Trainee Designer
PrimarkIreland10 hours ago
Full-timeDesign, Art/Creative +1
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Trainee Designer – Homeware
Because you lead our next look. Create, your way.
As Trainee Designer, you will work closely alongside Primark’s Buying and Merchandising teams to translate trend into product.
Working alongside a Designer, you will collaborate with fellow product designers across the business you will create strong, fashion forward, commercial and global ranges that identify with the Primark brand.
As Trainee Designer, you will demonstrate passion, curiosity and interest in fashion. You will predict key trends using the knowledge of top sellers, extensive research and the knowledge of forecasting tools.
You will be responsible for staying ahead of trends, continually research new ideas.
What You’ll Get:
The world is changing and it’s important we support our colleagues. People are at the heart of what we do at Primark so it’s essential we provide the right environment for you to perform at your best. That’s why we offer benefits that put you first.
Some of our benefits are:
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:
In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:
Trend & Research
REQ ID: JR-3038
Because you lead our next look. Create, your way.
As Trainee Designer, you will work closely alongside Primark’s Buying and Merchandising teams to translate trend into product.
Working alongside a Designer, you will collaborate with fellow product designers across the business you will create strong, fashion forward, commercial and global ranges that identify with the Primark brand.
As Trainee Designer, you will demonstrate passion, curiosity and interest in fashion. You will predict key trends using the knowledge of top sellers, extensive research and the knowledge of forecasting tools.
You will be responsible for staying ahead of trends, continually research new ideas.
What You’ll Get:
The world is changing and it’s important we support our colleagues. People are at the heart of what we do at Primark so it’s essential we provide the right environment for you to perform at your best. That’s why we offer benefits that put you first.
Some of our benefits are:
- 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more.
- Flexible Working, opportunity for an early Friday finish, and a subsidised cafeteria.
- Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:
- Innovative creative thinker
- Passionate and hard working
- Have a strong creative portfolio
- Proactive and confident communication of ideas and design
- Positive and have a can do attitude at all times
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to drive newness within a commercially focused environment.
- Keen to excel in a fast paced dynamic environment.
- Flexible and adaptable approach at all times
- Ability to work under pressure and multi task and react swiftly to changing business needs.
- Ability to travel within UK
- Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud; Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Excel.
- Fashion graphic design training preferred
- Ability to both hand draw and work directly onto the mac
In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:
Trend & Research
- Complete daily trend research across multi platforms, delivering trend information to the womenswear teams
- Adapt latest trends into the Primark handwriting, to ensure a commercial direction for the range
- Ensure research also considers new techniques/fabrics and seasonal colour direction
- Present ideas with confidence to the design/buying teams.
- Work alongside Design team to create typographically strong original graphics and prints.
- Have an awareness and interest in garment shape design and how this can be developed for Primark
- Develop an understanding of the womenswear products and show willingness to work within the brand guidelines of the partners we work with
- Follow design briefs to ensure focus is maintained on the provided direction in the allocated time
- Track and manage design/trend amends, ensuring they are communicated to all parties in a timely manner
- Prepare design/trend files for presentations/meetings/suppliers.
- Responsible for design team colour/trend/product admin.
REQ ID: JR-3038
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