Location: London

Type: Permanent

Industry: Accessories

Job Ref: TGS1474

Our Client

Seeking an Accessories Designer with 3 years experience within the industry and have a good awareness of trends and new concepts.  You will have the ability to work in a high paced environment to tight deadlines and manage multiple projects and have the flexibility to travel.

Key duties:

• Have an excellent understanding of what fabrications will work in product development
• Building relationships with factories and to be aware of their capabilities
• Have a good idea of all techniques that are used and can be used
• Innovate with new product concepts, print trends and fabrications
• Reactive to trends
• Work to strict deadlines, to ensure all designs and design specs are completed accurately
• Have a clear knowledge of the design direction for the company
• Confident and clear when presenting ranges to management in sign off meetings
• Have a good knowledge about the process of product development from designing the product the product going into store
• Be a problem solver. Find issues immediately informing management with solutions
• Be able to give clear direction to other team members when delegating work
• Manage your samples and keep on top of the critical path
• Speccing up designs and sending them to the Far East suppliers
• Sourcing new fabrics/ trims

Skills required

• Minimum of 3 years experience working within an accessories design position
• Proficient computer skills including Microsoft office, photoshop and illustrator
• Highly organised and motivated
• Extensive experience of working with the far east of similar supplier bases
• Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritise tasks and work to multiple deadlines
• To be motivated and develop innovative products
• Ability to work in a high-paced environment to tight deadlines, as well as manage multiple projects simultaneously