AddressAs a Design Assistant you will be responsible for researching the latest trends, then developing and designing in line with the Karen Millen brand. You will be working across our Knitwear and Jersey, and in support of the many overlapping projects we run across the total design department. With the support of your Senior Designer, you will create on trend seasonal collections and innovate bestsellers. You must be passionate about fashion, design and detail. Things move fast here at Karen Millen, so be prepared to keep on top of the ever evolving fashion world here in our London Office.
Are you looking for your first challenge in design? Then read on…
Your team
We’re Karen Millen. Since 1981 we’ve been a household name and trusted brand. We’re known for elevated style and our reputation for fabric, finish, quality, and detail speaks for itself.
What you’ll be doing:
- Researching, developing, and designing knitwear ranges for Karen Millen including identifying key shapes for the season, colour, fabrication and building a range which offers choice for our customer base.
- Administrating the yarn library, approvals, managing samples in and out of the business, working on shoot camping planning, developing surface artworks and embellishments.
- Reacting to sales information and design commercially relevant fashion forward ranges.
- Keeping up to date with market trends and in turn liaising with the relevant factories and integrating this into design projects.
- Working with the technical team on initial fits.
- Building relations with suppliers and advising factories on direction, construction, key details, materials, and trims.
We want you to challenge the status quo, innovate and be open to trying new things. We’re always pushing boundaries. We want you to think big. Think creativity. Be bold. Be brave.
Working with us
To succeed here, you have to love working at pace. It’s relentless, but we love it. Change is a certainty – you need to adapt and be agile. We want you to challenge the status quo, innovate and be open to trying new things. We’re always pushing boundaries. We empower our people, giving them freedom and autonomy to learn and grow in their roles. We’re passionate, agile, creative and one team.
More about you
- Design based degree preferable. Passion about Karen Millen, essential.
- A team player. Someone who enjoys going above and beyond to support others in the team where needed, especially during peak times.
- For fashion, we never follow trends; we set them. Are you a trend leader?
- Comfortable working at pace. Agility is something you pride yourself on.
Why join us
Our mission is to create a workplace where everyone is respected, their individual differences are valued, and they can be themselves at work without exception. Beyond this we offer each and every employee the below benefits:
- There’s up to 40% discount off all our brands
- Opportunity to take part in Learning and Development training- expanding your knowledge on areas outside of your day to day.
- Core hours enable you to flex your working times around your needs on an ad hoc basis
- You’ll get the opportunity to take part in our various share schemes- where your impact on the business will also impact you!
- Benefits that support your health and wellbeing
- Our social calendar? Next level!
- Opportunity to progress both within your brand and also internally across our 12 other fashion brands!
- With HQs in Manchester and London and offices across the globe, we offer a buzzing atmosphere and the boohoo family culture wherever you work
