Junior Designer Women’s Basics – 1 yr temporary position

Company Description


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. We have a sustainable mindset and always seek new ways to improve our sustainable working methods to achieve our goals.


Job Description


As a Junior Designer you will be responsible for assisting the Product Designer and being a part of a team of Designers, Buyers, Pattern Makers and Business Controllers. We are looking for a talented individual with a strong passion for women’s fashion & trends. You will be part of identifying the most important key products and able to translate them into the Basic collection for our customer. A great attention to details, materials & trims is key. You take part in fittings and handle the design part of sample follow up. Together with the rest of the team, you will assist in developing the collections sold worldwide in all the H&M markets omni channels. This requires high energy, strong independent drive, creativity and actively contributing with new ideas.
It is an amazing opportunity to develop from your current individual design level, whilst learning from our international team. You will contribute with updated fashion insights for our target customer with your fresh ideas, energy, creativity and fully global perspective. High pace and rapid changes are a natural part of our day. This is an assortment with a variety of jersey articles, so it requires being a quick learner with good communication skills, a flexible attitude and high capacity to adapt to changes easily. We are looking for candidates with a high fashion level and experience from designing different products and working with different fabric materials.


Qualifications


We believe you have a genuine passion for Women’s fashion both from a commercial & aspirational standpoint with a feminine handwriting and an eye for details. In addition to this we are also looking for:
A minimum of a BA in Fashion/Textile Design
At least 1-2 years’ work experience as JR Designer/Assistant
Strong skills in and used to work at high speed in Adobe Suite programs
3D CLO (or other 3D software) work experience is meriting
Attention to detail and good material knowledge is key
A visionary mindset with true passion for Women’s fashion, current and future trends
A strong customer focus and commercial mindset
Strong communication skills and true team player
A highly organized and structured work routine
Capacity to work in a very fast-paced and everchanging work environment
A fast learner with a strong self-drive and you can take own initiatives with ease
Fluent in English (Swedish not necessary)



Additional Information
This is a one-year temporary position based in Stockholm, to preferably start 1st of September and you will report to the dept Section Head.
If your experience, skills and ambitions are right for this role, please send your application by the 3rd of June, including CV in English and relevant portfolio work (pdf max 10mb/uploading). Portfolio should include vision/mood boards & full design process to final collections. Please ensure to include some work clearly relatable to H&M Women’s 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. Please do not send cover letters since they often contain information that creates unintentional biases at screening.
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 are looking forward to hearing from you!