Junior Designer Men’s Accessories, Shoes & Bags – ARKET-1-year contract

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Company Description

ARKET is a modern-day market that offers essential products for men, women, children and the home. ARKET stores also include a café based on the New Nordic Food Manifesto. ARKET’s mission is to inspire people to make good choices, and we offer well-made, durable products, designed to be used and loved for a long time.

We offer a work environment where culture and values play a big part in everything we do. We have a flexible attitude and value an entrepreneurial spirit. We want every employee to take ownership of ARKET’s success and believe that a fun working place generates great business results.

Job Description

Are you the right person to be a part of establishing the most loved retail lifestyle destination with quality, sustainability and modernity at its core? Are you an experienced Junior Designer who would like to develop your design skills further in our creative customer focused environment? If you have this is combination with a commercial eye, great energy and communication skills, you might be the one we look for!

As Junior Designer in our  Men’s department, you will be part of the collection team with the main focus to create the best offer for our target customer. Based on the visual goal, you will contribute to the collection range by supporting the Senior Designer in planning and developing the products and assortment, always keeping sustainability at the core. The focus for this role is hats,  scarves, leather goods, bags & shoes. You will contribute with fresh ideas through your excellent ability to foresee and analyze upcoming trends and assist to translate them to our business concept. You will take part in fitting sessions, take responsibility of design related sample handling. Creating flat sketches of the highest standard is a big part of the job, to ensure our designs are communicated in an optimal way.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who:

  • Is a Junior Designer with a BA in fashion design minimum 1-2 yrs work experience
  • Has a strong sense of fashion forward trends and a good surrounding world analysis with a truly global perspective
  • Loves working with men’s collection, are business minded, goal oriented and have an entrepreneurial mindset
  • Is highly creative and take action to be an inspiration to your team members
  • Preferably has experience working with different materials, accessories & shoes
  • Has excellent knowledge of Adobe Suite programs and illustration, also hand drawing skills
  • Have strong time management and organizational skills
  • Is flexible, open minded and positive
  • Can work at a high pace, unafraid of hard work in periods, high and low with no prestige
  • Always see possibilities, improvements and can inject and push new ideas to the team
  • Is a great communicator, unafraid to take a step forward and speak up
  • Is a driven team player and can also work independently with a strong self drive

Additional Information

If you your experience, skills and ambitions fit this role, please send your application in English to include CV and portfolio (max 10mb) by 25th July 2021 Your portfolio should include: Full design process, including mood boards, sketches and final products/collections with a forward fashion trend & lifestyle handwriting. Please also include some aspirational work suited to the ARKET customer.

This is a full time temporary 1-year  contract to start asap

We know that diversity is what makes us strong. Our teams should consist of great mix of people that share and combine their knowledge, experiences and ideas. It leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, what we perceive possible and how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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