Knit Designer Assistant

Edinburgh Woollen Mill; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading high street fashion retailer is seeking a Design Assistant to support the design team in developing knit and jersey designs. The role involves creating trend boards, assisting with product development, and using computer-aided design tools like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Ideal candidates will be recent Design/Textile graduates with strong communication skills and an analytical mindset. This is an excellent opportunity to begin a career in a vibrant and fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Must be a recent Design/Textile graduate eager to start a career.
• Should possess strong communication skills.
• Must have an analytical mindset and be comfortable with numbers.

Responsibilities

• Assist in trend boards and colour pallets.
• Support the design team in all aspects of design.
• Develop product designs for sampling.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Time management skills

Adaptability

Education

Recent Design/Textile graduate

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

Role Overview

The role of the Design Assistant is to assist the design team to develop appropriate knit/ jersey designs aligned to a customer and product development strategy as part of a design team.

To create knit designs interpreting appropriate trends and sales strategic information to meet range plan requirements and to design brief and critical path deadlines.

Responsibilities

• To assist in putting together trend boards/colour pallets as part of the design team
• Assists the design team across all aspects of design
• To assistant in the development of product for sampling
• To assist in the co-ordination of clothing development in line with critical path deadlines
• Create knitwear designs and update where necessary
• Develop skills in computer aided design and become a competent user of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop computer design packages
• Assist designer by preparing CADing designs and spec packs for factories/suppliers
• Learn to design multi-product

What You'll Bring

• Are you a recent Design/Textile graduate, looking to start your career in a leading High Street company?
• Strong communication skills and confidence dealing with multiple teams
• Analytical mindset and comfortable working with numbers
• Adaptability and enthusiasm for a varied, fast‑paced role
• Excellent organisational and time management skills

Why Join Us?

The Edinburgh Woollen Mill is a retail business comprising of over 400 units, including High Street, Tourist & Destination sites, predominantly Fashion and Home.

The Edinburgh Woollen Mill has mainstream high street stores selling ladies and menswear for the 45 plus customer. Outlets are located in a wide variety of market and provincial towns across the UK and Ireland.

We have specialty tourist stores, where gift items and other products reflect the stores location. The outlets, which trade under an individual, often local, fascia, are in key tourist locations throughout the UK. Many stores are on busy tourist routes and benefit from coach visits where food service and exhibitions are all part of the attraction.

There are Destination Sites which contain all of the Company's concepts and other brands to increase their attractiveness as a retail destination. The sites trade under local, individual fascia's such as Antartex Village, and Kernow Mill, Mackinnon Mills.