Maternity Wear Designer

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom JoJo Maman Bebe Full time

What we expect from you:
Are you looking for a satisfying design role where you feel part of the process from conception to customer? Do you love discovering trends and considering customer needs?

As part of our busy, but friendly, design team, you will be responsible for designing & helping develop multiple items across the breath of our maternity wear (women’s wear) categories, including fashion, seasonal and accessories. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who loves all aspects of design including development of sophisticated print designs. Working closely with the JoJo buyers to develop a balanced range and supporting and coaching the design assistant, you will use your skills to help bring to market fashion forward designs in line with customer needs and the JoJo brand identity.

You’ll be in a fast-paced omni-channel retail environment creating and managing the development of contemporary, on trend designs with customer needs in mind.

**A day in the life**:

- Researching and presenting trend and inspiration, comparative analysis & competitor observation.
- Building a strong working relationship with the buying team, participating in range analysis, reviewing success and failures, and developing ranges accordingly together.
- Designing & developing new and innovative items across a variety of categories and requirements; bringing JoJo USP and added value to all new lines.
- Liaising with technologists to ensure product meets fit and quality requirements. Supporting with key measurements if required.
- Producing sophisticated print designs in a variety of handwriting, either from scratch or amending bought prints. Designing complex embroidery designs.
- Ensuring design hit rate maintained and time is not wasted whilst always pushing design forwards and problem-solving constraints.
- Drawing up illustrations and completing detailed specifications. Liaising with buyers and technologists to issue specifications and reviewing samples to ensure design vision is correctly interpreted.
- Owning the design critical path and supporting development and production critical paths to ensure business deadlines are met. Managing suppliers during development to ensure key critical path dates are met. Problem solving and driving resolution where necessary.
- Ensuring sample comments are fed back to suppliers in a timely manner and further sampling requested as necessary. Working with the buyers & technologists to ensure products are made to design vision.
- Actively engaging in ethical or environmental improvements to our sourcing and supply base.

What we look for in you:

- Solid experience designing in contemporary fashion categories.
- Experience working across multi product categories.
- Proven experience producing new and innovative designs to fast paced deadlines, with a strong hit rate.
- Evidenced commercial and market awareness and innovative thinking in research.
- Ability to understand the JoJo brand and customer and use of that knowledge to design accordingly.
- Strong problem solving and decision-making skills. Sound interpersonal communication & influencing skills.
- Excellent understanding of garment construction, fabric & printing techniques with ability to communicate design vision clearly to team & supply base.
- Ability to confidently use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for CAD, Print and Graphics.
- Proven ability to produce sophisticated AOP multi layered repeat prints in a variety of handwriting styles, plus knowledge of print and embellishment methods.
- Constructive management and mentoring skills - being a positive role model.
- Amazing organisational skills. Never missing a trick with great attention to detail
- Ability to get things done and improvise as required with a ‘can do’ attitude.
- Ability to prioritise and work in a high-pressure environment.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Packages

**Just to give you a taste of our culture, we’ll be looking for you to**:

- Be a brand ambassador, ensuring that our values and ethos are never compromised
- Be honest and respectful
- Work collaboratively
- Talk openly and actively listen
- Take ownership of all aspects of the role

**The Team**

We believe in the teamwork. Even when the pressure is on, there is never a dull moment. Although the pressure may be high sometimes, we collaborate, support, and help each other. Whatever it takes: there’s always an extra hand to help, others to chat through ideas or have a coffee/ tea and biscuits with. We like to think we’re a very friendly team with a great sense of humour.

The benefits.:
**What extras can you expect?**
- We believe R&R is essential so for each year you’re with us, and you have an extra day’s holiday
- Why work on your Birthday? We give you an extra day off
- Let’s celebrate the company doing well - annual profit share
- Helping plan for the future - contributory pension scheme
- Support for planning your finances - JoJo saving scheme
- Having a great ti


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