Fashion Designer
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary :
Our Brand& business has almost 20 years' experience in creating merchandise collections for clients from all sectors. We offer an end-to-end service from design, production and quality control, through to supporting sales and marketing activity and distributing collections worldwide. Through distinctive design and uncompromising production quality, we express the brand’s essence and personality across the range, with roots in motorsport as a subsidiary of Prodrive.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Fashion Designer to join the Production team. You will support the Production Manager in developing designs for clothing and accessory products for various markets and brands, and develop design templates and systems to improve the support process to production and sales. This is a full time, office-based position in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Key responsibilities:
* Create and develop clothing and accessory designs
* Interpret brand guidelines for design purposes (product requirements, product range, colour and logo use)
* Research clothing and accessory trends along with fabric and branding formats
* Attend internal and external client brief meetings
* Communicate and present designs and products internally and externally to clients
* Create product specifications and artwork for factories
* Review samples received from factory and feedback effectively the revisions required on colour, fabric, fit and branding.
* Communicate with global suppliers
* Work closely in assessing product requirements for markets with the Production Manager
* Produce high quality visuals in variety of paper and electronic media
* Liaise with clients about the details of their design concepts
* Oversee and maintain original artwork files
Who we are looking for…
Our ideal candidate will have a degree within Fashion / Business Design Clothing / Accessories or equivalent, as well as having previous experience within a Designer role (this can include university placement). You will be a highly motivated self-starter and relentless in exceeding customer expectations, continually exceeding goals and managing your own work for your clients. You must be an advanced user of Adobe illustrator and Photoshop, and be an excellent communicator and confident presenter.
What can we offer you?
* An attractive salary which will grow in line with your ongoing development and impact
* 25 days holiday (which increases with long service) with an opportunity to purchase up to 15 extra days
* Training opportunities for continuing professional development
* Onsite subsidised staff restaurant
* Car and pension salary sacrifice schemes
* Cyclescheme
* Exercise classes
* Paid time off for volunteering
* Consultations with our Fit 4 Life expert
* Social events throughout the year
* Exclusive company discounts
* Life assurance
We are an equal opportunities employer
At Prodrive we are committed to attracting and nurturing the best talent and creating an inclusive workplace. We value individual differences and diversity amongst all staff so that everyone has the widest opportunities to maximise their potential. We aim to ensure that no job applicant is placed at a disadvantage by practices or requirements which disproportionately impact protected groups and which are not justified by the demands of the job. If you feel you are right for this role, we welcome your application.
Come and make a difference
More Information
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