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Design Assistant

2 months ago

Havant, United Kingdom FatFace Full time

Role: Design Assistant


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Department: Design, Womenswear

Reports to: Designer

Contract: Permanent

Working Arrangements: Hyrbid Working (3 days per week office based)

Role Overview

FatFace has an exciting opportunity for a passionate and enthusiastic Design Assistant to join the team. The successful candidate will provide support in designing a commercial range of products which is in line with the Design direction and brand strategy, with our womenswear team.

Role Responsibilities

  • Assisting the womenswear design team covering all product categories including dresses, skirts, knitwear, denim and outerwear.
  • Provide support for gathering information on season trends appropriate for the Fat Face brand, through research and competitor visits. Assist in the completion of the concept boards for presentation meetings
  • Support designers with the creation of colour palettes and fabric/trims sourcing
  • Identifying fashion trends, producing overriding trend, catwalk and key shape boards each season
  • Assist in the production of design packs, ensuring accurate and timely completion, working with the design team to achieve the design vision
  • Be aware of selection meetings and ensure proto samples are chased in as required
  • Prepare design samples, boards, and information for meetings to ensure all requirements are satisfied
  • Manage all design samples, labelling and tidying up as appropriate
  • Feedback on current trends and styling information and make suggestions for product designs, understanding the implications on the critical path
  • Keep up to date with department and product sales performance and trading activity and feedback into the design process
  • Carry out department product filing and general admin tasks as required
  • Develop self through store, competitor, shows and suppliers visits. And through increased awareness of other functions and company activity
  • Provide support across the wider design team as required
  • Align self to companies social and environmental mission and champion any actions that you can directly impact at all times.

Skills and Experience

  • A relevant Degree in Fashion Design
  • 1+ years of experience in a design related role – we would consider those with a relevant degree but no working experience, providing you have a proven portfolio with relevant work to show
  • Basic experience of design process
  • Must be proficient in Illustrator & Photoshop
  • A creative flair and ability to think outside the box
  • Good communication skills – good oral and presentation skills
  • Impact and influencing skills - able to influence externally and internally, displays drive, energy, enthusiasm and a can-do attitude
  • Able to organise and prioritise, deal with change well, able to suggest improvements to working practices and systems
  • Team working

Role Competencies

  • An understanding of the product development cycle
  • Use of computerised design system – Photoshop, Illustrator
  • Understanding of customer profile, competitors, and product offer
  • Basic understanding of design working practises and terminology
  • Some understanding of the supply chain for product and fabric sourcing and development Brand & market aware
  • Passion for product
  • Affinity with the FatFace brand

Key Contacts & Relationships

Internal:

  • Product team

External:

  • Suppliers

Accountable for Resources

  • Company integrity – relationship with externals
  • Brand integrity within category

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