Mid-Weight Product Designer
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £25000 – £30000/annum
Our client is a worldwide Family-run Fashion & Accessory brand based in Banbury and is looking to appoint a Mid-weight Product Designer to join their Creative team, You will be actively progressing projects from conceptual stages through to design delivery. As a Mid Weight Product designer, you will support the creative development and brand styling, managing your own projects from start to finish. If you're a candidate who considers yourself a passionate designer with a keen interest in fashion and thrives in a collaborative and fast-paced retail environment, this represents a fantastic opportunity to join an extremely successful and growing business.
Main responsibilities:
Using your knowledge of all adobe programs to create artwork and technical specifications
Maintain an awareness of competitors and regularly communicate with seniors this knowledge
Be an example of design standards to junior designers, suggesting ways to improve individual processes
Daily/weekly reports to senior designer outlining current statuses and detailing the progress of all live projects
Work closely with junior members of the Design team to manage and maintain critical paths ensuring accuracy with sample/product codes, product descriptions, colour descriptions
Be confident in maintaining direct relationships with senior designers and be a support design/buying teams where needed on projects that need knowledge from a product point of view
Executing briefs from Senior Designers to design on brand, innovative products & concepts that are visually attractive suggesting creative/innovative solutions
Proactively take ownership of projects and support seniors in helping deliver products from concept to delivery by:
Providing support for senior designers in the development and delivery of technical specifications
Working closely with senior designers to ensure end-to-end delivery of products including packaging, tags, care labels, Point Of Sale display, testing
checking own work and that of junior team members', ensuring attention to detail is met and tasks are well organised
Monitoring and managing the checking of all samples against specs with senior designers
Helping to mentor and grow junior designers to deliver a first-time right spec sheet and sample
Suggesting ways to improve individual processes and/or going above and beyond to proactively manage these ideas
Key Skills & Experience:
A Design qualification, preferably in fashion or product design, with a passion and enthusiasm related to fashion and lifestyle products
Experience in product design, preferably within fashion and accessories brands
A proven track record of working to processes to effectively deliver high-quality products within deadlines
Strong visual communication skills as well as high proficiency in Creative suite such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite such as Excel, Word and Outlook
Experience of working in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to work to tight deadlines in high-pressure projects
A high degree of confidentiality and integrity
Able to work pro-actively within a team, coupled with the ability to take initiative and work autonomously
A positive, can-do attitude and excellent team working skills
Experience working independently under general instructions on product design projects
Additional Information:
37.5 Hour working week
Hybrid Working 2 days in the office 3 days WFH
25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
Discount on products & Items
If you would like to apply for this opportunity, please submit an up-to-date CV including details about your current or most recent salary and your availability/notice period. You can also call Dan Marlow on (phone number removed) or click the link for a discreet and confidential discussion about the role
More Information
- Address Banbury, Oxfordshire
