AddressAs a Print Designer at Karen Millen you will be responsible for developing artworks from your own hand drawing and painting, as well as vintage and online photography sources to create quality prints for the brand. You’ll work closely with the apparel designers to ensure direction is in line with the product range. You will working closely with our Design Director to ensure prints are suitable for the seasons. 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.
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
- Developing artworks from your own hand drawing and painting, studio samples, vintage and online photography sources.
- Owning the development process and ensuring bestsellers and key printed product groups are well designed in line with critical path.
- Producing in season catwalk analysis for your department to underpin your range direction.
- Working alongside the garment teams to develop incredible printed garments.
- Creating show stopping placements and original layouts.
- Using your eye for composition and your technical ability to grow and mentor direct reports.
- Working with artists, photographers and other creative collaborators to produce our collaboration collection prints.
- Alongside the Design Director, contributing to seasonal research, developing on-brand macro trends at season launch.
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
- Print design experience from Junior Designer to Senior Designer level, preferably within Softs.
- Ability to hand sketch and hand paint prints, as well as artworking and digital experience.
- Flexible regarding offshore and local travel.
- A motivating and inspiring personality who will nurture and develop your direct reports.
- Able to think on your feet and problem solve creatively. Agility and adaptability are essential.
- Creative, organised and passionate about fashion!
As a Karen Millen Designer you should be highly creative and motivated, an independent thinker, with technical flair, excellent communication skills and a can-do attitude.
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
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