The Company:
An excellent opportunity for a Childrens and Ladies Footwear Designer to join a successful fashion importer supplying some on the main fashion brands including Boohoo, Dorothy perkins, Sainsburys, Shoezone, Dunnes Stores, Deichmans, Tk Maxx etc. We are seeking someone with excellent CAD skills, and attention to detail and experience in a creative footwear design role. The ideal person will be confident and outgoing, able to build relationships with Buyers in a 360 design role.
The Role:
1. Creating sketches and style information for children’s footwear
2. Have first class understanding of materials and other processes to sustain a high level of quality Develop and create illustrations and technical drawings to a high quality and technical level that will be passed to factories
3. Extensive market research, catwalk reports and comp shops.
4. Keeping up to date with fashion trends including colours and shapes.
5. Working on customer design briefs.
6. Delivering products on budget.
7. Manipulating artwork files from pdfs
8. Be commercially aware of current trends and themes.
9. Working with/ meeting buyers to develop new products.
10. Working with Merchandising team to ensure all products are designed in line with the Critical Path.
11. Working closely with overseas factories and building up good relationships.
12. Proc...