Assistant Designer - MW Jersey (12 month FTC)

Description du poste:

Company Description:

We're (COMPANY NAME). We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting-edge technology, but more importantly were interested in how we can bring the best out of you.
We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At (COMPANY NAME), you're free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.
Through our Fashion with Integrity strategy we are driving diversity, equity and inclusion across every aspect of (COMPANY NAME) and ensuring every ASOSer can be their authentic self at work. We want our people to be whoever they want to be, because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work.

Job Description:

THE ROLE
As an Assistant Designer, you will be working closely with the Menswear Designer, designing the amazing (COMPANY NAME) DESIGN Jersey ranges for our twenty something customer. If you love fashion design, researching the latest trends and want to be part of a fast-paced fashion forward design team this could be the opportunity for you.
THE TEAM
(COMPANY NAME) is one of the UK's top fashion and beauty destinations, expanding globally at a rapid pace. Our values are to be authentic, brave, and creative, and we live and breathe these in everything we do.
The Design Team look for inspiration all around the world, along with street style, vintage shopping, music, art, the catwalk and all things creative, to design the latest product for the range. It's all about newness and finding and designing the most exciting product for our 20-something customer, whatever their style.
You'll be…
* Assisting the Jersey designer by researching, developing, and designing the menswear jersey ranges including print and graphics. You will be identifying key shapes for the season, colour, fabric and building a range which offers choice for our global customer base.
* Reacting to sales information and design commercially relevant fashion forward ranges.
* Researching current and future trends by a collection of different sources to identify newness and interpret into first to market pieces.
* Working with the technical team on initial fits. Identifying and helping problem solve for the department.
* Building relations with suppliers and advising factories on direction, construction, key details, materials, and trims.
* Adhering to the critical path to achieve deadlines, ensuring product is developed for the relevant and optimum selling period.
* An ability to research and develop unique product working with short lead suppliers and reacting to new trends quickly.

Qualifications:

Who we'd love to meet...
* Previous experience in designing for an Aspirational Brand or similar High Street Retailer with 1-2 years experience.
* Previous experience of working with Far East, European and UK suppliers.
* Experience in working with a buyer in planning and delivering a balanced range and first to market pieces.
* Strong commercial handwriting and understanding of the (COMPANY NAME) Brand and Customer.
* Computer Skills: Photoshop, Adobe, CAD.
* A Fashion forward perspective
* Strong time management.
* The confidence to identify problems and makes improvement suggestions, seeking practical ways to overcome barriers and remaining calm under pressure.
* The ability to communicate to the team & senior management the performance and strategy of the department.
* Willingness to Travel in the UK for Supplier meetings and Inspirational purposes. International development travel.

Additional Information:

What's in it for you?
* Employee discount (hello (COMPANY NAME) discount!)
* (COMPANY NAME) Develops (personal development opportunities across the business)
* Employee sample sales
* Access to a huge range of LinkedIn learning materials
* 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day
* Discretionary performance related bonus scheme
* Private medical care scheme
* Flexible benefits allowance - which you can choose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits