Location: Manchester

Type: Permanent

Industry: Licensed Products

Job Ref: TGN5356

The Company:

A fantastic opportunity for an Assistant/ Junior Designer of licensed children’s products. The company supply a wide range of products and are looking to recruit someone who will work as part of an established and growing team. We are looking for a hands-on Designer who can design eye catching Licensed graphics for the children’s market.

Benefits:

• This is a hybrid role, 3 days in the office
• Flexible working hours

Duties include:

• Supporting the senior designer to produce visually appealing designs across the full range of Products
• Liaise with licensors to create ranges using appropriate style guides and help gain approval for the artwork that they produce.
• Understand the textile design industry to “design for manufacture” ensuring that all designs (graphics and rotaries) are achievable and commercially achievable.
• Ensure that the requirements of key stakeholders are met e.g. Licensors, customers and internal sales teams.
• Produce “mood boards” to show upcoming trends, key themes and design direction
• Work with the Senior Designer and Director to ensure that key critical path dates are met on time and in full for each range launch date.

Skills Required:

• Licensed product experience.
• Working knowledge of Adobe, Creative Suite, Microsoft Office and PowerPoint.
• Be able to present design work at various stages to internal and external stakeholders for review and final approval
• Organization and problem-solving skills with the ability to work across multiple projects simultaneously
• Able to work independently as well as part of a wider team
• Ensure all work consistently meets established brand standards and guidelines
• Able to work quickly and efficiently with excellent communication skills
• Be professional, with a positive can-do attitude and a strong work ethic and willingness to observe and learn