Designer - Animal

Overview

This is a great opportunity to join a fast-growing business in the Animal Design team as an established multi product designer.

Reporting into the Head of Design, we are looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious and creative designer to join a small fast paced team.

We are looking for a candidate that will grow with the company and add support and value to the design team, with multi-product design experience across Menswear, Womenswear and Childrenswear.

What you'll be doing

• Responsible for the overall apparel design for the Animal brand across multi product for Menswear, Womenswear and Childrenswear.
• Research trend, shape, fabric, colour and trim ensuring product ranges are new and exciting whilst remaining true to brand.
• Understand the key Animal customers, creating designs, which are on brand and innovative.
• Building each season’s colour palettes, which cover off the core customer, whilst delivering relevant and new colours and exciting colour combinations.
• Working in tandem with the Print Designer, Buying and Merchandising teams to range build and deliver exceptional seasonal ranges across all product areas and departments.
• Responsible for maintaining range plans with accurate information and new designs, to be shared with the wider business.
• Conduct regular comp shop analysis
• Work and manage the critical path and key dates

We'd love to meet someone with

• Experience in multi-product apparel design with a portfolio that reflects this.
• Experience in materials, trim, garment construction, fit and manufacturing process.
• Experienced in CAD design and creating accurate and detailed tech packs.
• Experience in garment construction and fit.
• Strong skills in Adobe software (illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
• A determination to achieve and succeed
• Creative industry experience and creative vision
• The ability to meet deadlines in a high pressure environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to see projects through from inception to production
• Consistency regardless of project size
• Exceptional organisational skills that support the rest of the team
• Engaging portfolio including trend and colour direction

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Holiday allowance
• 50% staff discount & 25% for family and friends
• Pension scheme

In 1997, we launched Mountain Warehouse to make the outdoors accessible to everyone by offering value for money product and exemplary customer service.
The outdoor industry had become very jargon heavy and we wanted to create a brand that would cater to our mothers and our neighbour’s kids as well as seasoned professionals who understood the technology.
Our expansion since then has seen the brand grow and the product evolve, but the small family business that makes MW special has remained. Great product is at the heart of everything we do.
As we expand internationally we employ a team of dedicated diverse people to offer our valued customers the best possible experience when visiting our stores, shopping online and putting our range through its paces.
Welcome to our journey.