[JOBS] JUNIOR PRINT DESIGNER : MATALAN LIVERPOOL

Liverpool Head Office

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time

Salary: Competitive Salary plus benefits

Closing Date: 19/02/2022

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time

Salary: Competitive Salary plus benefits

Closing Date: 19/02/2022

About the Role

As a Junior Ladieswear Print Designer with Matalan, you'll support  our Ladies Design teams to design and develop comprehensive print ranges, working closely with the relevant Buying teams to ensure the product reflects the current market and our customer needs.

• Conduct market research, identifying Matalan's competitor ranges and key trends for the season, creating and presenting these

• Provide the ‘key trend'’ information, to the Buying teams

• Conduct competitor & directional shop research, updating trend information as required to ensure Matalan's ranges are in line with the industry

• Conduct competitor shopping trips, producing full reports which will be fed back to the Buying and Design teams

• Provide suppliers with print artwork, providing advice on initial strike offs, ensuring that manufactured products match initial design specification.

• Working as part of a team of designers to create a complete look.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing up to 30 days with length of service)

• Wellbeing day additional to annual leave

• Hybrid working, 3 days in the office, 2 days at home

• 20% discount in-store and online

• Private Healthcare

• Group Life Assurance of 3 x salary

• Early Finish Friday (3 pm)

• Flexible working hours

• Early finish birthday

About You

• Experience of designing print, ideally for high street retail, would be beneficial

• Educated to degree level within Fashion Design/ Textiles/ Surface pattern

• Proficient in the use of Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop

• Strong attention to detail

• Ability to deliver high-quality work to tight deadlines

Why Matalan?

Founded in the early 1980s by John Hargreaves in Liverpool, Matalan is proud to serve its customers excellent quality at great value. With over 200 stores in the UK, a growing online presence and over 11,000 employees, working here is exciting, challenging, and above all fun! As part of the Matalan family, you can expect some great benefits and the opportunity to be part of our exciting vision - to become the UK’s most trusted value retailer. This is Retail Made Real.

Matalan are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all communities.

We encourage you to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you might need to enable you to perform at your best throughout the application and interview.

In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.