Design and Product Development Specialist

1 week ago

Havant, Hampshire, United Kingdom FatFace Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Leather Goods Designer to join our team at FatFace. As a key member of our design team, you will be responsible for designing and developing high-quality footwear and bag ranges that reflect the brand's aesthetic and meet customer expectations.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and develop exclusive footwear and bag ranges with a high level of detail, quality, and range attributes across Women's and Men's.
  • Drive newness and innovation in your areas, keeping on top of relevant current and future trends, and identify new shapes and deliver commercial products that fit the FatFace brand.
  • Work in conjunction with the Senior Designer and Buyer to design an entire footwear and bag range, considering brand handwriting and DNA, and option plan.
  • Be fully competent in creating design packs, CADs, and artworks to achieve high-quality first samples within the critical path timing.
  • Create detailed sketches, technical drawings, and digital renderings of footwear designs, considering factors such as comfort, functionality, durability, and trend, and ensure that designs meet the brand's quality standards and manufacturing feasibility.
  • Conduct market research to identify the latest trends and have a strong commercial awareness of key competitors.
  • Continually review the range with your buyer to ensure choice and newness is offered, as well as ensuring potentialization on best sellers and identifying any missed opportunities.
  • Design and product develop ranges with the Buyer based on sales and trend information, working closely with your design and buying team to identify key brand trends and present material, colour, theme, silhouette, and detail fit for the season.
  • Liaise with suppliers on product, design detail, and fabrics.
  • Present ranges to the team and Senior team each season, ensuring you present your product vision for your area, identify the key trends, and back the product you feel strongly for.
  • Adapt and improve your designs based on feedback by buying and management, and react to current trade across the business.
  • Develop an awareness of what is/ isn't selling and build this information into future plans.
  • Be responsible for the range review meeting and 1st sample review, identifying any gaps.
  • Support the Senior Designer in research themes and directions for Design Presentation, contributing to mood, and trends happening.
  • Align yourself to the company's social and environmental mission and champion any actions that you can directly impact at all times.
Requirements
  • Degree or equivalent in Design-based subject.
  • At least 3+ years' experience working for a relevant brand at Design level.
  • Strong technical knowledge within shoes and bags is essential.
  • Expert knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign.
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams, like designers, buying, and merchandisers, account managers, and suppliers.
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills while maintaining attention to detail.
  • Strong research skills.
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple deadlines and cope with heavy workloads.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Competencies
  • Strong eye for trends and understanding of the FatFace brand.
  • Be organized, a self-starter, and able to prioritize your own workload.
  • Strong technical knowledge within shoes and bags is essential.
  • Ability to convey designs starting with paper to 3D design.
  • Good knowledge of factory processes and be able to articulate yourself clearly and confidently when communicating and briefing our suppliers.
  • Creative and able to convey vision of FatFace Brand.
  • Comprehensive understanding of customer profile, product range, and competitors.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of trends within the marketplace.
  • Be resilient in working at pace, adapting to change, and open to constructive feedback.
  • You should thrive and be able to organize and prioritize your own workload.
  • Work well within a collaborative, team-focused environment, meeting tight deadlines, and sticking to critical path.
  • Presents key trends and product information to the appropriate teams.
  • Undertakes research trips, buying suitable samples for use in range development.
Key Contacts and Relationships

Internal:

Product team – Design, Buying, and Merchandising.

External:

Suppliers.

Accountable Resources

Represents the brand image and handwriting – impacting on a wide area of customer-facing brand collateral and seasonal communications. The visual proposition of these assets can strongly affect sales, plus both brand integrity and customer brand loyalty.

FatFace Benefits
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
  • Perkbox our online platform to use from day one (this includes amazing online discounts, home workouts, wellbeing content, popular brand discounts, etc.).
  • THRIVE – Our learning management system – access from day one with 1000's of pieces of learning.
  • Dental Insurance (employee-funded).
  • Pension scheme.
  • EAP support around the clock – UNUM/Retail Trust/Fashion Textiles Support.
  • Critical illness/Death in service for Salaried staff.
  • Sick pay allowances.
  • O2 phone discount.
  • Eye Tests/contributions to glasses.
  • Sabbatical leave in line with service.
  • Enhanced Family Friendly policies i.e. Maternity Leave.
  • Refer a friend scheme.

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