Outerwear Designer | Maternity Cover

Job description
Mens, Womens and Kids

8 Months Contract Nov - June

APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED IF PORTFOLIO LINK HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

Overview

This is a great opportunity to join and gain experience with a fast-growing business in the design team as an established CAD designer at Mountain Warehouse. We are looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious and creative outerwear designer to join a small fast paced team who will bring support and value to the business.

Reporting into the Design Manager we are looking for a designer with a minimum of 2 years’ experience designing outerwear ranges. Duties involve researching into colour and shape, designing apparel product across Men’s, Women’s and Kids departments.

What You’ll Be Doing

Designing Outwear ranges for Men’s, Women’s and Kids departments.
• Analyse the marketplace, to drive newness and direction researching into emerging shape, fabric and colour trends.
• Overseeing the product lifecycle from research to tech pack stage.
• Work closely with buying teams to liaise with new and existing suppliers, sending out sourcing packs for trim and design direction.
• Solve and adhered to all deadlines and brief constraints.
• Ensure design development across all departments is original, inspiring and commercially executed reflecting the brands image.
• Creating trim and tech packs at industry standard with high level of accuracy and detail.
• Confidently presenting and articulating seasonal creative to management level.
• Helping maintain critical path to ensure all samples are in by seasonal deadlines.
• Liaise with team members to ensure excellent communication and efficiency.

We’d love to meet someone with
• 2+ years creative industry experience in Outwear design with strong technical knowledge of construction fabrics and finishes.
• Proficiency in adobe illustrator and InDesign.
• A commercial eye and engaging design portfolio demonstrating design development with tech pack examples.
• Excellent time management and project co-ordination skills with the ability to prioritise tasks and work to multiple deadlines in a high-pressure environment.
• Experience working as part of a team demonstrating strong written and verbal communication skill

What’s in it for you?
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Holiday allowance
• 50% staff discount & 25% for family and friends
• Pension scheme

In 1++7, we launched Mountain Warehouse to make the outdoors accessible to everyone by offering value for money product and exemplary customer service.

The outdoor industry had become very jargon heavy and we wanted to create a brand that would cater to our mothers and our neighbour’s kids as well as seasoned professionals who understood the technology.

Our expansion since then has seen the brand grow and the product evolve, but the small family business that makes MW special has remained. Great product is at the heart of everything we do.

As we expand internationally we employ a team of dedicated diverse people to offer our valued customers the best possible experience when visiting our stores, shopping online and putting our range through its paces.

Welcome to our journey.