[JOBS] CLOTHING DESIGNER : LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB

About The Job

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our Liverpool FC team as a Designer (Clothing) on a fixed term contract (6 months).

You will report to Senior Manager, Product Design this position is responsible for the design of own-brand clothing ranges to be sold in LFC global merchandising channels. Ranges designed are to be reflective of the seasonal design strategy or provided briefs.

What Will You Be Doing?

• To undertake global design research on current market trends, future trends and fan insights, with the ability to interpret research to a commercial level and present findings back to the Senior Manager, Product Design to the specified briefs.

• Produce customer profiles, colour, mood, and trim boards to inform direction of each range, in keeping with overall design strategy and insight.

• To design clothing products against specified briefs which include financial frameworks, and critical path deadlines, including packaging, branding, and labelling.

• Create accurate, detailed design specifications for each product, packaging, trim and labelling to inform factories of product creation.

• Work with the PD and QA teams on the approval of lab dips, trims, branding, and samples.

• Ensuring design overviews, technical packs, packaging guidelines and packaging library are up to date in line with amendments required, to be communicated and distributed accordingly.

• Support and lead freelancers where required and contribute to brief setting. Allocate and prioritise workflow in line with critical paths.

• Contribute to the sustainability goals of the department, through the ongoing development and improvement of product and packaging design.

• Attend supplier meetings and visit factories where applicable.

• To support Club partnerships and licensee agreements with design work, when required.

• To support global merchandising partners with design work, when required.

• To design and manage reactive products where required.

• Support and work alongside the hardware designer, to ensure collaboration across multi product collections.

Who are we Looking for ?

To be successful in this role, you will have recent, significant experience of clothing design within a sport or lifestyle brand.

You will have excellent working knowledge of design packages, including Photoshop and Illustrator and experience in graphic design.

You will have a degree within a design related discipline and have multi product knowledge across LFC retail categories.

 It is important you have commercial awareness and knowledge of the global competitor market and understand the sports/ lifestyle sector. You will have good knowledge of sustainable practises/ trends and designing products for a diverse and global audience.

The right candidate will have strong organisational skills, excellent time management and planning skills.

You will have the ability to present accurate information in a clear manner and be able to work in a fast-paced environment and working on multiple priorities. Also, you will be highly proficient in Microsoft Office packages.