Designer, Innovation Jobs

Description & Requirements
who we are
lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our success to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we're in. As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. In particular, that includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people.
About This Team
The Product Innovation team shapes, surprises and engineers delight into the future guest experience through advanced innovation principles. We go beyond classic research and development methodologies into the realm of possibility for both body and mind within all of the places that our guests & lululemon choose to play. We need you to bring to life the capabilities of our state of the art Workshop facility through utilization of our unique research, design and technology insights. You will work as part of a lean innovation concept team and partner with the research and concept creation team to explore product functionality from user needs to first concept through to embodiment prototype.
a day in the life

• Research new technologies, materials, methods of make to inform and shape new guest solves and or unmet needs.
• Immerse yourself in the world of the guest and build empathy for their unique needs and creating new experiences through innovative design thinking.
• Work collaboratively across x-functional partners across the business
• Build and test prototypes that you have created to validate performance criteria, viability, relevance, and value.
• Translate findings into compelling storyboards, designs, mock-ups, and proof of concepts.
• Partner with the research, concept creation, and materials teams to understand our unique points of view to effectively show up through innovative products and solutions.

Qualifications

• You’re a 21st century maker with an education in Industrial Design, Sport Product Design, Product Design, Fashion Design.
• You have the capabilities to design and can build a concept or cohesive collection of functional solutions to an understood problem.
• You’re a proven strategic thinker able to build commercially viable propositions with multiple assets.
• You’re a proven strategic thinker able to build commercially viable designs and products.
• You know the best medium to share your ideas through Adobe Creative Suite, hand sketching, and physical prototyping, with skills in CLO3D as an additional asset.
• You have a creative point of view and are familiar with technology, material, construction, and ability to execute to an intended innovation.

must haves

• Lead with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Communicate with honesty and kindness and create the space for others to do the same.
• Foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for your life.
• Integrate fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take yourself too seriously.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results.

Additional Notes
Immigration support is potentially available for this role.