Overview
Design Assistant – Sportswear Jobs in Greater London, UK at Crew Clothing
Location: Greater London
Sportswear Design Assistant
The purpose of the Sportswear Design Assistant is to support the team in the administration of design tasks, presentations, archiving, and studio maintenance.
Responsibilities Administration
- Sample management – keep samples organised on hangers and rails in studio and back‑room archive
- Travel admin – costings and booking travel and accommodation for design team
- Design Studio – keep good organisation within the studio and recommend better ways to create a better creative environment
- General office duties – filing, post, answering telephone calls, monitoring stationary stock levels
- Note taking during presentations if required
- Assist in setting up room for meetings and presentations
- Assisting on chasing up samples from suppliers
- Setting up product boards and maintaining them
Design
- Research – internet and external research on current trends and styling. Keep a constant library of reference for the designers to pull from.
- Range plans – keep range plans up to date and ready for sign‑off meetings, but in liaison with artworker so work is not duplicated
- Basic CAD and colouring in Adobe CS4 to support designers and maintain the range plans
- Artworking – briefs set by designers to produce basic stripes, checks and prints. Prepare signed‑off artwork for suppliers (factory sheets and CDs)
- Fabric and trim folder library – maintain good organisation/archive of the fabric and relevant file systems. Responsible for sending colour to suppliers
- Working with designers to update lab dip file
- Product Development – support designers on communicating with suppliers on the product development cycle, e.g. sending out packs, sending approvals of fabrics/colour/trim
- Organising the filing of product development documentation
Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent qualification in fashion design or related
- Excellent CAD skills
- Proficient with Illustrator, Excel and other related programmes
- Good eye for detail, organised and pride in work
- A good team player
- A keen interest in fashion, design and the marketplace
- Thrives on working in a fast‑paced environment
- Keen to learn and acquire new skills
Benefits
- Staff Discount
- Uniform allowance
- Pension scheme
- Refer a Friend scheme
- Training and career development
- Supportive and rewarding culture
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Title: Design Assistant – Sportswear
Company: Crew Clothing
Location: Greater London, UK
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