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Cavender's · 1 day ago

Chief Creative Design Director

DFW Metroplex

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Cavender's is a retail brand seeking a Chief Creative Design Director to set the overall creative and design direction for their brand. This role involves leading brand merchandise design vision, ensuring brand consistency across customer touchpoints, and driving business growth through strategic oversight and creative leadership.

E-CommerceFashionRetail

Responsibilities

Support the “Cavender’s Culture” and drive our Mission, Vision, and Values

Vision & Strategy: Define the overarching design and direction for the brand across product design, brand expression, and retail environments. Establish and lead the enterprise-wide design vision that supports brand identity, customer experience, and business objectives in a fashion/apparel/footwear retail environment

Team Leadership: Manage and inspire design and brand teams. Lead, mentor, and influence internal design teams and external creative partners while fostering a high-performing, accountable creative organization

Brand Stewardship: Act as the ultimate guardian of brand consistency and quality. Develop, maintain, and enforce design standards, guidelines, and visual systems across all customer-facing experiences, including in-store environments. Provide executive-level review and approval of major design initiatives to ensure quality, consistency, and brand alignment

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with marketing, merchandising, product teams, and retail operations to translate business objectives into creative execution. Partner closely with store operations and merchandising to ensure store visual merchandising, product presentation, and visual storytelling bring the brand to life consistently across locations. Evaluate customer insights, retail performance, and market trends to inform design direction and innovation

Ensure design decisions enhance customer engagement while supporting commercial outcomes

Balance long-term creative vision with practical execution, timelines, and budget considerations

Communicate design strategy, concepts, and recommendations clearly to senior leadership

Qualification

Brand-level design strategiesRetail environments understandingCreative team leadershipCommunication skillsPresentation skillsCollaboration skillsBachelor’s degree in Design10 years retail experiencePassion for Western LifestyleMulti-location retail experienceDesign portfolio