Lead CMF Designer

at  ghd hair

REQUIREMENTS

• Degree educated in Industrial Design, Textiles, Fashion or similar
• Experience working on CMF for manufacture – Design consultancy or consumer products company
• Experience of dealing with technical specifications for suppliers
• Ability to interpret briefs and ideas
• Advanced 2D CAD skills - Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• 3D CAD - Keyshot rendering
• Excellent communication and presentation skills both verbally and visually
• Ability to work autonomously, plan and organise own workload and to work within timescales / tight deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail
• Confident in using own initiative, a problem solver

ABOUT THIS ROLE

As the Senior CMF Designer, you will be responsible to keep the Design team informed of market, fashion, and global trends. Filtering and translating ideas onto future NPD and Limited-edition collections to create engaging products & accessories in line with ghd’s premium brand values. Based in the London Design studio you will work closely with Marketing and Studio teams to ensure coherent story telling in trends led promotions and NPD launches.

JOB ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Trend research:

• For each Limited-Edition trend research is vital to create concepts and routes that are unique to ghd, and have covetable appeal to consumers
• Keep on top of current and future trends to inform design choices for product and accessories (bags, heat mats, gifting)
• Filter global trends database (WGSN / Futurelabs etc) and industry sector trends in line with ghd’s brand guidelines to help steer the long-term strategic product roadmap