trend landscape and emerging opportunity spaces, and future areas of consumer relevance in close partnership with cross-category trend teams.

  • Translate macro aesthetics and trends into pyramid-specific guidance across aesthetics, color and sensorial (fragrance, flavors, textures, and other sensorial expressions) to influence a broad portfolio of brands and categories.

  • Develop brand and category-specific seasonal and evergreen trend concepts that inform owned brands, product development, assortment activation and cross-category and future innovation opportunities.

  • Elevate trend concepts through exceptional visual design and refined aesthetic sensibility, crafting cohesive, inspiring narratives and expressions across color, form, imagery, materials, and storytelling that guide execution across brands and categories.

  • Create visually compelling trend reports, mood boards, presentations, and strategic narratives that simplify complex insights and inspire action across all levels of the organization.

PARTNERSHIP AND INFLUENCE
  • Build trusted relationships and collaborate with partners across the enterprise while influencing through your expertise in trend forecasting, consumer insights, and cultural intelligence.

  • Coordinate effectively with partners across trend teams, product categories, brands, and merchandising to maximize impact of work

  • Influence leadership discussions by translating emerging trends, consumer shifts, and future opportunities into compelling stories, strategic recommendations, and actionable business opportunities

  • Champion new ways of working by leveraging your expertise and unique perspective to inspire teams, strengthen partnerships, and continuously evolve how trend intelligence is developed and activated.

TEAM AND VALUES
  • A mentor to team members fostering inclusion, engaging in positive team culture and modeling collaboration

  • Lead with curiosity-continuously exploring trends, culture, design, emerging technologies, and new ways of thinking to inspire fresh ideas, challenge assumptions, and elevate creative outcomes.

  • Consistently engages, inspires and builds trust with team and partners

  • Consistent champion of Target values of inclusivity, connection and drive

  • Seek feedback, continually refine your craft, and contribute to raising the creative standard across the team.
  • This team works on-site 4 days/week from our Downtown MN campus

About you:
  • 6+ years experience in Design, Graphic Design, Concept and Trend Design, or similar area.

  • Exceptional elevated aesthetic voice and creative direction abilities through graphic layout, content organization, and clear visual concepting, with the ability to translate research, cultural insights, and emerging trends into visually compelling narratives, seasonal stories, and executive-ready presentations.

  • Passion for beauty, wellness, personal care, pets, and consumer lifestyle trends, with a natural curiosity for emerging cultural shifts, innovations, and evolving consumer needs

  • Strong brand-building acumen with the ability to connect trend insights to broader business strategy, product innovation, and owned brand growth.

  • Exceptional at developing partnerships and working in a team environment

  • Strong leadership skills with key strength in problem solving and innovation and comfortable with ambiguity and open-ended opportunities.

  • Exceptional storyteller and communicator with the ability to influence through visual, written, and verbal communication.

  • Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign, with strong working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint to create polished presentations, visual frameworks, strategic reports, and compelling communications

  • Experienced influencing at all levels to deliver clear trend vision

  • Business acumen and market knowledge, with the ability to synthesize cultural, consumer, trend, and data insights into compelling visions, strategic opportunities, future business, brand, and product vision, and future-focused recommendations

  • Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision

  • Ability to successfully work in a team environment

  • Ability to respond to business objectives with creative, innovative, and strategically grounded design solutions

  • Strong understanding of product development, trend forecasting methodologies, and concept development processes

This position will operate as a Hybrid/in office work arrangement based on Target's needs. A Hybrid/in office work arrangement means the team member's core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota https://corporate.target.com/about/purpose-history/communities/grants-corporate-giving/twin-cities-market
Team Members in the Target General Merch Inc operating company are prohibited from working more than thirty (30) days per calendar year in any of the following states: AL, AR, DE, FL, IN, IA, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN and VA. If hired, you will be prohibited from working remotely from any of the states listed above for more than thirty (30) days per calendar year.
Benefits Eligibility
Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_E
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.
Application deadline is : 08/10/2026

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We're here to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Target is a general merchandise retailer with stores in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. 75% of the U.S. population lives within 10 miles of a Target store. We employ 400,000+ Our tagline is "Expect More. Pay Less." We've been using it since 1994! The Target Corporation also owns Shipt and Roundel. More to love! Target is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, its hometown since the first Target store opened in 1962 under The Dayton Company.

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10,000+ Employees

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