AddressWe’re looking for a Junior Print Designer to join the team at RIXO, reporting to our Print Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate, creative designer to be a part of a key aspect of our business, Print & Textile Design. You will be involved from initial concept, hand painting and collaborating with our wider design team and suppliers to ensure we are always delivering timeless, unique artworks each season.
Along with excellent design skills and a keen eye for Vintage fashion & textiles, we are looking for an organised individual eager to improve processes and ensure deadlines are being met. You are willing to challenge if there’s a better way of doing something, a self-starter and eager to grow with the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting Print Manager in the seasonal creation of print, colour & embroidery design.
- Assisting in the creation of original hand painted artwork and development of vintage sourced artwork.
- Confident at creating multiple artwork layouts & repeats supported with the technical knowledge and understanding of how to achieve best possible outcomes for Print, embroidery, and jacquard designs.
- Creating colourways, re-colouring, and colour separation. Must have a great colour sensibility.
- Working closely with our Design Assistant to manage daily strike off and swatch approvals.
- Upkeeping excellent relationships and communication with our supply base, understanding our suppliers handwriting and suitability for textile development each season. Communicating with our PD team to ensure designs are achievable in production & Critical Path.
- Working with Design Assistant to ensure Print archive is kept up to date and organised each season in share drive.
- Assisting Print Manager in preparing for Design meetings, printing, and organising artwork boards. Researching and presenting tears on Print and embroidery in line with Collection briefs. Preparing for final Print and Colour sign off meetings with Manager & confidently actioning Artwork Teck packs, meeting all collection deadlines.
About You
- Passionate about all things print and textile design with a vintage interest.
- Design/Textiles Degree who has specialised/had experience in Print.
- Understanding of fabric/ print/embroidery techniques.
- Excellent hand drawing and painting skills.
- Excellent eye for vintage, colour, and artwork compositions.
- Extremely high taste level.
- Minimum 3 years working in a in a similar role, must have experience of creating artwork tech packs and communicating with suppliers.
- Exceptionally organised individual able to prioritise your workload and multitask.
- Someone who displays strong attention to detail, eager to develop working processes.
- Great team player with excellent time management.
- Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
- Ability to visualise and present beautiful print and embroidery concepts through CADs.
Please include CV, Portfolio and Cover Letter on application. Due to the nature of the role, we cannot consider any applications without a portfolio.
