Our client is an established fashion brand, with beautiful ranges across clothing, footwear and accessories.
An opportunity has arisen within their design team for an talented and ambitious designer/developer to work on footwear and accessories.
The Role -
• Assisting the category designer with seasonal research to identify and realise new product and design opportunities
• Assisting the category designer with the creation of CAD Designs & technical design packs
• Coordinating requests for, and the review of fabric submits, lab dips and hardware components relevant to the finished product
• Coordinating submits into relevant libraries for reference within the design studio
• Interact on a daily basis with factories/vendors to support the creation of new products
• Accountable for all sample tracking through the PLM System. Including Co-ordination and comments up to and including Salesman samples
• Assigning samples to triallists following the recommended list of people and their sizes and creating wearer trial forms and processing comments
• Researching care guides for any new fabrications
• Reviewing wearer trial feedback in conjunction with care guides and draft wording for disclaimer
• Highlight any potential new packaging requirements and distribute necessary communications to the wider team
The ideal candidate will be passionate about product, confident and highly self-motivated with a strong work ethic. This opportunity is an ideal role for someone new to the industry yet to specialise as this role covers design, development and some technology.
A basic understanding of the creative and technical aspects of product development coupled with good
interpersonal skills is essential.
Being a proficient IT user including use of CAD, Photoshop and illustrator is also a pre-requisite for this role.
In return, in addition to a very competitve entry level salary, you can expect to join a fast paced, forward thinking business who strive to develop and reward their team accordingly.