Footwear Design Student Placement

6 months ago

South Shields, United Kingdom Barbour Full time

Overview

The Barbour story began in 1894 in South Shields in the North East of England. Founder John Barbour began supplying oilskins and other garments to protect the growing community of sailors, fishermen and dockers. These first weather resistant items quickly established Barbour’s reputation for innovation and quality. Today, Barbour remains a fifth generation family business. Under the leadership of Chairman Dame Margaret Barbour, Barbour has grown into a lifestyle brand sold in over 55 countries worldwide including Europe, the US and Asia offering a wardrobe of stylish functional clothing, footwear and accessories inspired by the unique values of the British countryside. The iconic Barbour Bedale and Barbour Beaufort wax jackets continue to be made by hand in the factory in South Shields. Barbour International, the collection for men and women inspired by Barbour’s motorcycle heritage established in 1936, is now a separate stand alone brand with its own identity.

In 2020, Barbour launched Wax for Life, an overarching name for all of Barbour’s wax services designed to encourage customers to extend the life of their wax garments. Wax for Life includes re-waxing and repairs (first introduced in 1921) and Barbour Re-Loved an upcycling circularity initiative. Each year over 70,000 wax garments are sent back to Barbour globally to be repaired, rewaxed or altered.

**Company Description**:
The Barbour story began in 1894 in South Shields in the North East of England. Founder John Barbour began supplying oilskins and other garments to protect the growing community of sailors, fishermen and dockers. Still family owned and now fifth generation, Barbour HQ remains in South Shields. Under the leadership of Chairman Dame Margaret Barbour, Barbour has grown into a lifestyle brand sold in over 55 countries worldwide including Europe, the US and Asia offering a wardrobe of stylish functional clothing, footwear and accessories inspired by the unique values of the British countryside. The iconic Barbour Bedale and Barbour Beaufort wax jackets continue to be made by hand in the factory in South Shields. In 2020, Barbour launched Wax for Life, an overarching name for all of Barbour’s wax services designed to encourage customers to extend the life of their wax garments. Wax for Life includes re-waxing and repairs (first introduced in 1921) and Barbour Re-Loved an upcycling circularity initiative. Each year over 70,000 wax garments are sent back to Barbour globally to be repaired, rewaxed or altered.

**Position Overview**:
**Main Duties and Responsibilities**:
Assist and support the footwear team through presentations and meetings (whether this is preparation, organising samples or presentation boards etc).

Assist designers with research and competitor analysis.
Assist designers with mood boards and colour palettes seasonally.
To be confident using Adobe illustrator to assist designers with all aspects of range design.
Microsoft office experience required.
To produce range overviews boards to a very high standard ensuring they are updated throughout the season.

Filing and file management.
Help with sample handling - Proto / Launch / Salesman Samples.
All work to be accurate.
Set up and maintain footwear specification documents and keep them updated throughout the season.
Strong communication required as you will be working with other departments in the business
Assist with swatch and trim packs for Collabs.
Manages swatch libraries.
Maintain Footwear work room in good order.

**Skills and Experience**:
Highly organised with good time management
Working knowledge of Microsoft business packages.
Strong communication skills.
Proactive & flexible working manner.
Good time keeping.

Working knowledge of Cad. Illustrator etc.

Additional Information

**Benefits**:
Staff discount
Staff shop
Free onsite parking
Subsidised canteen
25 days holiday as standard (prorata’d to holiday year) plus bank holidays
Wellbeing support
Operate hybrid & flexible working
4pm finish on a Friday

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