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Accessories Designer
Location: Kingston-on-Thames (4 days in office, 1 day from home)
Hours: 37.5 Hours
Company Overview:
Crew Clothing Company was founded in Salcombe in 1993. Today Crew is a great British brand, and our success lies in our authentic passion for producing great looking, well-made clothes. We now have more than 70 stores and a thriving website, and the business continues to grow.
Our people are at the heart of our company. With a passion for exceptional service, and a love for our product, our team is dedicated to offering the best customer experience – nothing is too much trouble.
Purpose of the Role:
As part of the design team, the Junior Accessories Designer is responsible for designing original, on-brand, and commercial products that complement the customer positioning and align with the business strategy. The role involves ensuring that strong category designs are produced, maximizing sales and profit for various sales channels, and that the designs complement the range balance.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting the Design function in creating strong seasonal product ranges that are always on-brand and mindful of previous sales success.
- Developing products that can be commercialized.
- Involvement in seasonal research, new ideas, and inspiration to ensure the ranges stay fresh.
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Key Accountabilities:
- Strong teamwork across all critical functions, especially Product and Merchandising, as well as Sales and Direct.
- Understanding the design and development process and ensuring all key dates are met.
- Following the seasonal process from concept to product handover.
- Ensuring product designs match the supply base capabilities.
Cross-Functional Working:
- Working with the options given by Merchandising and understanding the range balance.
- Collaborating with Product teams and the supplier/factory base on initial costings and margin implications of all product development.
- Chasing in and presenting prototype samples to Product and Merchandising teams as well as senior management and Range presentations when required.
- Understanding the Range balance working with Product and Merchandisers within the context of the total business.
- Attending proto fits with the Technical and Product teams.
- Professionally raising concerns over issues that might arise over all areas of product development with suppliers/factories or the internal team to your line manager to seek to resolve.
- Tracking sales and taking ownership of product lines with the Product and Merchandising teams to gain learnings for future growth and development for the brand and Crew Clothing customer.
- Reacting to sales and working into OTB efficiently alongside the Buying teams and the Brand Director to ensure sales are potentialised and fulfilled within season if possible.
- On-going liaison with the functional teams to ensure smooth and effective working relationships.
- Ensuring objectives are understood and progress monitored and supported to achieve the set outcomes.
- Leading by example of deadline achievement, professional cross-functional liaison, fresh thinking, and proven track record of sales success.
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Reporting:
Reporting to Brand Operations Manager & Senior Designer on all aspects of the function to update and ensure smooth workflow at all times.
Key Skills & Experience:
Essential:
- A minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar brand or comparable retailer, working at a Design Assistant capacity.
- Able to demonstrate relevant professional experience/professional or academic qualifications (Fashion design degree or similar).
- Ability to influence and communicate effectively, with excellent people skills.
- Computer literate (Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Microsoft Word, Excel).
- Understanding of garment construction, pattern cutting, and finishing.
- Excellent eye for detail and quality.
- Understanding of garment specification packages and developing them with factories.
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