Free People Director of Sustainability & Social Impact

Role Summary

We're looking for someone truly excited about the Free People and FP Movement brands and are passionate about supporting and building upon how our core values are expressed and communicated both internally as well as externally. We believe strongly in starting from within and standing by what we are proud of and know our customer is also wanting to be in that conversation. This requires an exceptionally community centric mindset and experience managing external partnerships in order to increase our community's greater impact. You have ideally academic but definitely working experience with nonprofits, B-corps, mission driven organizations and experience in environmental sustainability.

Role Responsibilities

Sustainability : Free People / FP Movement Responsible Product

• Partner closely with sourcing and buying teams to understand where we are currently making an impact in sustainability and identify opportunities for future projects and goals.
• Managing the process of classifying and identifying sustainable product across categories, closely collaborating with CSR and product teams to make sure our standards are clearly understood and rolled out accurately across our site, and eventually in store.
• Collaborating actively with the URBN CSR Working Group to help us work towards greater URBN sustainability + impact goals (potential themes : packaging, raw material selection, waste reduction, recycling programs). You will also play a large part in contributing to our Impact Report through impact reporting and impact communication + storytelling.

Social Impact : Community Engagement, Nonprofit Partnerships + Volunteering

Marketing Partnership : Including our customer and celebrating achievements

Role Qualifications

#FreePeople #LI-EC1

The Perks

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com / work-with-us / benefits

EEO Statement

URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.