Designer, Wrangler Men's Denim

Who We Are:

Kontoor Brands is a portfolio of three of the world's most iconic lifestyle, outdoor and workwear brands: Wrangler, Lee and Helly Hansen. Kontoor Brands is a purpose-led organization focused on leveraging its global platform, strategic sourcing model and best-in-class supply chain to drive brand growth and deliver long- term value for its stakeholders.

Job Posting:

Designer - Men's Denim:Become the Newest Member of Kontoor Brands

The Designer, Men's Denim reports to the Senior Designer of Men's and is responsible for leading all design activities related to Men's Denim across both Western and Global Modern Lifestyle businesses. This role supports a multi-account, multi-channel assortment with significant revenue impact and plays a critical role in delivering innovative, brand-right product that meets both consumer and retail needs while staying true to Wrangler's Brand DNA.

Key Responsibilities

• Creative Vision: Translate Wrangler's creative vision into compelling Men's Denim assortments that align with brand strategy, lifestyle segmentation, and business objectives.
• Strong Individual Contributor: Develop innovative, commercially viable denim products that meet consumer needs while supporting key business initiatives across Modern and Western lifestyles.
• Competitive Positioning: Research emerging trends, denim innovation, and key influencer markets to strengthen brand relevance and maintain competitive positioning.
• Brand Consistency: Ensure consistency in color, wash, fit, and design language across assortments while maintaining Wrangler's heritage and brand equity.
• Style Ownership: Own styles from concept through commercialization, reviewing prototypes, partnering with Merchandising on line architecture, and driving continuous improvement.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner closely with Merchandising, Product Development, Technical Design, and Sourcing to align on seasonal strategies, costing, and execution.
• Go-To-Market Excellence: Own Men's Denim design deliverables across the GTM calendar, ensuring on-time execution against key milestones and seasonal deadlines.
• Fit & Block Strategy: Collaborate with Technical Design to support fit consistency, block optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives across Men's Denim.
• Issue Resolution: Review samples, resolve design, fit, and costing issues, and troubleshoot product development challenges to maintain calendar integrity.
• Market-Ready Presentation: Lead seasonal presentations to Sales and Merchandising, ensuring clear storytelling and strong market execution.
• Visual & Styling Direction: Provide styling and product cues, seasonal guides, and visual direction for all channels.
• Account & Commercial Focus: Respond to key account assortment needs beyond initial line offerings, balancing brand vision with pricing architecture and margin targets.

Skills for Success

• Strong denim and woven category expertise, including wash development, fabric construction, and wet/dry processing.
• Experience designing within multi-account, multi-channel retail environments.
• Working knowledge of product costing, margin considerations, and GTM calendars.
• Highly collaborative partner with the ability to influence across a matrixed organization.
• Strong decision-making skills balancing creativity, cost, and timing.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and storytelling abilities.
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, CAD, flat sketching, and tech pack development.
• Commitment to continued learning and growth as both a designer and mentor.

Experience & Education

• 5+ years of experience designing denim within a global or national brand, preferably supporting multiple accounts or lifestyle segments. Previous experience leading or mentoring associate and/or assistant designers is required.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Fashion or Apparel Design.

Additional Information

• Domestic travel opportunities may be required. This role is critical to maintaining momentum and innovation within Men's Denim, ensuring Wrangler continues to deliver best-in-class product while meeting the evolving needs of our consumer and retail partners.

Why Kontoor Brands?

At Kontoor, we offer a comprehensive benefit package to fit your lifestyle. Our benefits are crafted with the same care as our products.

When our employees are healthy, secure, and well, they bring their best selves to work. Kontoor Brands supports you with a competitive benefits program that provides choice and flexibility to meet your and your family's needs - now and in the future. We offer resources to support your physical, emotional, social, and financial wellbeing, plus benefits like discounts on our apparel. Kontoor Brands also provides four weeks of Paid Parental Leave to eligible employees who are new parents, Flexible Fridays, and Tuition Reimbursement.

We are proud to offer a workplace culture centered on equitable opportunities and a sense of belonging for all team members. Here we have a global workforce of high-performing teams that both unlocks our individual uniqueness and harnesses our collaborative talents.