Product Designer - Womenswear Jersey or Knitwear - year Temporary contract

Job Description

As a Womenswear Product Designer, you will drive forward amp; identify the most important key products and able to translate them into the best most relevant assortment for our target customer. You have established strong design process skills with a strength in building collections and working with qualities aligned with this collection.

Able to communicate your vision and product ideas in a clear way with a creative, fashion forward and commercial focus. Essentially you will have the ability to work close to season with a high pace proactive approach and able to build amp; maintain strong relationships both internally and with external partners.

You love to collaborate, work in a team, and provide our diverse markets with the best products sold worldwide in all the Hamp;M market omni channels. This role will be handling a collection with a focus on either knitwear or Jersey products. Your handwriting will demonstrate a strong fashion level. It will be key also to keep a high fashion sense for style and trends for the target customer, while maintaining a cost-conscious awareness throughout the design process

The role requires high energy, creativity, and experience in coaching amp; leading others to commercial success!

Qualifications amp; Knowledge

• A minimum of a BA/MA or equivalent experience in Fashion/Textile Design
• Minimum of 3 years’ work experience as a Designer with a strength in overall collection building
• Background from an aspirational global brand or retailer
• Attention to detail with fabric/yarn knowledge
• A visionary mindset with true passion for women’s fashion, current and future trends
• A strong customer focus and commercial mindset for the Hamp;M customer
• Experience working with suppliers/factories in Asia and Europe
• Strong skills in and used to working in Adobe Creative Suite programs
• 3D CLO amp; Shima is meriting
• Demonstrated communication skills and true collaborative team player
• Leadership and coaching mindset
• Independent and proactive approach
• Able to set priorities with an organized amp; structured approach
• Flexible mindset and adaptable to changes in a fast moving amp; growing industry
• Fluent in English (Swedish not necessary)

Additional information

This position is based in Stockholm, to start in June 2024. You will report to the department Assortment Designer

If your experience, skills, and ambitions are right for this role, please send your application by Monday 6th May 2024 including CV and relevant portfolio work (pdf max 10mb/uploading) Portfolio should include vision/mood boards, full design process and final collections and products from a variety of fashion design projects. All documents should be in English. Please ensure to include some work clearly relatable to the aspirational Hamp;M Women’s target customer. Applications must include portfolio and meeting the above criteria to be considered! We would like see work that shows your creative aspirational side and also your sense for commercial fashion.

For any internal applicants please have a dialogue with your current manager before applying.

Benefits

We offer all our employees at Hamp;M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our Hamp;M Group brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are Hamp;M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, Hamp;M HOME, amp; Other Stories, ARKET, Afound. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our Hamp;M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our Hamp;M Incentive Program here.

In addition to our global benefits, all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment type and countries.

Inclusion amp; Diversity

Hamp;M is a part of Hamp;M Group. At Hamp;M Group, we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience, and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.

We strive to have a fair and equal process and therefore kindly ask you not to attach a cover letter in your application as they often contain information that easily can trigger unintentional biases.

Company Description

Hamp;M is a fashion brand that offers the latest styles and inspiration, from fashion pieces and unique designer collaborations to affordable wardrobe essentials. Our business idea is fashion amp; quality at the best price in a sustainable way. Learn more about H amp; M here.