Junior Clothing Designer – JD Outdoor

JD Sports Fashion; Bury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Junior Designer, where your creativity will shine in designing outdoor clothing and accessories. This role offers the opportunity to work on various products, assist in the creation of innovative designs, and collaborate with talented professionals across multiple departments. If you have a passion for the outdoors and a strong design background, this position is perfect for you. Experience a supportive environment that values teamwork, responsibility, and integrity, while enjoying great benefits like staff discounts and personal development opportunities. Be part of a company dedicated to inspiring everyone for life outdoors!

Benefits

Staff Discount

Discounted Gym membership

Personal development opportunities

Access to Apprenticeships

Qualifications

• Relevant clothing design degree required.
• Experience in a fast-paced environment preferred.
• Good knowledge of Excel, Illustrator, and Adobe.

Responsibilities

• Design and assist in creating new products across multiple brands.
• Create CADs and support the development team.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure accurate product information.

Skills

Clothing design

Creative vision

Multitasking

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Relevant clothing design degree

Tools

Excel

Illustrator

Adobe

PLM system

CLO 3D design

Job description

The Junior Designer is responsible for working alongside the team with the design of our own brand product. They will support the designer and development team in the design and development of clothing and accessories within outdoor. Ensuring product is fit for purpose, delivered on time and commercial in margin and design direction.

• Job Title - Junior Designer
• Location - JD Group, Hollinsbrook Way, Pilsworth, BL9 8RR
• Working Hours - Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm, 40 hours per week.

What You'll Be Doing:

• A varied and exciting role, working across multiple products and outdoor brands at any one time.
• Designing and assisting the senior designer in creating new product across multiple brands.
• Design of both clothing and clothing accessories.
• Creating CADs and supporting the development team in the production of tech packs.
• Working with the suppliers to ensure all information is correct and all queries are answered in a timely manner.
• Working with the senior designer to produce creative, commercial, and compelling outdoor product.
• Strong creative vision and love for the outdoors is required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment whilst working to a critical path.
• Collaborate across buying, merchandising, web, and marketing to ensure all product information is accurate and correct.
• Working with the PLM system and CLO 3D design.
• Managing the fabric library.
• Presenting design to the wider teams.
• Working with the team for product launches – ensuring all brands are presented correctly.
• Approving lab dips, trims, bulk fabric.
• Researching new trends, competitor activity and retail trends.
• Visiting retail/stores reviewing competitor set and wider retail fascia’s.
• Collating sales data each week, to track exclusive brand performance.
• Working to the critical path and ensure all information is available for design and product sign offs.
• Attending fit sessions.

What We're Looking For:

• Relevant clothing design degree level or similar level.
• Experience in a fast-paced environment either brand or retail within a similar role is preferable.
• Good working knowledge of Excel, Illustrator and Adobe.
• Ability to multitask, working on multiple styles and seasons at once.
• Good organisational and communication skills.

The Company:

At GO Outdoors our purpose is strong and clear; “to inspire and equip everyone for life outdoors”. That’s because we passionately believe in the positive benefits of the outdoors, whether that be the daily dog walk or hiking Ben Nevis, horse riding or cold water therapy, we provide the best equipment for all outdoor activities, always at the best price guaranteed!

Our values aren’t just posters on the wall, we live them every day; ‘One Team ‘we are stronger together’, ‘Responsibility ‘we take ownership’, ‘Passion ‘we believe in what we do’ and ‘Integrity ‘we do the right thing’. Clear values which help us to fulfil our mission to be ‘the nations favourite outdoor retailer’.

If you share our passion and want to make a difference join our team to be a part of something ‘unbeatable’!

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Group the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online.
• Discounted Gym membership.
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.
• Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications.

Interested?

If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of you applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.