[JOBS] PRINT AND TEXTILES DESIGN ASSISTANT : SALONI

We are looking for a Print Design Assistant to join our Textiles team, to assist with the seasonal ranges and special projects.

This position will be a fast paced and varied role, sitting between the mainline fashion collection and new homeware line.

It will suit someone highly creative with sound administrative skills, ability to juggle multiple projects, a great eye for detail and colour, and a love of all things beautiful.

Responsibilities will include:

• Visual research, painting and drawing around a given theme for use in prints, jacquards, embroidery and special projects.

• Assisting with design development for print, embroidery and jacquard, producing relevant design options to be presented to senior designers and creative director.

• Re-colouring prints, making repeats and other technical assistance within print and fabric development.

• Assisting with print, fabric and embroidery specs for swatch development. • Making placement artworks for print and embroidery.

• Placement print cutting instructions for suppliers for sampling and production.

• Working with graded patterns to adapt sampling print placements and embroidery artworks for production.

• Checking print files to ensure no mistakes in fabric production.

• Ensuring print, fabric and embroidery names and codes on line-sheet are correct and consistent with the sampling fabric overview, to ensure a smooth transition from sampling to production.

• Clear communication of creative and technical ideas to fabric mills and suppliers.

The ideal candidate:

• A textile design graduate with at least one year relevant industry experience (including internships). BA / MA / or equivalent qualification in Fashion Textiles Design.

• Competent in hand drawing and painting.

• Highly organised, with a luxury handwriting in design and colour.

 • In-depth technical understanding of textiles design processes, including print, embroidery and woven jacquards.

• Advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.

Please note, the closing date to apply for this role is 11th June 2021 and all applications will be reviewed together at the end of this posting.