Junior Fashion Designer - Women's Jersey (Temp Contract)

Description

Work as a Junior Designer in the Women's Jersey team on a temporary contract, helping create fashion sold to customers worldwide.

You will take part in designing collections from the first sketch through to the final sample. These collections launch in every market the company serves, across stores and online, and reach millions of customers.

The company is a global group of fashion brands and ventures that aims to combine strong design, affordable prices and sustainable solutions. It employs thousands of people across the group.

You will learn from Designers, Product Developers, Planners, Pattern Makers and Product Managers while adding your own ideas.

The role suits someone who reads trends, silhouette, colour and detail well and can turn them into product that is relevant, desirable and commercially sound.

The team is in a fast-moving international setting, so this is a chance to build your design career with hands-on experience across the full design process.

Responsibilities

• Develop design concepts for women's jersey.
• Produce technical sketches.
• Support fittings.
• Follow designs through the sample process and work with the wider team to get them made well.
• Bring fresh ideas, challenge existing thinking and spot new opportunities for collections.
• Balance fashion impact with commercial awareness and keep the customer and scalable design in mind.

Requirements

• A BA or MA in Fashion or Textile Design, or equivalent experience.
• 1-2 years of experience as a Junior Designer or Design Assistant.
• Proficiency in Illustrator.
• 3D CLO experience is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail and good knowledge of materials.
• Experience writing specs and technical files.
• A sharp eye for fashion and a strong interest in women's fashion and trends.
• A customer-focused, commercially minded approach.
• Clear communication and a good team player.
• A well organised, structured way of working.
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• A quick learner who is self-driven and takes initiative.
• Fluent English. Swedish is not required.

Conditions

The position is based in Stockholm. If you do not already live there, you will need to relocate.

You will report to the Assortment Designer.

Apply with your CV and a relevant portfolio as a PDF of no more than 10MB, with all documents in English.

The company runs fair, competency-based recruitment.

Benefits

• Every employee receives a staff discount card for the company brands in stores and online, including H&M (with Beauty and Move), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories and ARKET.
• All employees are also part of the H&M Incentive Program (HIP).
• Extensive development opportunities around the globe.