Design Assistant

Design Assistant - Sportswear
Full-Time (4 days in office)
Kingston-on-Thames

At Crew Clothing, we believe clothes are about so much more than “just clothes”. Designed with the spirit of the south coast in every stitch, our crossed oars are a mark of timeless British style. These are clothes for life’s best moments.

We believe in collaboration, kindness and creativity, in celebrating our successes and championing our customer at every step of the way. From ’93 to now, people have been at the heart of everything we do. It’s in our name – Crew.

To support and assist the team in the administration of design tasks, presentations, archiving and studio maintenance.

• Sample management – keep samples organised on hangers and rails in studio and backroom archive
• Travel admin – costings and booking travel and accommodation for design team
• Design Studio – keep good organisation within the studio and recommend better ways to a better creative environment
• General office duties – filing, post, answering telephone calls, monitoring stationary stock levels
• Note taking during presentations if required
• Assistin setting up room for meetings and presentations
• Assisting on chasing up samples from suppliers
• Settingup product boards and maintaining

• Research– internet and external research on current trends and styling. Keep aconstant library of reference for the designers to pull off
• Range plans – keep range plans up to date and ready for sign-off meetings, butin liaison with artworker so work is not duplicated
• BasicCAD and colouring in Adobe CS4 to support designers and maintain therange plans
• Artworking– briefs set by designers to produce basic stripes, checks and prints.
  
  Prepare signed off artwork for suppliers (factory sheets and CD’s)
• Fabric and trim folder library – maintain good organization/archive of the fabric and relevant file systems. Responsible for sending colour to suppliers
• Working with designers to update lab dip file
• Product Development – support designers on communicating with suppliers on the product development cycle, eg. sending out packs, sending approvals of fabrics/colour/trim
• Organizing the filing of product development documentation

Degree or equivalent qualification in fashion designs orrelated

• Excellent Computer skills in CAD, Adobe, Illustrator, Excel and other related programmes
• Good eye for detail ,organised and pride in work
• Must be a good team player
• A keen interest in fashion, design and the market place
• Thrives on working in a fast paced environment