Manager, Store Design

Since its launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade New York has always been colorful, bold, and optimistic. Today, it is a global lifestyle brand that designs extraordinary things for the everyday, delivering seasonal collections of handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, home décor, and more. Known for its rich heritage and unique brand DNA, Kate Spade New York offers a distinctive point of view and celebrates communities of women around the globe who live their perfectly imperfect lifestyles. 

Kate Spade New York is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands committed to stretching what’s possible.

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Since its launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade New York has always been colorful, bold, and optimistic. Today, it is a global lifestyle brand that designs extraordinary things for the everyday, delivering seasonal collections of handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, home décor, and more. Known for its rich heritage and unique brand DNA, Kate Spade New York offers a distinctive point of view and celebrates communities of women around the globe who live their perfectly imperfect lifestyles.

Kate Spade New York is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands committed to stretching what’s possible, being innovative and wholly inclusive.

Job Title: Manager, Store Design

Primary Purpose: At Kate Spade New York, we believe spaces should feel as joyful, thoughtful, and distinctive as the products within them. We are seeking a Manager, Global Store Design who will help bring our brand to life through beautifully designed retail environments around the world.

This role blends creative vision, technical expertise, and thoughtful project management. The Manager will partner with cross-functional teams to design stores that feel unmistakably Kate Spade. From concept through execution, this person will help shape environments that are welcoming, inspiring, and reflective of our brand’s optimistic spirit.

This role reports to the Director of Global Store Design and is located at our Global Headquarters at Hudson Yards in New York City, hybrid in office 3 days per week.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Architecture and design to...

Bring the Brand to Life in Space

• Translate the Kate Spade retail concept into engaging store environments across global markets.
• Develop thoughtful spatial layouts and design solutions that balance function, storytelling, and brand expression.
• Create presentations and visual materials that clearly communicate design intent.

Design with Precision

• Produce AutoCAD drawing packages including plans, elevations, and construction details.
• Build 3D models and produce renderings to support design development and internal alignment.
• Ensure design solutions maintain brand integrity while adapting to site-specific conditions.

Guide Projects from Concept to Opening

• Manage store design projects across multiple regions from early concept through construction.
• Partner with Real Estate, Construction, and Visual Merchandising teams to align design vision with project timelines and operational needs.
• Track deliverables and milestones to support successful store openings.

Collaborate and Elevate

• Work closely with external architects, vendors, and fabricators to bring design ideas to life.
• Review shop drawings, material samples, and mockups to ensure quality and adherence to brand standards.
• Contribute to the evolution and consistency of the global store design toolkit.

The accomplished individual will possess...

• 6+ years of experience in retail store design, architecture, or interior design, ideally with luxury or premium retail brands.
• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Interior Design, or a related field.
• Proficiency in:
  • AutoCAD
  • 3D modeling & rendering software (Rhino, VRay, Enscape, Sketchup, 3DS Max, etc.)
  • Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Experience producing technical drawing packages and coordinating with vendors and consultants.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

An outstanding professional will have...

• A creative thinker who understands how space can express personality and brand.
• Detail-oriented and technically skilled, with a strong command of design documentation.
• A collaborative partner who enjoys working across teams to solve problems and bring ideas to life.
• Someone who appreciates the balance of playfulness and polish that defines Kate Spade New York.

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Our Competencies for All Employees
Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
 
Our Competencies for All People Managers
Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.                                                                                                    
 

Kate Spade. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.

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