Design Assistant

Joma Jewellery Ltd; Banbury; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading jewellery company in Banbury is seeking a Design Assistant to join their creative team. This role involves supporting designers in creating stunning products, requiring excellent organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail. The successful candidate will contribute to various design processes, including creating spec sheets and managing samples. With a starting salary of around £25,500 and opportunities for growth in a dynamic environment, this position is ideal for those passionate about jewellery design.

Benefits

Salary circa £25,500

33 days holiday including bank holidays

Generous staff discount

Opportunities for learning and development

Innovative and friendly workplace

Qualifications

• Design qualification is highly desirable.
• Passion for fashion, jewellery, and accessories.
• Good visual communication skills with basic Adobe capabilities.
• Excellent organisation skills and attention to detail.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Exceptional accuracy in written communication and numeracy.
• Experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive team player, able to work autonomously.
• Positive, can-do attitude with collaborative skills.

Responsibilities

• Create detailed and accurate spec sheets for product and packaging using Adobe programs.
• Support designers with visuals and design mock-ups.
• Assist with personalisation projects, including testing concepts.
• Support planning activities such as range plan building.
• Prepare samples for key meetings.
• Verify quality of samples against design specs.
• Visual-merchandise new sample collections.
• Take accurate meeting notes and capture actions.
• Maintain organised filing systems and documentation.
• Input design information into the critical path.
• Research and analysis of market areas as needed.
• Assist in creating product fact sheets and decks.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Visual communication

Adobe skills (Ps or Ai)

Microsoft Office proficiency

Team collaboration

Education

Design qualification

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

THE OPPORTUNITY

We’re excited to welcome a Design Assistant to our Product Design team at Joma Jewellery!

Our Design team takes care in creating pieces that celebrate every little moment, delighting our customers with meaningful, personalised jewellery that captures their most special memories.

You’ll make an impact by using your excellent organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail to complete creative administrative tasks to support our wonderfully talented Designers across product and packaging.

You will help bring ideas to life from concept to creation through taking ownership for integral tasks such as creating spec sheets, managing samples, and crafting visuals and product decks that capture the magic of our collections. With your creative flair and methodical approach, you play a key role in supporting the design process from initial concept through to market launch.

If you’re excited by jewellery design, thrive on detail and organisation, and want to grow a career in product and packaging design creating beautiful, meaningful pieces in a dynamic, creative team, this role is made for you.

The role is Monday - Friday 9am-5pm. You'll enjoy the exciting buzz of our friendly office in Banbury, Oxfordshire three to five days a week dependant on business needs.

BEHIND THE BRANDS

We’re a family-run,entrepreneurial company with an exciting pace of life and abright and friendly team. We are passionate about creatingstunning productswith a personal touch andinnovating our businessbehind the scenes. We value creativity, collaboration and integrity.

HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE

• Create detailed and accurate spec sheets for product and packaging using Adobe programs
• Support Designers with visuals and physical design mock-ups
• Assist with personalisation projects, including testing creative concepts, building fact sheets and preparing print files
• Support planning activities such as range plan building and adding codes/prices ahead of sign-off meetings
• Prepare samples and product development spaces for key meetings
• Support the sample process, checking quality and ensuring alignment with design specs
• Visual-merchandise new sample collections for internal meetings
• Take accurate meeting notes and ensure team actions are captured
• Maintain organised filing systems and design documentation
• Input design information into the critical path, including naming, technical specs and images
• Research and comp shop areas of the market as requested
• Assist with creation of product fact sheets and decks for wider teams
• Any other ad-hoc duties as reasonably requested

THE TALENT YOU'LL BRING

• Design qualification is highly desirable
• Passion and enthusiasm for fashion, jewellery and accessories
• Good visual communication skills with basic Adobe (Ps or Ai) capabilities
• Excellent organisation skills and attention to detail
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Exceptional accuracy in written communication and numeracy
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment with integrity and confidentiality
• A proactive team player, able to work autonomously when needed
• A positive, can-do attitude and excellent collaborative skills

PERFECTLY PACKAGED

• Asalary ofcirca £25,500
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 with length of service
• Abroadbenefitspackageincluding our staff favourite – a very generousstaff discount acrossbothour brands. Seeallofourbenefitsonour careersportal
• Opportunities to make an impact as well as learn and developfurther
• An innovative and friendly workplacewith a team we’re proud to be part of. Find out more aboutus andour cultureonourcareersportal

Joma Jewellery was founded in 2008 by Katie and Geoff Loxton, since then we have gone from strength to strength, launching Katie Loxton in 2015 and growing our business beyond the UK. We know that part of that growth comes from the fact that we take diversity and inclusion very seriously. We strive to be the best in our field, and we know that happens by hiring a diverse team and encouraging everyone to be their authentic selves when working with us. We don’t hire based on cultures, preferences, or personalities – it’s what you bring to the team that counts.

We are always striving to improve our way of working to be more inclusive, diverse and equal, including encouraging all team members to bring their ideas to the table as we know this is key to our continued success.