Print Designer

Sosandar; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A women's wear fashion brand is seeking a Print Designer to join their team in Wimslow, Cheshire. The successful candidate will collaborate with Fashion Designers and the Buying team, focusing on creating original and commercial print designs. Essential qualifications include a degree in Textiles or Fashion, strong CAD and Adobe skills, and a passion for design trends. The role offers hybrid working and attractive employee benefits including 25 days of paid holiday, employee discounts, and a pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays

Holiday buy scheme

40% employee discount

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance 4x your salary

Qualifications

• Proven success and experience as a print designer in women's wear.
• Strong print portfolio with various styles.
• Able to handle multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Senior Print Designer on print timelines.
• Create original and commercial print designs across various styles.
• Manage production approvals and supplier relationships.

Skills

Commercial print design

CAD skills

Photoshop proficiency

Illustrator proficiency

Trend awareness

Strong communication skills

Education

Degree in Textiles, Fashion, or similar

Job description

Sosandar is looking for an experienced Print Designer to join the team in Wimslow, Cheshire.

As a Print Designer at Sosandar, the successful applicant will play a key supporting role across all printed product departments, working closely with Fashion Designers and the Buying team.

The Print Designer's Responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with the Senior Print Designer to make sure prints are sent out in line with the Critical Path
• Creating original, commercial Print Designs in a wide range of styles that our customer will love.
• You will be experienced in creating precise, factory-ready repeat prints and spec sheets, including Pantones that are clear for suppliers to follow
• You will be aware of the Critical Path and when prints need to be sent to different suppliers
• Having a great eye for print and colour, you will continuously research current and future print trends and feedback to the design and buying teams which will take into account trade messages and lessons learnt
• Along with the Senior print designer, you will complete Trend print research and recolours of best sellers along with new artworks which will feed into the Company trends
• Building up a strong knowledge of the Sosandar customer so that you are able to confidently source newness/design inspiration that is in line with our brand identity and a natural progression from where we have already seen success.
• Fully understanding the analysis around how prints are currently performing, gaining full knowledge of their history to include best sellers, returns data and current trade and be fully up to date with the print strategy for the key departments you work with
• Work closely with the Buying teams to manage strike off and production approvals, giving comments to suppliers on print quality and colour
• You will work closely with suppliers daily maintaining good relationships and making sure the prints are the best they can be
• You will be enthusiastic, always happy to help and able to adapt to print needs from the product teams

What Sosandar is looking for:

• Experience and success working at the print designer level for other women's wear fashion brands.
• A strong print portfolio, demonstrating commercial print designs in a variety of styles from Florals to Animals, Geometrics, etc
• Experience in designing prints and being part of a women's wear product team.
• A degree in Textiles, Fashion or similar
• Excellent CAD skills and be proficient with Photoshop and Illustrator for creating precise, factory ready print designs and spec sheets
• Excellent knowledge of trends from catwalk to high street and a good instinct for new emerging trends.
• Open-minded and able to take feedback well and be receptive to print alterations required by the team
• Passion for a fast-paced, high-pressure and ever-evolving way of working, embracing change and always looking for ways to improve how the Design Team functions and works together.
• Highly organised and capable of managing multiple deadlines.

What\u2019s in it for you:

• 25 days paid holiday pro-rata, plus bank holidays, plus your birthday off
• Holiday buy scheme
• Hybrid working
• 40% employee discount
• 4% employer pension via salary sacrifice
• Employee Assistance Programme (private GP consultations, prescriptions, physiotherapy, counselling, shopping discounts) for you, your partner and kids
• Life Assurance 4x your salary

As an equal opportunities employer, we celebrate our differences and know that as a team we thrive in a diverse and inclusive environment. Sosandar therefore welcomes applications from all individuals.

Think you tick all the boxes? Great, we want to hear from you!