Junior Footwear Designer

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Kurt Geiger Full time

Kurt Geiger | About Us

We are an inclusive, creative footwear and accessories brand powered by kindness. We want to empower our talent to be confident and true to themselves, the London way. London is our home, our heartbeat, and we draw inspiration from the energy and spirit of the city; its diversity and creativity. For over fifty years our team of in-house shoe and accessory designers have been creating authentic, distinctive designs from our London headquarters. The rainbow is our signature. It represents the good energy and love we have for our community and the many ways we collectively express our individual style.

 

We Are One: For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism

You will have experience of designing mens footwear for a high fashion retailer and be willing to bring with you your excellent drawing skills and practical knowledge of shoe design in order to support our designers.

We are looking for someone who is excited to join our small team and play an important role in creating our design lead, fashion relevant, dynamic collections. You will be responsible for assisting in the development of customer and market focused product collections each season that are in line with the company strategy for the brand. You will be researching trends, new materials, trims and colour palettes and designing new products incorporating your original ideas. You will be providing technical drawings for suppliers, finalising the approved designs for production. You will be working closely with the buying team to ensure fit and aesthetics meet brand requirements.

Requirements

  • Have a strong understanding of and passion for the Kurt Geiger brand, customer and collections
  • Be able to produce high quality work (Cads and Specs) quickly and efficiently.
  • To be engaged and enthusiastic about the fashion industry with strong knowledge of luxury and high street trends and have the ability to contribute and apply this to our brand 
  • Be able to produce original, creative and brand appropriate ideas based on upcoming trends
  • Have the ability and passion to work across multiple product categories
  • Be confident in presenting your designs formally and informally
  • To have excellent communication skills with your team, other teams and suppliers
  • Be flexible with the ability to change and reprioritise what you are working on when required
  • Have strong technical and practical knowledge that allows you to deliver accurate samples
  • Be able to take responsibility for your design work, following samples through until a perfect sample is delivered to the deadlines – a thorough and proactive approach in sample management
  • Be able to work without supervision but be part of a team

Benefits

    • Competitive basic salary
    • Pension and life assurance
    • Enviable discounts
    • Gym Discounts
    • Summer Hours - 3pm Friday Finish
    • Half Day, Payday Friday (once per month)
    • RetailTrust support
    • & so much more

Our Culture  

We’re an energic fast-paced brand that embraces progress and strives for innovation. Hard work is rewarded with new opportunities at every level and kindness is celebrated in everything we do. Our summer working hours accommodate a healthy work life balance. Wellbeing is important to our working culture, which is why we nurture a friendly environment for talent to thrive in, alongside a vibrant social community.

Our Stores

The first Kurt Geiger store opened on London Bond street in 1963.  Today, our brand has global appeal and is distributed in hundreds of cities around the world. We operate over 70 stand-alone stores nationwide, including our new flagship store on London Oxford street, and in over 400 stores globally. Beyond stand-alone stores and retail pop ups, our retail partners include some of the world’s most famous department stores.

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