Design Lead

3 weeks 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.

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