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Senior Fashion Designer

Employer
Lazy Oaf
Location
London (Greater) (GB)
Salary
£38,000 - £45,000 per annum
Closing date
6 Jun 2021

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We are looking for a Senior Designer to lead our small in-house design team. Supporting our creative lead with the smooth running of the Oaf design function, ensuring we design all the Oaf Goodness alongside our brand objectives and creative direction. You will be working on various projects ranging from seasonal collections to collaborations which requires you to be directional, dynamic, versatile and a person who is organized beyond the sock drawer but also a creative wizard.  

If you have an excellent creative eye and a passion for both men’s and women’s street wear and contemporary design, you have come to the right place ☺︎. 

As an independent company we strive to be original and unparalleled, and are looking for a new team member who reflects this ethos. 

Responsibilities:

  • Leading and Working with our small design team on all collections from concept, ideation, design through to production.

  • Supporting the creative Lead who overs see’s the creative direction across the design and creative teams.

  • Owning and responsible for the design process and the critical path, ensuring that projects run to deadlines and the team are inline and delivering to those goals.

  • Developing a design execution strategy and work flow/process that best delivers a strong and consistent look and feel to our collections and Oaf identity. This role requires you to find and drive these processes and manage timelines, planners and budget where necessary.

  • We like to take a collaborative approach to managing and getting the best from our teams. You will be working alongside the creative lead to nurture, coach and grow a collaborative, agile and creative way of working that encourages the team and their creative ideas.

  • Conduct inspiration research; create mood boards and other initial development for each season.

  • Working alongside the creative function to propose collection stories, part of the ideation process that extends through our brand story telling at product launch. 

  • Working with our Buying and Merch team on range plan building and executing with final design.

  • Creating the design briefs, maintaining a collaborative work process to include constructive feedback and sign off points. Ensuring brief translations form a collection that would get our customers foaming at the mouth.

  • Working across categories such as Men’s wear, Women’s wear, life style product and accessories and whatever we can think of next!

  • Being an amazing designer, you live and breathe contemporary fashion, streetwear and youth culture and understand how Oaf interprets this.
  • Taking ownership of and Seeing the design process through, from ideas and concept, design, design and sample development.

  • Working with the product team to ensure Design packs / technical specs, details, trims, artworks are all complete, and help maintain correct and updated CADS and range sheets as and when needed.

  • Seeing product development from a design guardian perspective, Attending fit sessions, providing feedback and design edits where necessary. 

  • Collaboration: managing external Creative network - relationships – outsourcing to creative talent, initiating external briefs, clear deliverables and manage efficiency, and delivery of required artwork on time.

  • A confident presenter.

  • Travelling to visit our suppliers overseas and on development / inspiration trips as and when it is safe to do so.

Requirements:

    • Understands the Lazy Oaf aesthetic and approach to design, and have an affinity with the brand. You need a good eye, dark humor, and an unhealthy fashion fixation, designing with impact and risk in mind, we like to push ourselves creatively and not be led by trends.

    • Has sound knowledge of fabrics, garment construction and an eye for colour.

    • Has a good eye for contemporary graphics and youth culture.

    • Experience in contemporary street wear across both Men’s and Women’s wear.

    • Is a hoarder of odd images found on socials and the internet for those 'just in case moments'.

    • Can work well under pressure, manage their time and can stick to strict deadlines, is adaptable and with the ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously. 

    • Understands and work to the budget constraints of production and manufacturing.

    • A wiz in the Adobe creative suite.

    • Ability to work as part of a team as well as drive individual projects.

    • Confident in presenting back and communicating well to other members of the team.

    • Highly organised, self-motivated, competent and can use own initiative

    • 3-5 years in a similar role.

    • Leadership experience preferable.
  • Hell Yeah! How do I apply?
    If you think you tick all of the above boxes then we want to hear from you! We are likely to receive a lot of interest in this role. Please submit your C.V, a covering letter telling us why you are the right person for this job, a link to your digital portfolio and ALSO a mood board for a LAZY OAF unisex range AW21 (a project we have completed), and a little something you found on the internet, that you think we might enjoy and grabs our attention! Please send your applications to design@lazyoaf.com with the job title as the subject header.

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