[JOBS] TEXTILE DESIGNER : PARRY MURRAY : LONDON

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3 Jan

Parry Murray is a leading textiles manufacturer supplying fabric, wallcoverings and trimmings to brands within the luxury interior design market.

We pride ourselves on our original designs and exquisite fabrics, working with prestigious interior design brands across the UK, USA and Europe.

With heritage dating back to the late 18th century, our bespoke fabrics and products are designed in our London studio and manufactured at our factory in India.

We are looking for an innovative and commercial designer to join our team, designing for luxury interior textiles.

The role will include working closely with global textile brands to service them with design, colouring and technical information, as well as daily communication with our factories in India, to deliver the highest quality textiles to our clients.

We show 3 collections a year, with our largest collection being showcased in Lake Como.

Responsibilities:

Design Development

· Create original artwork for textiles and wallpaper outcomes including print, weave and embroidery, considering target customers, as well as bring innovative and revolutionary ideas with confidence to regular design meetings

· Develop innovative qualities with suppliers in line with yearly targets

· Research trends, qualities and colours

· Research and create mood/trend/colour boards, to regularly present to marketing teams and directors

· Generate detailed technical packs for our factories, considering textile qualities and price points

· Confidently adapt existing designs from the Parry Murray archive including changes to colour, scale or quality to suit the requirements of the client

· Liaise with factories and Marketing Managers daily to manage critical paths

· Travel to India to work with the team to bring collections to life

Customer visits

· To manage multiple client accounts in the UK, EU and USA, often working on collections with clients from start to finish

· Accompany marketing team to customer visits, to show collections and discuss design briefs

· Occasionally send sample packages to clients when needed

· Check colours and quality for client development samples and production

· Present our collection in Lake Como once a year alongside the rest of the design team

Administration

Help manage design assistants/interns in the upkeep of the studio
Help manage Parry Murray design archives
Work with Senior Designers to produce exciting content for Parry Murray’s Instagram page and occasional updates of the website
Keep accurate timesheets

The Candidate

Passionate about textiles and interiors and wants to grow their career with a leading manufacturer in the luxury interiors market
At least 3 years’ experience in a similar role or Junior Designer role
Good knowledge of AVA is essential
Some experience of wallpaper and wall textiles
Excellent photoshop skills
Ability to hand paint original designs
Excellent knowledge of textile processes - weave, print and embroidery
A textile degree in either woven or printed textiles
Someone who is eager to travel, including within the UK, Europe, India and America
Ability to thrive in a very fast paced studio environment
A multi-tasker, who can adapt to high work loads
Ability to take initiative and make decisions both independently and as part of a team
A flexible attitude to ensure that time sensitive tasks are completed on time to meet the needs of clients as well as Parry Murray collection critical paths
Someone who has exciting and innovative ideas to push our fabric qualities and designs to elevate Parry Murray in the high-end textile design market
Full knowledge Microsoft suite (Outlook, Excel, Teams and Powerpoint etc)
This job is based in our East Croydon design studio, Monday – Friday, 9am -5pm with a half an hour lunch break. Although there are work from home days you must be able to travel to the office 5 days a week when needed