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Print Designer
Fashion Industry Company
Greater London, , United Kingdom
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Purpose of the role: As a Print Designer at Dorothy Perkins you will be working with our Design and Buying teams to ensure we are capturing the emerging trends, and translating these into beautiful and desirable print our customers will love.
What You Will Be Doing Day To Day
• Supporting the Trend Design Manager and Established Print Designer in delivering the print design strategy for Dorothy Perkins
• To interface with Design and Buying teams to deliver inspirational print ranges in line with Design trends and the Buying strategy
• To create timely and appropriate colour palettes in line with seasonal trends
• To seasonally conduct catwalk analysis, design presentations and print direction overviews
• Create seasons flow of print trend themes in line with macro design inspiration and customer profile
• Conduct accurate and timely print artwork in line with design and buying critical path requirements.
• Conduct competitor reports and advise buying and design departments accordingly
• Continually source print inspiration externally
Must Haves
• Creative and inspiring print handwriting with an understanding of the Dorothy Perkins vision and customer
• A proven track record in print design with a comparable retailer, working at pace and managing multiple deadlines
• Strong hand drawing and painting skills with the ability to use lots of colour when interpreting inspiration and trends into commercial print designs for the DP customer
• Strong influencing skills to drive the DP print design vision
• Ability to work flexibly, proactively and as a member of a team
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills and an ability to liaise at all levels
• Ability to build strong working relationships with Buying teams and Brand Senior Management
• Excellent presentation skills and costing experience
• Proven experience of putting Prints into repeat
• Textiles or Surface Pattern Design Qualification to Degree level
The Exciting Part
• Generous holiday with holiday trading
• 25% staff discount
• Early finish summer hours
• Access to sample sales
• Regular team and company social events
• Pension scheme
• Company bonus scheme
• Interest free season ticket loan
We regret, due to volume, only suitable applicants will be contacted.
You’ll find every Company brand shares the same values. We all start with letting people be themselves. We are informal while professional, and we are all about mixing fun with commercial nous. Throughout your career with us we will help you develop, and give you the chance to influence our future. It's not only our products but our people who drive our success. Our people are at the heart of everything we do.