Fashion Assistant II Job at Ross Stores, New York, NY

  • Ross Stores
  • New York, NY

Job Description

Our values start with our people, join a team that values you! 

Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.

As part of our team, you will experience:

  • Success . Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
  • Career growth . We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
  • Teamwork . We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
  • Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.


Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2025 revenues of $22.8 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.

About this opportunity...

The Fashion Assistant II supports the Director of the NY Fashion Office in delivering trend direction and creative insights that inspire and inform the business. This role is responsible for researching fashion, consumer, and cultural shifts, identifying emerging opportunities, and connecting insights across trend, market, competitive, and sales data. The ideal candidate combines strong creative instincts with a natural ability to connect dots across fashion, consumer behavior, culture, market intelligence, and business performance, transforming observations into compelling stories and actionable insights.

What you will do and what you will learn...

  • Assist Director in pulling together seasonal trend and color presentations for all relevant meetings and deliverables (trend reports and seasonal forecasts).
  • Proactively researches emerging consumer, cultural, and category trends and synthesizes findings into actionable recommendations for merchants and Fashion Office leadership.
  • Partner cross-functionally with merchants and Fashion Office team members to identify opportunities, share insights, and support key business initiatives.
  • Create trend reports based on competitive/trend shopping findings to be distributed to the Fashion Office and merchants. 
  • Shop Ross Stores monthly, create a trend recap including observations and recommendations about the assortment to share with Director/VP and merchant team.
  • Prepare talking points and trend ideas to share at Concept, Trends to Track, Style-outs, Best Seller Meetings. 
  • Serve as Fashion Office representative when Director is traveling in all market/ trend/ vendor meetings as needed.
  • Attend market appointments with Ross merchant team where applicable.
  • Work with Trend Services and attend all relevant trend meetings.
  • Coordinate and manage samples for creative requests.

What you need to be successful...

• Demonstrates curiosity about fashion, retail, consumer trends and cultural influences.
• Ability to connect insights across fashion, consumer, cultural signals to identify opportunities.
• Great eye for overall fashion/ trend/ color.
• Highly proactive; able to anticipate needs and take ownership of projects.
• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to build relationships cross functionally with internal and external partners.
• Ability to support multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong storytelling skills, able to communicate trend and business insights.
• Strong visual communication skills with an eye for design, layout, color, and trend storytelling.
• Positive attitude, adaptability, and willingness to learn.
• Demonstrates a growth mindset by actively seeking feedback, incorporating recommendations, and continuously developing skills and expertise.
• Bachelor's Degree required.

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Perks and Benefits of joining our team...

Our Associates are at the heart of everything we do and we're proud to offer a range of benefits that reflect how much we value their contributions. Here's a peek into what you can expect as an eligible Ross Associate:

  • A broad range of affordable health insurance options & personal medical plan concierge
    401(k) with employer match and Life insurance
  • Ample PTO including accrued vacation, paid holidays, diversity day, summer Fridays and the ability to purchase additional vacation.
  • Employee stock purchase plan*
  • Access to health and wellness benefits such as BetterHelp and Headspace
  • Charitable donations matched by Ross Stores Foundation
  • And more....

*benefits vary by level and position and are subject to change

 

DISCLAIMER

This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at management’s discretion.

Ross is an equal employment opportunity employer. We consider individuals for employment or promotion according to their skills, abilities and experience. We believe that it is an essential part of the Company’s overall commitment to attract, hire and develop a strong, talented and diverse workforce. Ross is committed to complying with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, physical, mental or developmental disability, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), veteran status, military status, marital or registered domestic partnership status, medical condition (including cancer or genetic characteristics), genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, as well as any other category protected by federal, state or local laws.

The base pay range for this role $76,000.00 to $82,000.00. The base pay range is dependent on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.

Job Tags

Full time, Summer work, Seasonal work, Work at office, Local area, Shift work

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