Senior CAD & Jewellery Designer

Senior CAD & Jewellery Designer

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We have an exciting opportunity within our Product Design team as Senior CAD & Jewellery Designer. In this position you will be hands‑on progressing projects from conceptual stages through to design delivery. You will effectively collaborate with the wider Product Design team and design best‑in‑class products to increase our positioning in the market as an affordable luxury brand. You will work directly with the Creative Director and Senior Design Manager to deliver jewellery ranges, on time and to budget.

You will be responsible for leading product development, including the creative development and brand styling, managing projects from start to finish. You will use your excellent knowledge in specialist design software to lead the making of 3D CAD models for new jewellery and accessory concepts. You will effectively manage junior members of the team to deliver products and packaging that supports company objectives, always looking ahead and keeping abreast of industry trends.

The role is Monday – Friday 9 am‑5 pm. You'll enjoy the exciting buzz of our friendly office in Banbury, Oxfordshire three times a week on average with the flexibility to work from home for the remaining two days.

• Driving the brand forward in jewellery product design, maintaining and increasing our positioning as an affordable luxury brand
• Designing on brand, innovative products and concepts that are visually attractive using targeted research, anticipation of trends and understanding of brand heritage
• Leading on the making of 3D CAD models for new jewellery and accessories designs
• Mentoring both Midweight Designers and Junior Designers within the team to ensure clear communication of projects and enhance their knowledge of CAD (Matrix)
• Taking full ownership of your work, being responsible for delivering jewellery and accessories from concept to delivery by providing technical specifications and liaising with factories to ensure products are to a high quality and consistent in delivery to final customer
• Working closely with Buying to ensure products are coming in on target and in our pricing architecture
• Ensuring end‑to‑end delivery of all of our jewellery and accessories
• Thoroughly checking own work and junior members of team's work ensuring attention to detail is to the highest standard & organizational skills are being adhered to fully
• Checking all samples against specs to ensure suppliers have made to specification and modify based on Creative Director and Senior Design Managers sign off
• Taking responsibility for spec sheet sign off on all designs, helping to mentor and manage Mid‑Weight and Junior Designers to deliver a first‑time right spec sheet and sample
• Going above and beyond to implement individual/team processes that will strongly benefit the design process and proactively managing these ideas
• Using your excellent knowledge and confidence in using all adobe programs to create final visuals and range plans
• Using your excellent knowledge of Matrix Gold CAD design software to finalize CAD files for all jewellery samples
• Using your excellent awareness of competitors within the jewellery, gifting, fashion accessories and personalisation industry, updating the team on a monthly basis with findings and suggestions
• Maintaining a comprehensive understanding of the brands product development strategy and collaborate with the team to ensure projects and products are delivered on time and in‑line with company schedule
• Working closely and collaboratively with Senior Packaging Designer to innovate new creative concepts
• Managing and mentoring junior members of the team, being a great example of brand representation and vision to the other designers; always inspiring, engaging and motivating the team
• Being the benchmark for design standards to Mid‑Weight and Junior Designers, building systems and methods to optimise the design process whilst always identifying and maximising team potential and performance to create high‑quality products
• Preparing daily/weekly reports to Senior Design Manager,…