Assistant Apparel Designer

Location

Rochdale, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious individual to join our Design team as an Assistant Apparel Designer to join our in-house “Own Brand” Design team at Footasylum’s Head Office in Rochdale. We are home to multiple brands across men’s, women’s, kid’s and accessories.

This role gives a great opportunity to the right candidate to work on Footasylum’s “own brands” such as Zavetti Canada, KWD, Alessandro Zavetti and many more, with excellent progression opportunities.

About You

The successful candidate should have a fashion / design related degree, with 1 year industry experience.

We are looking for an organised, self-motivator who can take ownership of their responsibilities whilst working closely with the rest of the design team.

The Team

We are a rapidly growing team of diverse talented individuals with a passion for all things fashion. Our aim is to help create an environment where you can achieve, progress and develop. You will be supported in your journey, and we will celebrate your progression with you.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting the design team in the development of ‘Own Brand’ ranges across multiple brands
• Produce technical detailed CADs to send to factories
• Manage visual overviews of the critical path to show ordered & development styles
• Researching new emerging trends and High Street competitors, including comp shop trips
• Administrative support to the design team, including day-to-day duties

Skills and Experience:

• Adobe Illustrator skills essential
• Good commercial awareness
• Strong communication and organisation skills
• Passionate about current men’s fashion
• Highly self-motivated and proactive
• Ability to react quickly to daily changing demands and priorities

Diversity

We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are building products and services. We know that this will help us build useful and accessible things which our customers will love. This is great news for our business. Diversity for us is also, importantly, about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and want to be inspired by each other and our different experiences.

Recruitment Process

We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we’re a good fit for you.

We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you.

Please note this is a Head Office based role and the expectation is that you will be able to work from our Head Office based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

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