At a Glance
- Tasks: Create stunning prints from concept to completion for women's fashion.
- Company: Join River Island, a leading fashion brand with a unique style.
- Benefits: Enjoy 50% staff discount, free gym, flexible working, and generous holiday.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with opportunities for career progression and personal development.
- Why this job: Influence fashion trends and develop your design skills in a creative environment.
- Qualifications: Experience as an Assistant Designer and a strong portfolio are essential.
The predicted salary is between 25000 - 32000 £ per year.
Department: Womenswear
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Head Office, Chelsea House
Reporting To: Abigail Enston
Description: Our Design Team deliver stand‑out, affordable fashion with the unique style and touches that underpin the River Island handwriting. As a Junior Designer, you’ll start to influence the direction for your categories, and will be accountable for the full development cycle of products for inclusion in the final ranges that represent key trends and drive commercial results.
Key Accountabilities:
- Develop prints from concept to completion that represent key trends and commercial opportunities.
- Through sound understanding of fabric, engineering, fit and quality, produce designs to a high technical standard, and high first sample hit rate, for the level of the market.
- Through broad market and customer awareness and research, and a thorough understanding of the River Island brand, input ideas to influence Product Development discussions that address key trends and opportunities.
- Start to show an understanding of sales history, sales and margin targets and range plans for your own area of accountability to ensure designs are aligned to deliver on commercial opportunities.
- Starting to develop relationships and collaborate with Buying counterparts, suppliers and fabric mills, identifying opportunities for newness.
Key experience required:
- Previous experience as an Assistant Designer or equivalent is essential.
- Qualifications or studies relevant to Design are essential.
- Must be able to provide a portfolio of Design work.
Job role competencies:
- Advanced Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills are essential.
- Advanced Product Development skills.
- Strong technical and creative design skills.
- Strong organisation skills.
- Strong verbal communication skills.
- Foundational commercial awareness.
- Strong interpersonal effectiveness and self‑awareness.
- Foundational network in the market and industry.
- Self‑starter, curious and continuous learning mindset.
- Action‑oriented.
- Adaptable.
- Resilient.
- Passion for RI brand and customer.
What we can offer you:
- Generous 50% staff discount so you can treat yourself to the latest products, and a bargain staff shop on site.
- Reducing Islanders everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more through the Retail Trust.
- A free onsite gym, subsidised restaurant & cafe to fill your needs. Various social events to socialise throughout the year.
- Every family is unique, we support Islanders with all different family setups enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility treatment. We also work closely with the Retail Trust to create dedicated support for all our Islanders.
- Flexible working, on top of payday and summer early finish Fridays.
- Give as you earn scheme, a ‘Giver Island’ day each year and receive matched funding.
- Support with upskilling through on the job training and qualifications. A succession plan if you want to progress.
- A generous bonus scheme & private pension plan.
- The choice to opt in for healthcare through our provider AXA.
- 25 days paid holiday, exclusive of bank holidays.
Junior Print Designer in London employer: River Island Clothing Co., Ltd.
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Contact Details:
River Island Clothing Co., Ltd. Recruitment Team
