The role involves working with the buying team, designing against a set brief and developing design team initiated looks.
Role & Responsibilities
• Produce exceptional own generated artwork and product design
• Brainstorm ideas and problem solve on creative together
• Provide regular process updates to ensure agreed design briefs are successfully executed
• Generate consumer relevant trend research and artwork
• A keen eye for colour trend newness and ability to create compelling palettes
• Produce unique graphic looks to rive artwork newness on product(s)
• Produce technically correct highly representative CAD’s
• Produce accurate artwork colour matches
• Support the buying teams to ensure creative alignment
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• BA Hons (or similar) in a relevant discipline, e.g. Product/Fashion/Print Design • Significant Fashion licensing graphic design on adult and kidswear experience is essential, either at a licensee, retail head office, design agency or supplier with knowledge of European market • Proven consistent and successful commercial sales history on designs and demonstrate fresh inventive thinking • Experience working with buyers, from design briefing to product execution • Ability to personally create new and original graphic design assets from scratch with excellent mastery of Illustrator, Photoshop and other creative suite packages. A desire to always learn new graphic effects within the software. • A good mastery of shortcuts within Adobe Software for a more effective pace • Flexible design skill set with ability to work on other consumer segments as needed • Excellent understanding and continual appreciation of all elements of design including illustration, pattern, page layout, colour, product design, consumer trends and fashion • Experience in presenting creative in formal and informal settings • Ability to create a storyline that integrates into trends inventively • Commercially astute and able to translate new concepts into marketable, saleable product • Cultural sensitivity • Role requires flexibility and understanding regarding working across markets and cultures • Ability to design with integrity and originality, upholding brand values • A good eye for detail with an ability to also look at the bigger picture