Womenswear Technical Student placement South Shields, England
Job description
Company Description:
J. Barbour & Sons Ltd founded in 1894 is a British lifestyle brand, home to the iconic wax jacket we design, manufacture and market stylish functional clothing and footwear for men, women and children inspired by the unique values of the British countryside. We are the proud holder of one Royal warrant, most recently we have celebrated our 125 years and remain true to our core values as a fifth-generation family business. Barbour is sold in over 40 countries worldwide, including Europe, the US and Japan but we have our headquarters and roots firmly located in the North East of England.
Position Overview
We are looking for a Student to join our Womenswear Technical team in our South Shields Head Office. Throughout the 12-month placement, the successful applicant will work and learn alongside the Womenswear Technical team, and gain imperative knowledge of the technical aspect of clothing construction.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- To comply and help with inputting information for new seasons range into the system in order for the initial agent samples to be produced.
- Assist design/technical team in measuring all new proto samples & checking against approved size specification document.
- Strong communication skills are essential as you will have to be in constant contact with suppliers and internal departments within the business.
- Working to timelines, ensure given work responsibilities are delivered on time e.g. pre productions samples, production samples and fabric lengths.
- Assist design/technical team in fit sessions and sending the fit comments if required back to the suppliers. Taking minutes from meetings and distributing to relevant people.
- Assist and support when necessary the design team in presentations, meetings, mood boards and colour palettes (whether this is preparation, organising samples or presentation boards etc).
- Assist design with model outfits for photo shoots.
- Help with model dressing at product launch.
- To be confident in using Adobe illustrator and Adobe Photoshop and be able to assist designers and the technical team.
- General administration required e.g. sending courier packages and the tracking of inbound packages.
- Responsible for receiving, checking & booking in of development samples.
- Updating the product system with wash care, size charts & product info.
- Assist with collating product detail for seasonal brochures.
- Responsible for checking & approving barcodes, wash care details & trim cards.
Skills and Experience:
- Organised.
- Strong attention to detail
- Working knowledge of Microsoft business packages
- Strong communication skills.
- Proactive & flexible.
- Good time keeping.
- Working knowledge of Cad. Illustrator / Photo shop / Prezi
Additional Information:
- To apply for this placement, you must be currently studying an Undergraduate Sandwich Degree Course and able to undertake 12 months in industry as part of your course.
- This placement is based in our South Shields Head Office.
- If you can please attach a CV and examples of technical work to apply for the role. If you have any issues uploading your examples, please email them to [email protected]
Benefits:
- Staff discount
- Staff shop
- 25 days holiday (pro rata to holiday year and length of placement) plus bank holidays
- Free onsite parking
- Subsidised canteen
- Access to training and development activities to support your career development
