Midweight Cad & Jewellery Designer

Joma Jewellery And Katie Loxton; Harwell; Hybrid; GBP 28.000 - 36.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Salary DOE

25 days holiday, rising to 27

Staff discount across brands

Zusammenfassung

Joma Jewellery And Katie Loxton is seeking a Midweight CAD Designer to join the Product Design team. You will design jewellery and accessories using Matrix Gold, progress concepts through to delivery, and collaborate with senior designers to ensure on-brand, high-quality results.

This full-time role offers a Mon-Fri 9am-5pm schedule with three days in the Banbury office and two days flexible remote work, with potential increased office days during peak periods.

Qualifikationen

• Proficient with Matrix Gold to create 3D CAD models for jewellery and accessories.
• 1+ years experience in Jewellery/CAD role.
• Strong visual communication and proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
• Experience in jewellery product design from ideation to creation.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, confidential environment.

Aufgaben

• Create 3D CAD models for new jewellery and accessory designs using Matrix Gold.
• Collaborate with Buying to align products with pricing architecture.
• Provide technical specs and liaise with factories for quality and delivery.
• Ensure end-to-end delivery of jewellery and accessories.
• Check samples against specs and modify per sign-off from Creative Director and Senior Design Managers.
• Produce final artworks and contact sheets using Adobe Creative Suite.
• Support the team with knowledge of jewellery manufacturing processes to enable first-time-right samples.
• Stay aware of competitors to guide design decisions.

Kenntnisse

Matrix Gold CAD

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Microsoft Office

Visual communication

Ausbildung

Design qualification in jewellery/fashion/CAD

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Matrix Gold

Jobbeschreibung

THE OPPORTUNITY

Introducing a brand-new position within our wonderful Product Design team as Joma Jewellery Midweight Jewellery CAD Designer.

As Joma Jewellery's Midweight CAD and Jewellery Designer, you will be designing jewellery and accessories using CAD software, Matrix. You will work with Senior team members to interpret and actualise jewellery using your accurate and efficient Jewellery manufacturing CAD skills. You will be hands-on progressing projects from conceptual stages through to design delivery. You will effectively collaborate with the wider Product Design team and to design best-in-class products to increase our positioning in the market as an affordable luxury brand.

The role is Monday - Friday 9am-5pm. You'll enjoy the exciting buzz of our friendly office in Banbury, Oxfordshire three times a week on average with the flexibility to work from home for the remaining two days. This may increase to 5 days a week during peak periods.

BEHIND THE BRANDS

We’re a family-run, entrepreneurial company with an exciting pace of life and a bright and friendly team. We are passionate about creating stunning products with a personal touch and innovating our business behind the scenes. We value creativity, collaboration and integrity.

HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE

• Using your strong knowledge of Matrix Gold to create 3D CAD models for new jewellery and accessories designs.

• Working closely with Buying to ensure products are coming in on target and in our pricing architecture

• Providing technical specifications and liaising with factories to ensure products are to a high quality and consistent in delivery to final customer

• Ensuring end-to-end delivery of all of our jewellery and accessories

• Thoroughly checking own work ensuring attention to detail is to the highest standard & organizational skills are being adhered to fully

• Checking all samples against specs to ensure suppliers have made to specification and modify based on Creative Director and Senior Design Managers sign off

• Using your excellent knowledge and confidence in using all adobe programs to create final artworks, visuals and contact sheets

• General knowledge of the jewellery manufacturing process to assist with creating technically correct first time right sample

• Using your excellent awareness of competitors within the jewellery, gifting, fashion accessories and personalisation industry to guide your design process

• Maintaining a comprehensive understanding of the brand’s product development strategy and collaborate with the team to ensure projects and products are delivered on time and in-

• Developing and driving new personalisation offerings with innovation at forefront always and communicate these ideas with relevant teams within company to deliver successful implementation and ensure we are at the forefront of personalisation

• Presenting concepts and ideas to senior team members regularly throughout the design season and clearly communicate the progress of all development ensuring the team are on track with targets

• Ensuring critical paths are being maintained to a high standard

THE TALENT YOU'LL BRING

• Strong knowledge of Matrix gold CAD software

• Design qualification preferably in jewellery, fashion, CAD or product design with a passion and enthusiasm related to fashion and lifestyle products

• 1+ years experience in a Jewellery/CAD Role.

• Experience in jewellery product design, from ideation to creation

• Strong visual communication skills as well as excellent proficiency in Creative suite such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office suite such as Excel, Word and Outlook

• Ability to demonstrate an exceptional level of accuracy in both written correspondence and numeracy

• Experience of working in a fast paced, pressurised environment and a high degree of confidentiality and integrity

• Able to work pro-actively within a team coupled with the ability to take initiative and work autonomously

• A positive, can-do attitude and excellent team working skills

• Proven experience working independently under general instructions on a large variety of special projects

PERFECTLY PACKAGED

• A competitive salary DOE

• 25 days holiday rising to 27 with length of service, plus bank holiday

• A broad benefits package including our staff favourite – a very generous staff discount across both our brands. See all of our benefits on our careers portal

• Opportunities to make an impact as well as learn and develop further

• An innovative and friendly workplace with a team we’re proud to be part of. Find out more about us and our culture on our careers portal

Joma Jewellery was founded in 2008 by Katie and Geoff Loxton, since then we have gone from strength to strength, launching Katie Loxton in 2015 and growing our business beyond the UK. We know that part of that growth comes from the fact that we take diversity and inclusion very seriously. We strive to be the best in our field, and we know that happens by hiring a diverse team and encouraging everyone to be their authentic selves when working with us. We don’t hire based on cultures, preferences, or personalities – it’s what you bring to the team that counts.

We are always striving to improve our way of working to be more inclusive, diverse and equal, including encouraging all team members to bring their ideas to the table as we know this is key to our continued success.