Junior Fashion Designer

QHQ Ltd; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23+ bank holidays annual leave pro-rata

Employee benefit schemes; donation days, employee of the month.

Wellbeing giveaways, new starter packs

Relaxed head office environment

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at QHQ Ltd as a Junior Fashion Designer, focused on designing innovative menswear and womenswear products. Engage in research and development, assist in creating initial designs, and collaborate closely with the product team. This full-time position offers a hybrid working model with competitive benefits, including 23+ bank holidays, ensuring a work-life balance in a relaxed office environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience designing mens and womens lifestyle products.
• Some experience creating graphics and all over prints would be desirable.
• Good knowledge of fabric and garment construction.
• Ability to work well within a team and communicate confidently.
• Ability to manage own workload and work independently.
• Willing to travel when required.
• Driving licence and own car would be useful.

Responsibilities

• Continual trend, customer and comparative research to confidently present ideas and identify key fabrics, colours, prints and silhouettes for each season.
• Assist in creating commercial initial designs for the full product range to present to the Head of Product.
• Research and create all over prints and graphics.
• Work alongside the design team and Head of Product to range plan each season.
• Assist in creating technical CAD packs including trim and fabric specifications to hand over to the technical team for development and production.
• Assist in the day to day running and organisation of the design department.
• Overseas travel for tradeshows, comparative shops and possible supplier visits.

Skills

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

QHQ Ltd West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Junior Fashion Designer

QHQ Ltd West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Director, QHQ Ltd

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Our Client is a leading UK outdoor lifestyle brand based in Yorkshire. The brand and reputation has continued to see exciting growth across their own retail channels and stores as well as partnering with established Highstreet retailers.

Our Client designs and develops all product in-house across mens, womens, childrenswear and accessories and work with a selection of longstanding global suppliers who help create the high quality, high value product they are known for.

The Role

The role is a permanent position within the Product team as a Junior Designer reporting into the Senior Designer and Head of Product. The successful candidate will become a member of the small, tight knit Product team working collaboratively with the Designers and Garment Technologists across all areas of the product range; mens, womens, childrens, accessories and graphics.

We are looking for someone who has already had some experience in an assistant or Junior Designer role who is looking for their next challenge to be a part of a growing brand and team.

The role is hybrid; 1 to 2 days in the Head Office in West Yorkshire with the remaining days of the week working from home. Ad hoc days in the office may be required depending on meetings.

Key Responsibilities

• Continual trend, customer and comparative research to confidently present ideas and identify key fabrics, colours, prints and silhouettes for each season.
• Assist in creating commercial initial designs for the full product range to present to the Head of Product.
• Research and create all over prints and graphics.
• Work alongside the design team and Head of Product to range plan each season.
• Assist in creating technical CAD packs including trim and fabric specifications to hand over to the technical team for development and production.
• Assist in the day to day running and organisation of the design department.
• Overseas travel for tradeshows, comparative shops and possible supplier visits.

The Candidate

• Relevant experience designing mens and womens lifestyle products.
• Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills are essential.
• Some experience creating graphics and all over prints would be desirable.
• Good knowledge of fabric and garment construction.
• Ability to work well within a team and communicate confidently.
• Ability to manage own workload and work independently.
• Willing to travel when required.
• Driving licence and own car would be useful.

The role is full time 8-5 Monday-Thursday and 8-1pm on a Friday

23+ bank holidays annual leave pro-rata

Employee benefit schemes; donation days, employee of the month, wellbeing giveaways, new starter packs

Relaxed head office environment

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Design

Industries

• Sporting Goods Manufacturing and Retail Apparel and Fashion

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