Paid Print Design & Office Admin Work Placement

Job description

This is a great opportunity for 2-3 Fashion Students looking to start their career in the design industry.

This is a paid Student Work Placement some training will be provided, to start ASAP. Students in the London area preferred. The successful candidates will be part of a small but fun team. They will gain invaluable experience in the day to day running of a growing fashion house and will have the opportunity to be invokved in all aspects of the fashion business.

We are a growing fashion design, and print business based in North West London, and we're offering a Work Placement with us.

Your responsibilities will include:
To provide support to the Design Manager and Team on day-to-day activities
Assisting with designing prints/graphics for mens/womens fashion
Research on Image trends on platforms such as social media & WGSN
Create conceptual trend boards for design team & meetings
Assist with photoshoots & set up
Assist with creating seasonal catalogues and look books.
Put together tech packs for factories
Assisting with daily office tasks like preparing DHL and other small admin tasks

The ideal candidate MUST:
Have a genuine love of fashion & print
Be commercial in fashion design & print
Be aware of trends; be that colour/style trends
Proactive creativity and enthusiasm
Have a good understanding of Photoshop & Illustrator
Be able to plan and organise their time well
Keen on learning new skills
Have a good sense of humour to survive the day-to-day office life

What you will learn / we will teach you:
You will enhance your Photoshop/Illustrator and InDesign capabilities.
An indepth knowledge on how a multi-brand fashion house works from design to production.
An understanding on how the design team puts together collections, for individual brands, based on trend research, and create fashion packs for the factories to develop the garments.
The chance to build on your portfolio by, under supervision of the design manager, creating designs for many of our brands.
An understanding of pattern construction and the fitting of garments.

Application:

Please apply with your CV, examples from your portfolio and cover letter via the application form.

Desired profile

Looking for a student studying/recent graduate having studied a fashion/print and/or textile design degree.