Assistant Designer - Footwear/Accessories

at  Penneys

WHAT YOU’LL DO AS AN ASSISTANT DESIGNER

We want you to feel challenged and inspired. Here, you’ll develop your skills across a range of responsibilities:

• Work with the Designer to make connections between concepts and information to identify trends that will commercially impact on Primark’s ranges.
• Identifies emerging trends through extensive research and translates these into commercially viable trends.
• Supports the Designer in for making impactful, commercially viable decisions related to range building, which support the delivery of successful product ranges.
• Support the Designer to ensure design trends have a balance of commerciality
• Collaborate and engage with Buying and Merchandising teams to create and deliver strong, fashion forward, commercial and global ranges that identify with the Primark brand.
• Establish productive and effective working relationships with Buying and Merchandising teams to ensure successful execution of range builds, maintain clear and regular communication.

We want every person in our organisation to feel like they’re making a key contribution. Here are some of the experiences and skills you’ll need for the role:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Trainee or Assistant Design role.
• Experience in Footwear or Accessories design is highly desirable
• Relevant qualification in fashion design or equivalent experience
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Software including Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Have a good level of business acumen, sound common sense and a genuine interest in the retail industr