Print Designer Kidswear

**Job Title**: Print Designer Kidswear
***Location**: George House
***Employment Type**: Part time
***Contract Type**: Permanent
***Hours Per Week**: 22.5
***Salary**:
Competitive salary plus benefits

**Category**: Product Development - SF
***Closing Date**: 15 January 2025

George is a leading British fashion retailer known for its stylish, affordable, and high-quality clothing for men, women, and children. Our kidsswear collection is dynamic, playful, and designed with the modern family in mind. We are dedicated to creating fun, practical, and trend-driven designs that delight our young customers.
We are seeking a highly creative and experienced Kidsswear Print Designer to join our talented design team. In this role, you will be responsible for conceptualizing and designing innovative, market-leading prints that reflect the George brand while meeting the unique needs and preferences of our young customers. You will collaborate closely with the garmetn design, product development, and buying teams to bring seasonal collections to life, from initial concept to finished product.

**“Find your role”**
- **Print Design Development**: Lead the design process for kidsswear prints, from initial concept creation to final artwork. Create hand-drawn and digital prints that align with seasonal trends, product briefs, and customer needs.
- ** Trend Analysis and Research**: Stay ahead of kidswear and fashion trends, conducting thorough market research to ensure our prints are fresh, on-trend, and commercially viable. Present seasonal print directions to the design team and stakeholders.
- ** Collaboration**: Work closely with the Head of Kidswear Design, the design team, and buyers to ensure prints are aligned with the overall collection strategy and the final product vision.
- ** Technical Execution**: Prepare high-quality print artwork, ensuring all designs are ready for production with detailed specifications, colour-ways, and repeat patterns.
- ** Innovation and Creativity**: Continuously push creative boundaries and explore new techniques, fabrications, and styles to elevate the George kidswear range.
- ** Team Leadership and Mentorship**: Mentor and support junior designers, sharing your expertise in print design and encouraging a collaborative, creative environment within the team.
- ** Quality Control**: Oversee the quality of prints throughout the production process, ensuring they meet the high standards expected by the brand. Troubleshoot any issues with print execution or manufacturing.
- ** Brand Alignment**: Ensure all designs align with George’s brand identity and customer expectations, maintaining consistency across all products and seasons.

**“Let's find out about you”**
- **Experience**: Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a kidswear print design role, preferably within a retail or fashion brand. Proven track record of creating successful print collections for kidswear.
- ** Skills**:

- Strong portfolio showcasing a diverse range of kidswear prints and design work.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
- Knowledge of technical processes, print techniques, and fabrications in the fashion industry.
- Excellent understanding of print production, colourways, and pattern repeat.
- Strong sense of creativity, attention to detail, and ability to translate trends into commercially viable designs.
- ** Education**: A degree in Fashion Design, Textile Design, or a related field is highly desirable.
- ** Personal Attributes**:

- Passion for kidswear design and a keen interest in youth culture and trends.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work well within a team and liaise with multiple departments.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
- ** Additional Requirements**:

- Strong leadership and mentoring abilities, with a proactive approach to sharing knowledge and encouraging creativity within the team.
- A strong understanding of the commercial side of design and the ability to design with both creativity and business acumen in mind.

**“**_Find your everything at Asda” - bringing brighter living within everyone's reach._**

**_We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda._**

**Work Where it Works**

Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works. This enables you to chose where you’ll be the most effective. It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including;
Discretionary company bonus
- £5,700 company car or car allowance
- Company pension up to 7% matched
- 10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, eve