Accessories - Student Placement
4 days ago
**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**:
We have an exciting opportunity for an Accessories Student placement to join our Accessories team in a 12-month student placement. This role will ensure you gain experience in how design and development functions and the interaction across the business.
**Main Duties and Responsibilities**:
- Assist designers with mood boards, colour palettes and fabric boards
- Use of Adobe illustrator and Adobe Photoshop to assist designers and undertake your own design briefs to deadlines.
- Trend and competitor brand research
- Set up and maintain specs and matrixes and keep them updated throughout the season
- Organise and manage seasonal fabric, trim and supplier reference folders
- Attend sample review sessions working in line with the product team.
- Working to timelines, ensure given projects such as, photo shoots, design meeting samples and showroom samples are delivered on time.
- Communication across all head office functions and seniority levels.
- Attend weekly design and development meetings, following through on required actions.
- Assist and support the Accessories team with presentations and meetings by organising samples, developing presentation boards and notetaking.
- Produce product presentations for launch.
- Assist with preparation for launch including model dressing, unpacking samples and dressing the showroom.
- Undertake any other reasonable activity, as may be required by senior management.
- Parcel sending.
**Skills and Experience**:
- Highly organised with good time management
- Desire to work for a British Heritage Brand.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft business packages.
- Strong communication skills.
- Proactive & flexible working manner.
- Good time keeping.
- Good working knowledge of Cad. Illustrator and Photoshop
- Strong interest in Accessories
**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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