Assistant / Junior Womenswear Designer

Crew Clothing; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fashion retailer in Greater London is seeking a Junior Womenswear Designer to join their design team. You will be responsible for updating VRPs and CADs, conducting market research, and collaborating with technical teams. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Fashion Design and experience in a junior design role, excellent illustration skills, and proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Excel. This role offers the opportunity to influence designs and trends in an exciting and dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a junior designer role within the Fashion industry.
• Strong color sense and print sense.
• Ability to quickly analyze data and draw relevant conclusions.

Responsibilities

• Update all VRPs and CADs for the design team.
• Conduct trend and market research.
• Design for specified womenswear categories.

Skills

Illustration skills

Excellent communication

Time management

Attention to detail

Strong design skills

Education

Bachelors in Fashion Design, Textile Design or Fine Arts

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Here at Crew Clothing Company, we are committed to ensuring our customers look and feel great in our designs. Whether it’s a casual lunch out with friends or a more formal day at the office, we inspire style and confidence in the quality of our clothing and the warm welcome from our teams.

It’s a great time to join the Crew World, we have many exciting opportunities as our company continues to grow and flourish and we welcome new talent to help us achieve our goals. Our people are well mannered, enthusiastic and committed to delivering an exceptional experience for our customers whether they shop on the web, at one of our events or in one of our many stores across the country.

We are looking for a Junior Womenswear Designer to come and join the team and be responsible for updating all VRPs and CADs for the design team, as well as designing across our Leisurewear, Sleep, Swim and Casual Jersey categories.

Responsibilities

Trend & Market Research

• Maintain awareness of seasonal trends through market shopping, trend research and stay current with competition. Gain knowledge of multi-market product ranges.
• Create presentation material for trend, color and must-have product in your categories.
• Shop trend in retail markets seeking new merchandise ideas, as needed.
• Create presentation boards

Color and Fabric Research & Development

• Develop and update seasonal coloured range boards, maintaining awareness of market color direction and internal brand color stories.
• Research market -identifying specific fabrics, yarns, jersey for the season, work with sourcing team and suppliers to source each fabric to meet the specific pricing needs of knitwear and jersey.
• Select each style’s fabric, trims, materials and colors that fit into the mood board direction and create style plans.
• Work with team to develop standards to maintain and grow the internal material library.

Product Development & Development Packages

• Design for womenswear specified categories within the design department.
• Prepare range and presentation boards for range reviews and buyer / product meetings. Create presentation materials for product range sign -off meetings. Work with the design team to keep up to date.
• Be prepared with proto samples, store bought samples, fabric swatches, sketches and tears during Development Meetings
• Create flat technical sketches and packs for design development packages
• Create design development Package with components
• Manage and maintain all information through to final approval.
• Manage Seasonal range sheets .
• Maintain records of range sheets ensure they are updated and correct for product range selection.
• Suggest color direction for garments to properly balance the product and seasonal collections.
• Review and approve proto samples with technical team.

Team Collaboration

• Work with technical team to ensure tech packages are accurate and complete; review with DD & HOD and provide specific feedback and collaborative direction when necessary.
• Adhere to the seasonal critical path and action calendars. Work collaboratively with internal and external supplier, teams, buyers and technical dept.
• e Updating all VRP’s and cads for the design team and own departments. elevate calendar issues and provide resolution in order to maintain calendar dates.
• Approve fabric samples, lab dips and other development materials sent from factories. Work collaboratively with internal material management teams to provide feedback and clear and concise direction in order to execute approvals properly.
• Communicate on a daily basis with overseas offices.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Fashion Design, Textile Design or Fine Arts.
• Experience within a junior designer role within the Fashion industry.
• Excellent illustrator skills, proficiency in PC operation, Excel, Adobe Photoshop software
• Ability to impact and influence design team to gain buy-in for product that will influence the Crew customer. Ideally, the experience of working in a global matrix environment.
• Knowledge of how product is sourced, developed and marketed
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills and ability to understand how to adapt presentations for relevant audiences.
• Ability to understand brand strategies and to work in a collaborative environment.
• Strong design and conceptual skills
• Strong color sense / print sense
• Ability to quickly understand the target customer
• Ability to quickly analyze data / situations and draw relevant conclusions to have positive effects on business in a complex environment
• Detail-oriented with excellent time management and organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task, problem-solve, and think outside the box in a fast-paced environment