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Assistant Designer – MW Wovens Jobs in London, England, United Kingdom at ASOS.com
Title: Assistant Designer – MW Wovens
Company: ASOS.com
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Company DescriptionWe’re ASOS, the online retailer for fashion lovers all around the world.
We exist to give our customers the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you’re free to be your true self without judgement, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.
But how are we showing up? We’re proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter and we placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer list.
Everyone needs some help showing up as their best self. Let our Talent team know if you need any adjustments throughout the process in whatever way works best for you.
Job DescriptionTHE ROLEAs an Assistant Designer, you will be working closely with the Designer/Senior Designer, designing theShirts & Swimwear MW ASOS DESIGNranges for our twenty something customer. If you love fashion design, researching the latest trends and want to be part of a fast-paced fashion forward design team this could be the opportunity for you.
THE TEAMASOS is one of the UK’s top fashion and beauty destinations, expanding globally at a rapid pace. Our values are to be authentic, brave, and creative, and we live and breathe these in everything we do.
The Design Team look for inspiration all around the world, along with street style, vintage shopping, music, art, the catwalk and all things creative, to design the latest product for the range. It’s all about newness and finding and designing the most exciting product for our 20-something customer, whatever their style.
You’ll be…
Researching, developing, and designing ranges for MW ASOS DESIGN, including identifying key shapes for the season, colour, fabric and building a range which offers choice for our global customer base.
Reacting to sales information and design commercially relevant fashion forward ranges.
Researching current and future trends by a collection of different sources to identify newness and interpret into first to market pieces.
Working with the technical team on initial fits. Identifying and helping problem solve for the department.
Building relations with suppliers and advising factories on direction, construction, key details, materials, and trims.
Adhering to the critical path to achieve deadlines, ensuring product is developed for the relevant and optimum selling period.
An ability to research and develop unique product working on long lead time product as well as quick reaction short lead ranges.
Qualifications
We’d love to meet, someone with…
Previous experience in designing for an Aspirational Brand or similar High Street Retailer.
Previous experience of working with Far East, European and UK suppliers
Experience in working with a Buyer to plan and deliver a balanced range and first to market pieces
Strong commercial handwriting and understanding of the ASOS Brand and Customer
Computer Skills: Photoshop, Adobe, CAD
A fashion forward perspective
Strong time management
The confidence to identify problems and makes improvement suggestions, seeking practical ways to overcome barriers and remaining calm under pressure
The ability to communicate to the team & senior management the performance and strategy of the department
Willingness to travel in the UK and Internationally as required, for supplier meetings and inspiration / developme…
