Graduate Design Development assistant
2016-10-27 10:02:01
2016-11-08 00:00:00
- Derby, East Midlands
- £18-22K
- 8th Nov ’16
- Closed
This company is one of the UK's leading manufacturers of high quality furniture, and their products are sold in retail outlets on both a national and international basis.
This busy role is a great step into a world renowned furniture brand.
Assisting the Design Manager you will be a pivotal part of the continued success of this quality brand.
You will be:
- Creating fabric specifications when new fabrics are introduced
- Assisting key design decisions using existing fabric ranges
- Fabric swatching - help to co-ordinate layouts and make decisions around budget
- Coordinating any technical queries to the design manager
- Providing technical support around product imagery
- Sitting in design meetings to help plan and move forward new and existing key design projects
- General organisation of the department on a day to day basis i.e. responding to department emails
- Liaising with the Marketing department to ensure all marketing content is technically accurate
Requirements:
- Degree in a design related course ideally textile, industrial, product or manufacturing biased (2:2 minimum or equivalent)
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong organisation skills and ability to manage a large pipeline of work
- Ideally some experience of working in a production environment
- You must be already located or happy to relocate to the Derby area
- Driving licence is ideal as the facility is not overly close to public transport