Designer (Predominantly Menswear)

Saltrock; Braunton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Birthday day off

Charity days

Staff discount

Job summary

Saltrock seeks a highly creative product designer to work with the Head of Design, design team and buying team to develop innovative multiproduct collections for stores, wholesale and e-com. You will translate seasonal direction into commercial designs and CAD-ready tech packs.

You will conduct trend research, build cohesive ranges, liaise with overseas factories, participate in fit sessions and ensure designs align with our BrandDNA and margins.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Product Design.
• Retail design experience in a lifestyle brand desirable.
• Advanced Adobe CC skills, especially Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Proficient in CAD and hand sketching.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Design, Buying and Print teams from concept to completion.
• Create products from concept to CAD that reflect the brand and are commercial.
• Carry out trend and market research and build trend packs.
• Develop ranges balancing brand, margins and selling prices.
• Contribute to fit sessions and ensure designs are commercial.

Skills

CAD

Adobe Illustrator

Hand drawing

Communication

Time management

Education

Degree in Product Design

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Excel

Job description

JobDescription

Ahighly creative, detail-focused, team-oriented designer with strong productdevelopment skills, trend awareness, and industry knowledge. You will beworking closely and collaboratively with the Head of design, the design team andbuying team to design and develop innovative, creative and commercial multiproduct collections for stores, wholesale and e-com.

Responsibilities

• Workcollaboratively with the Design, Buying and Print teams from concept tocompletion aligning on seasonal direction, trends, timelines, and customerinsights.
• Designproducts from concept through to CAD that are true to our brand and are commercial.
• Carryout trend and market research. Creating trend packs to illustratedirection, colour palettes, and themes collaboratively with the team.
• Capabilityand experience of building ranges that are balanced and true to the brand.
• Proactively monitor best/worstseller activity and suggest actions to help us to continually innovate.
• Alongside the Buying and Merchteams, shape the product range collections and help to drive Saltrockcommercially through delivering a cohesive, profitable and on brand range.
• Be an ambassador of our BrandDNA. Exceed the Saltrock customers’ expectations of the brand.
• Designing products withinparameters of the business strategy, sourcing strategy, price architecture,margins and selling prices through collaboration with Buying.
• Supportingsourcing strategy in collaboration with the buying team. Liaising withfactories overseas. Need to be experienced developing productwith a global supply base.
• Participate in fit sessions, ensuring the end designs arecommercial.
• Createdetailed Tech packs, with excellent understanding of garment construction,fabric & washes.

The Individual

• Excellent commercial acumenwith the ability to identify new opportunities with excellent communicationand presentation skills at all levels.
• Proficient in CAD –AdobeIllustrator skills are essential and a natural at drawing by hand.
• Excellent in communication, organisation, and time managementskills
• Proactive, professional, flexible, and able to multi-task. Willingto roll your sleeves up.
• Experience of working in a similarbrand would be ideal.
• Passion and enthusiasm forthe brand with vision to push the brand forward.
• At least 4 or 5 years offashion designing experience.
• You must have a commercialeye and be able to keep up to date with relevant trends to designsuccessful ranges.
• Good level of English
• Real talent, proven throughan amazing portfolio.
• Self starting but also enjoysworking collaboratively and a good communicator

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent inProduct Design or equivalent experience.
• Experienced in a retaildesign environment within a lifestyle brand (desirable)

IT skill level

• Must have advancedskills/knowledge with Adobe CC - especially AI & PS
• Basic Excel
• Ability to design inillustrator is essential

Contract details

• Based in our Head Office in Braunton, North Devon
• Working hours are Mon-Fri,8.30-5pm (you may be required to work longer hours when deadlines arecrucial)

What we offer you

• Rest and relaxation is important, we offer abovestatutory holiday, 33 days per year (inc. bank holidays), pro rata for parttime team members and after 5 years on your journey you will be rewarded withan extra 2 days
• Your birthday is a REAL big deal, you will receive anextra day holiday for this to be taken on or in the week of your birthday
• Giving back to the community is so important, it’s a bigpart of our journey, you will have 3 days per year to support with charitablecauses
• 50% discount (off RRP) on all Saltrock products

Reporting to:

Head of Design

Compensation: To be discussed