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Design Manager

2 months ago

Northampton Northamptonshire, United Kingdom My 1st Years Full time

A unique opportunity has arisen for a Design Manager to join the My 1st Years team.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a strong experienced designer, with 8+ years expertise in the Baby and Kids market. You will have a great eye for detail and a strong creative handwriting, along with a proven track record of developing successful product ranges, cross category. You will be a strong influencer, passionate about the brand & its success, and will be able to take team

members with you on the creative journey. You will be a strong communicator and presenter, with a clear commercial approach to moving forward the department's creative strategy alongside key stakeholders. You will need to have a collaborative approach to working with internal teams across the business. Building strong relationships to get the best out of the department. You will be highly motivated and a team player.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

As the Design Manager your key responsibilities are:

  • To lead, motivate & inspire a team of designers, driving performance and ensuring they are supported & developed in their roles.
  • To work closely with all departments across the business, providing a confident, solution-based approach & always representing brand and creative.
  • To lead & identify commercial trends & opportunities in the Baby & Kids gifting market.
  • Manage & prioritise all design processes as part of the critical path, ensuring all deadlines are met.
  • To be a part of the design & development of commercially viable product ranges, across both soft & hard-line categories.
  • Anticipate and deliver new product opportunities through innovation & creativity in response to changing business conditions.
  • Have a keen interest in the marketplace including an awareness of competitors.
  • Manage & develop new & junior members of the team to increase department knowledge and brand handwriting.
  • Support the Creative Director with new business initiatives, as and when required.

Skills and Knowledge

As the Design Manager, you would be expected to have the following skills and knowledge:

  • Self-motivated with a clear ‘can do’ attitude, who can lead a team unsupervised in an accurate, methodical & organised manner.
  • An ability to work in a fast-paced, exciting & demanding environment.
  • In-depth knowledge and experience designing Baby & Kids products.
  • Extensive market and aspirational gifting knowledge in the Baby & Kids arena.
  • Excellent presentation skills for trend/mood boards that are clear & have creative flair.
  • Excellent freehand drawing & Adobe Suite skills.
  • Accomplished range-building skills, challenging and balancing newness and commerciality.
  • The understanding & experience of detailed specification documents for accurate briefing to manufacturers.
  • Liaising with key buying, merchandising & technical teams to realise briefs.
  • Commercially astute to ensure that creative designs hit the wider business goals.
  • An understanding of how to design products that will look great online.
  • Able to maintain a high level of creativity and quality execution when working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
  • Wide understanding of customer styles, with the ability to challenge & stretch product opportunities.
  • Experience in working with licence partners would be advantageous, but not essential.
  • Good communication skills, clear, concise and dynamic.
  • Willing to travel, as required.

WHAT YOU WILL GET IN RETURN

  • Competitive salary based on experience.
  • Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay
  • 25 days holiday (increasing to 28 with service) + Bank Holidays
  • Summer Hours (3pm finish every Friday in June, July & August)
  • 2 Volunteer Days per year
  • Birthday Day off (in addition to your holiday allowance)
  • Early finish on payday
  • Staff Discount
  • EAP

Location: You will be based in our office in Northampton where we are operating a hybrid model of 2-3days in the office and 2-3 days from home. Flexibility around this will be required when necessary.