Print Designer (12 months FTC)
Ref: MON12415 Salary: Competitive Department: Design Location: Notting Hill, London (W11) Position type: Permanent
At Accessorize we’re dedicated to offering accessories that enable all women to express themselves. Since 1984 we’ve offered the accessories that make the outfit.
We’re committed to giving back and supporting the community, particularly by working with charities that support women. We’re also constantly improving our sustainability efforts by making conscious choices with the materials we use and our production processes. Our team design in-house at our Notting Hill studio and we source globally and ethically.
Our first store opened in the iconic Covent Garden, a fashion-forward shopping destination both then and now. In the years since we've grown to include stores worldwide.
We are now looking for a Print Designer to cover a 12 month maternity cover within the Accessorize Design team, providing vision and design direction for multi-product categories; to support the Designer / Design Manager in developing original and innovative ranges; contribute to the department strategy and to design in line with overall brand strategy for the season ensuring Accessorize handwriting is maintained in line with business objectives.
What will you be doing as a Print Designer?
1. Trend research and Sourcing – Identify seasonal trends as appropriate for the Monsoon Accessorize brand including key fashion prints, colours and prints for the season.
2. Contribute to and oversee strong and new reference material including industry knowledge and research for the department to use throughout the season.
3. Ensure identified trends are completed through the sign off stage
4. Ensure all designs are delivered in line with company strategy
5. Create unique, in-house prints which deliver newness and commerciality
6. Support Design Manager and Designer to ensure all designs are delivered in-line with company strategy
7. Passionate about print design and is driven by the desire to deliver a fabulous range proposition designed in line with our customers profile whilst being commercial
8. Manage and lead print appointments with external print studios · Manage and brief freelance print designers
9. Support brand designers and buying teams whilst producing print designs to support their design briefs Critical Path Management
10. Ownership of critical path and team deadlines
11. Plan critical path with Senior team ensuring efficient communication with suppliers and relevant team members
People and Management
12. Manage and inspire Junior Design Team
13. Lead Print team meetings
14. Plan induction for new employees
15. Highlight Print design team training needs
16. Health and Safety - Ensure a safe working environment by complying with Health and Safety Guidelines and take action to deal with any issues
What will you need to succeed as a Print Designer?
17. Experienced designer with creative and technical ability to design multi-
18. product collection
19. Experienced team manager who can inspire team to deliver beyond
20. expectations.
21. Confident and articulate communicator with an ability to build strong
22. relationships
23. Ability to deliver to tight timescales and work under pressure
24. Passionate and enthusiastic about print
25. CAD Skills/ Drawing & Painting Skills
What will we offer you in return?
26. Competitive salary
27. 25 days holiday with the option to purchase additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme
28. Bonus day off each year after 6 months service
29. A pension that you will be automatically be enrolled in after 3 months
30. Life assurance (subject to participating in the pension scheme)
31. Private Healthcare
32. A flexible working approach
33. Early pay day Friday finish
34. A generous staff discount with up to 50% discount on our products
35. Interest free season ticket loans
36. Discounted gym membership at our on campus gym
37. Additional discounts such as Westfield discount, Taste card membership etc
If this all sounds great and you feel you are who we are looking for, let us know and apply today.
At Monsoon Accessorize we don’t focus only on what we do, we also care about how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and an environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people and are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will also consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
We provide reasonable accommodations as needed to people with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.