Designer (Predominantly Menswear)

Saltrock Head Office; Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rest and relaxation with extra holiday

Birthday day off

Charity days

50% staff discount

Job summary

Saltrock Head Office in Braunton, North Devon, seeks a highly creative fashion designer with 4–5 years of experience to develop commercial multi-product collections for stores, wholesale and e-com. You will work closely with the Head of Design, Buying and Print to translate seasonal direction into cohesive ranges while maintaining brand DNA.

You must be proficient in CAD and Adobe Illustrator, with a strong portfolio, excellent English, and the ability to collaborate across teams, manage

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of fashion designing experience.
• Experience working in a lifestyle brand and retail design environment desirable.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating commercial ranges and trend awareness.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Design, Buying and Print teams from concept to completion.
• Design products from concept through to CAD while staying true to the brand and commercially viable.
• Create trend packs illustrating direction, color palettes and themes with the team.
• Build ranges balanced to the brand, monitor best/seller activity and drive ongoing innovation.
• Shape product ranges with Buying/Merch teams to deliver cohesive, profitable, on-brand collections.
• Design products within business, sourcing, price and margin constraints in collaboration with Buying.
• Liaise with overseas factories to support global sourcing.
• Prepare detailed Tech Packs with garment construction, fabric and washes.

Skills

Good level of English

Hand drawing

Education

Degree in Product Design

Tools

CAD

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Excel

Job description

Job Description

A
highly creative, detail-focused, team-oriented designer with strong product
development skills, trend awareness, and industry knowledge. You will be
working closely and collaboratively with the Head of design, the design team and
buying team to design and develop innovative, creative and commercial multi
product collections for stores, wholesale and e-com.

Responsibilities

• Work
  collaboratively with the Design, Buying and Print teams from concept to
  completion aligning on seasonal direction, trends, timelines, and customer
  insights.
• Design
  products from concept through to CAD that are true to our brand and are commercial.
  
• Carry
  out trend and market research. Creating trend packs to illustrate
  direction, colour palettes, and themes collaboratively with the team.
• Capability
  and experience of building ranges that are balanced and true to the brand.
• Proactively monitor best/worst
  seller activity and suggest actions to help us to continually innovate.
• Alongside the Buying and Merch
  teams, shape the product range collections and help to drive Saltrock
  commercially through delivering a cohesive, profitable and on brand range.
• Be an ambassador of our Brand
  DNA. Exceed the Saltrock customers’ expectations of the brand.
• Designing products within
  parameters of the business strategy, sourcing strategy, price architecture,
  margins and selling prices through collaboration with Buying.
• Supporting
  sourcing strategy in collaboration with the buying team. Liaising with
  factories overseas. Need to be experienced developing product
  with a global supply base.
• Participate in fit sessions, ensuring the end designs are
  commercial.
• Create
  detailed Tech packs, with excellent understanding of garment construction,
  fabric & washes.

The Individual

• Excellent commercial acumen
  with the ability to identify new opportunities with excellent communication
  and presentation skills at all levels.
• Proficient in CAD –Adobe
  Illustrator skills are essential and a natural at drawing by hand.
• Excellent in communication, organisation, and time management
  skills
• Proactive, professional, flexible, and able to multi-task. Willing
  to roll your sleeves up.
• Experience of working in a similar
  brand would be ideal.
• Passion and enthusiasm for
  the brand with vision to push the brand forward.
• At least 4 or 5 years of
  fashion designing experience.
• You must have a commercial
  eye and be able to keep up to date with relevant trends to design
  successful ranges.
• Good level of English
• Real talent, proven through
  an amazing portfolio.
• Self starting but also enjoys
  working collaboratively and a good communicator

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent in
  Product Design or equivalent experience.
• Experienced in a retail
  design environment within a lifestyle brand (desirable)

IT skill level

• Must have advanced
  skills/knowledge with Adobe CC - especially AI & PS
• Basic Excel
• Ability to design in
  illustrator 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 are
  crucial)

What we offer you

• Rest and relaxation is important, we offer above
  statutory holiday, 33 days per year (inc. bank holidays), pro rata for part
  time team members and after 5 years on your journey you will be rewarded with
  an extra 2 days
• Your birthday is a REAL big deal, you will receive an
  extra 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 big
  part of our journey, you will have 3 days per year to support with charitable
  causes
• 50% discount (off RRP) on all Saltrock products

Reporting to:

Head of Design