Junior designer – H&M Girlswear -1-year Temporary contract

Company Description
Are you a Junior Designer who has a great passion for the Girls customer? Do you enjoy working in high tempo and with different types of products on a daily basis, in a team with a supportive and positive team spirit. Then this role might be for you!
The H&M Head Office is based in Stockholm, Sweden, where we design and develop our fashion collections for a wide variety of customers. H&M is a dynamic international workplace where high pace and rapid changes are a natural part of our day. Good communication skills, a flexible attitude and capacity to adapt to changes are essential.


Job Description
At the Girls’ division you will be part of a fast pace environment and work with colorful and playful products. Our customers range from being genuinely interested in fashion to customers that just want great products regardless of trends. Our customer is fashionable with positive energy, charming cool, cute, kind, surprising and unexpected.
As a Junior Designer at the Girlswear division you will be responsible for assisting our Senior Designer working together with our wider team. You will be focused on woven dresses and blouses for 2-10-year old’s. The role involves, but is not limited to, varying administrative tasks, flat sketching, working in 3D Clo and assisting with fittings. You will be working closely with product development and involved in developing collections sold worldwide in all H&M markets for the girlswear customer. We have high ambitions and a great team spirit!


Qualifications
We are looking for someone with a true love and passion for the Girls customer and products. You are positive, energetic, creative and playful with a great eye for upcoming fashion trends for girls customer groups. Our work includes full collection creating and teamwork and ability to prioritize is very important. You should be used to work independently and used to fast decision making. A flexible mindset with an ambition to develop further within our kids dept!
We are looking for you who are/have:
A minimum BA degree in Textile/Fashion Design and work as a junior fashion designer /Design Assistant today, preferably for commercial fashion
A minimum of 1-2 years’ work experience as a Junior Designer
Have strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite/illustrator
CLO 3D work experience is meriting
A true passion for and understanding of our H&M Girlswear customer
Passion for fashion, its current and future trends
A strong customer focus and enjoys working with commercial fashion
Strong communication skills and flexibility
A team player who thrives working in a diverse setting where you contribute with your perspectives
Like a fast-paced and ever-changing work environment with parallel tasks in an organized, structured manner
A very strong self-drive and can take own initiatives and work independently
English fluency (Swedish not necessary)



Additional Information
Does this sound like you?
If your experience, skills and ambitions are right for this role, please send your application by 31st May 2021 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 H&M Girlswear 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 with this concept in mind.
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
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.