Junior Designer

Company Description

Frasers Group currently have an opportunity for multiple Junior Designers to join us at our Head Office in Shirebrook on a Placement Year. We started as a small store in Maidenhead in 1982 and from there, grew to become a global powerhouse. We believe the higher the risk, the greater the reward. We’ve never been afraid to strive forward and change the way the industry operates, diversifying our portfolio and elevating stores. We’re not sitting back - there’s no room for hesitation. As a PLC with a £4bl turn over, this opportunity to grow your career in a fast paced and dynamic environment is one for the bold.

**Job Description**:
**The Role**:

- Elevating one of the biggest sports and fashion retail groups in the UK and Europe.
- Designing exciting and impactful product using a commercial mindset
- Working on projects with a team of high performing commercial design professionals
- Owning elements of the design process, and making recommendations that will support brand elevation and market growth
- Researching, sourcing, developing and designing ranges and collections across our entire supply base
- Attending development meetings, forecasting trends and using market knowledge to influence designs
- Understanding brand identity and how it applies to the design and product
- Briefing suppliers and getting involved in sampling meetings
- Presenting insights in the Frasers way and channelling our core values

We have 5 roles covering the following areas:

- Fashion and Lifestyle Design
- Performance Sportwear Design
- Product Design
- Graphics / Packaging
- Footwear

**Qualifications**:
**Essential Skills**:

- Proven ability to work in a team environment
- Commercially minded and a creative mindset
- Flexibility to adapt to different environments
- Ideally experience of a role in fashion or retail
- Ideally Adobe Suite knowledge focusing on Illustrator/Photoshop skills
- Microsoft Office experience is essential

Additional Information

An opportunity like this at Frasers is for the fearless. The potential is massive, the experience unrivalled. To be able to make the most of it you need to live and breathe our principles:

- Think without limits and take the team with you
- Own it and back it
- Not hesitate and act with purpose
- Be commercial and customer-focused.