Senior Designer - Vancouver - Lululemon Athletica

Description

about this team

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.

You'll join the Women's Lifestyle & Soft Woven Design team, shaping modern, elevated essentials and refined separates with a distinctly fashion-led point of view. The team focuses on elevated essentials and versatile separates, where thoughtful proportion, fluid silhouettes, and material innovation meet everyday wearability.

Working in close partnership with Development, Technical Design, Fabric, Fit, and Merchandising, we translate creative intent into beautifully executed product. This highly collaborative process connects concept to construction, ensuring each piece reflects lululemon's design DNA while advancing the aesthetic through elevated fabrication, precision fit, and modern detailing.

Soft Woven designs are crafted from premium woven fabrics chosen for their softness, drape, and movement—delivering a sense of ease without sacrificing polish. These pieces blur the line between performance and lifestyle, offering effortless sophistication and versatility. Designing within this category demands deep fabric and trim expertise, strong draping and construction skills, and a refined understanding of how garments move on the body—balancing expressive, fashion-forward design with functionality, comfort, and longevity.

a day in the life

• Lead the design of Women's Soft Woven apparel, creating elevated essentials, refined separates, and modern wardrobe foundations with a sophisticated, fashion-forward sensibility.
• Translate creative vision into highly considered sketches, CADs, and technical packages, articulating construction, drape, proportion, and trim with precision and clarity.
• Drive fit, fabric, drape, and finish conversations, partnering closely with Development, Technical Design, and Fabric teams to achieve exceptional execution and elevated craftsmanship.
• Apply deep expertise in luxury-grade fabrics, trims, and raw materials to deliver pieces that feel effortless, fluid, and refined while meeting functional performance requirements.
• Partner with the Director to research, develop, and introduce exclusive materials, trims, and finishes that advance the Soft Woven category and differentiate the assortment.
• Curate sophisticated colour and graphic narratives that align with seasonal creative direction, cultural insight, and lululemon's evolving design language.
• Ensure every product embodies lululemon's aesthetic codes, premium workmanship, and challenges while protecting creative integrity and product quality.
• Mentor and inspire junior designers, cultivating design excellence, technical fluency, and a culture of collaboration, curiosity, and creative rigor.
• Continuously research global fashion trends, cultural movements, sustainability advancements, and the competitive landscape to inform design decisions and maintain category leadership.
• Champion innovation in soft woven fabrication, sustainable materials, advanced draping techniques, and modern construction solutions that elevate both form and function.
• In a world of endless choice, desire becomes the rarest commodity. Our response: impeccably crafted, elevated essentials—designed with intention, executed with precision, and built to endure.

qualifications

• 8+ years of design experience.
• Strong portfolio in women's lifestyle apparel, particularly Soft Woven elevated essentials, and versatile separates.
• Deep expertise in Soft Woven fabrics, draping, trims, fit, and garment construction.
• Skilled in hand sketching, CAD, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experienced in global development calendars and working with overseas factories.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring junior designers and collaborating across functions.
• Deep awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion in design and team culture.

must haves

• Passionate about wellness, movement, and mindful living, aligned with lululemon values.
• Agile, adaptable, and thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Willingness to relocate to Vancouver. lululemon provides relocation support for the right candidate.

additional notes

Immigration support is potentially available for this role.

compensation and benefits package

lululemon's compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. The typical hiring range for this position is from $119,200 to $156,500 CAD annually; the base pay offered is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards offering, permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive annual bonus program, subject to program eligibility requirements.

At lululemon, investing in our people is a top priority. We believe that when life works, work works. We strive to be the place where inclusive leaders come to develop and enable all to be well. Recognizing our teams for their performance and dedication, other components of our total rewards offerings include support of career development, wellbeing, and personal growth:

• Extended health and dental benefits, and mental health plans
• Paid time off
• Savings and retirement plan matching
• Parenthood top-up
• Extensive catalog of development course offerings
• People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few)

Note: The incentive programs, benefits, and perks have certain eligibility requirements. The Company reserves the right to alter these incentive programs, benefits, and perks in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.

workplace arrangement

In-person collaboration and connection is important to our culture. Work is performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.

Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest. Lululemon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. This Equal Employment Opportunity policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline, transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. While management is primarily responsible for seeing that Lululemon equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, you share in the responsibility for assuring that, by your personal actions, the policies are effective.

Lululemon is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you would like someone from our team to contact you for individualized support, email us at In your email, please include the position title, the location of the position and the nature of your request.