Senior Designer Footwear-Men's , Ladies & Kids

at  Target Australia Pty Ltd

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for an experienced, commercially minded and customer focused Senior Designer with an open, curious and solution mindset, passionate about creating amazing product.
As the Senior Footwear and Accessories Designer you must have experience in designing across Women’s, Men’s, Kidswear and who is driven ,can identify, interpret and implement trends using global trends and market to add value through design and sales in line with Target’s handwriting.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, crafting innovative design concepts that amplify key brand moments in our fashion retail seasonal calendar.
Please note – that all applications must have a portfolio of your relevant design work attached to be considered.

To be successful in this role:

• Tertiary qualification in Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Textiles or Footwear and Accessories Design
• 5 +years of designing experience in a fast paced , large volume retail environment or supplier to DDS
• Proficient in the use of Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop and Illustrator including CAD .
• Advanced use of software such a GBSS, Cebtric, Office suite.
• Technical skills related to the area of product development. Strong Fabric, materials and construction knowledge.
• Ability to create accurate technical specification drawings.
• Skills and ability to adapt to product types for most areas of general merchandise design.
• High level of aesthetic taste displayed in relation to colour, composition, materials, coordination and execution.
• Strong knowledge of print types and limitations within print execution.
• Experienced in building relationships with key stakeholders.
• Developing leadership qualities - people management experience.
• Strength in work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Strong influencing skills with key stakeholders. Strong presentation skills. Ability to visually and verbally sell commercial design concepts to key stakeholders.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Designer in Footwear (Women’s,Men’s,Kids) to join Target’s team! In this role you will we are looking for someone with an eye for trend ,innovation and be able to demonstrate your passion for creativity to deliver a cohesive product range aligned with the Target product aesthetic and quality strategy. This entails working collaboratively with key stakeholders to create and deliver a customer centric product range. Identify, interpret and implement global and market trends to grow sales through great looking product, articulated through effective communication (visual and verbal) and a high level of presentation skills.
Create original, commercial, customer focused, coordinated product ranges including print and pattern/graphic design that best reflects Target’s ‘handwriting’ to grow incremental sales. This is executed through strong influencing, collaboration, tasteful aesthetics and eye for trend.

To be successful in this role:

• Tertiary qualification in Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Textiles or Footwear and Accessories Design
• 5 +years of designing experience in a fast paced , large volume retail environment or supplier to DDS
• Proficient in the use of Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop and Illustrator including CAD .
• Advanced use of software such a GBSS, Cebtric, Office suite.
• Technical skills related to the area of product development. Strong Fabric, materials and construction knowledge.
• Ability to create accurate technical specification drawings.
• Skills and ability to adapt to product types for most areas of general merchandise design.
• High level of aesthetic taste displayed in relation to colour, composition, materials, coordination and execution.
• Strong knowledge of print types and limitations within print execution.
• Experienced in building relationships with key stakeholders.
• Developing leadership qualities - people management experience.
• Strength in work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Strong influencing skills with key stakeholders. Strong presentation skills. Ability to visually and verbally sell commercial design concepts to key stakeholders