Junior Colour / Trend Designer London, England
Job description
From Merchandising and Marketing - Product Development and Design, through to Supply Chain and Space Planning - our mission is to bring stylish wardrobe, home, and beauty essentials to our customers via an easy, inspiring shopping experience online and in store that will delight them every time.
As we accelerate the transformation of our business to suit the changing needs of our customer, we need results-orientated colleagues that not only have a passion for our product, but a strong team working ethos, creativity and a healthy commercial aim to join us on our journey.
This is a unique role that has come up within one of the biggest retailers in the UK. We are looking for a creative and fashion forward designer, who can seamlessly create colour palettes that align with bigger Macro Trends as well as more commercial driven stories and concepts. They must always be keen to push the boundaries, always aware of our competitors as well as the must have trends and brands of the moment, from a local & global viewpoint. They need to be able to react, and flex their working styles, be present within our Support Centre at least 3 days a week and be real team members and influencers across the business. This is a 12-month FTC.
Role & Responsibilities- Support Senior Colour Designer with new colour ideas, directions, and combinations at the start of each new season to influence WW and Lingerie colour strategies.
- Support Trend Lead with Trend & Colour concepts.
- Support with Design Product Strategy presentations (WW & Lingerie).
- Demonstrate knowledge of accurate Colour Matching & develop full understanding of our internal colour library.
- Influence partners with inspirational shop reports, trade fairs and exhibitions to be fully implemented in Colour Strategies.
- Drive seasonal Colour Catwalk Reports and Analysis with a strong Point of view.
- Create Lingerie specific colour overview each season.
- Build digital and physical palettes.
- Coordinate Seasonal Trend and Colour Books meetings with external agencies in line with our CP.
- Input budget spreadsheet.
- Support on CP & planning.
- Coordinate and manage the ordering of colour tools and resources (Order Colour standards, dyed Colour lengths)
- Textile / fashion degree
- Experience across Fashion Design Trend & Colour.
- Superior accuracy in colour.
- A real passion yet commercial eye for fashion and design.
- Retail experience in colour Design and/or Working with suppliers or manufacturers on colour (being close to the product)
- Demonstrate strong presentation, communication, and written skills.
- Proficient in InDesign, photoshop and Microsoft office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Teams)
- Able to Multi task and to work as part of the team as well as working independently.
- Experience in working alongside Buying and VM.
- Generating innovative ideas and opportunities to inspire the team.
- Flexible working approach, with a balance of being in the office and working from home
- Competitive salary plus bonus
- 29 days inclusive of any bank holidays
- 20% discount on M&S products
- A range of wellbeing support (including a virtual GP)
- 25% off gym memberships, access to online fitness classes and discounts for complementary health services, such as nutrition and lifestyle coaching
Interested? Would love to hear from you!
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M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That’s why we’re revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. There’s never been a better time to be part of our team. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.
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