Junior Footwear & Accessories Designer

The Dune Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

About us

Dune London is the leading affordable luxury footwear and accessories brand in the UK, with broad distribution across both the UK and internationally. It has 50 stores in the UK and over 100 in 25 countries around the world. The company is entering a period of sustained growth both through additional stores, expansion of sales on its online channels and through third party partners both in the UK and globally. Celebrating its 30th anniversary the group has over the years built an enviable position as the specialist in quality fashion footwear and accessories which has given it a unique position at the high end of the high street.

About the role

Our fabulous design team are looking for a Junior Designer to support the team in creating a comprehensive range of footwear & accessories (Handbags & lifestyle). Junior Designer will assist with the day to day running of the department, research and collating relevant trend and shop reports.

About you

• Industry relevant experience across Women’s footwear and accessories
• Have a strong understanding of and passion for the Dune London brand, customer and collections
• To be engaged and enthusiastic about the fashion industry with strong knowledge of luxury and high street trends and have the ability to contribute and apply this to our brand
• Passion for product with technical understanding, with the ability to work across multiple product categories
• Assist in the creation of branding and hardware design which is integral to the Dune DNA
• Excellent communication skills with your team, other teams and suppliers
• Eye for presentations and confidence to present ideas to the team
• Ability to interpret relevant trends that can inspire the Dune collections
• Be proactive and use one’s initiative, forth coming with ideas
• Flexible mindset that can adapt & manage their own workload
• Needs to be a team player but also motivated to work on their own accord

EXPERIENCE / SKILLS REQUIRED:

• A well-rounded portfolio that showcases your creativity, versatility, and technical skillset
• Degree in Fashion Design, footwear & or accessories
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Drawing & CAD skills are essential
• Proficient use of Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Illustrator & Photoshop specifically)
• Power point / Office software

About the perks

• Blended working – spreading your time across our office and remote working
• Brand new sustainable office in bustling West London (near Westfield)
• Friendly and open culture with flat structures allowing plenty of opportunity for development.
• Company growth and opportunity; Dune is opening new stores and channels and evolving all the time
• Open-minded company, welcoming thoughts and ideas to be shared
• Working with charitable organisations to help raise funds and give something back. Our current charity partner is Mental Health UK.
• 60% employee discount on Dune products – what’s not to love!
• 25 days holiday (plus the bank holidays)
• Cycle2work
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance for all team members
• We look after our people
• 3.00 p.m. finish every pay day Friday!
• Team socials and drinks – we like to have fun!
• Access to our employee assistance programme, retailTRUST, who provide loads of resources to support with wellbeing and personal development offer free counselling legal advice and financial guidance.
• Our own Wellbeing Allies – there to talk when you need them.

What happens next?

We will take a good look at your application and if we don’t feel we are right for you, we’ll make sure we let you know but sadly we are not able to give tailored feedback.

If we are excited to find out more about you, we will give you a call and arrange to talk.

A few things that might help:

• Research the brand, the role, your interviewer on LinkedIn; browse our website; and visit a store if you can
• Make sure you have plenty of examples to show off all your amazing skills and experience relevant to this role