Junior Designer Women’s - Everyday Concept - H&M

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.


Job Description


Do you want to be a key player in being part of developing our Women’s Everyday concept? Are you a creative, experienced Junior Designer currently looking for a new exciting challenge? If so, then this might be something for you!
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 a new perspective.
You will be responsible for assisting the Senior 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 are able to identify forward thinking trends and seasonal keys items.
You will be designing either knitwear, denim, trousers or soft separates across woven & jersey categories.
Your responsibilities include flatskietching, preparing material for meetings and presentations, taking part in fittings and handling the design part of sample follow up.
You will contribute with updated fashion insights for our target customer with your fresh ideas, energy, creativity and fully global perspective.
This is a large range with many articles, so being a quick learner with good communication skills, a flexible attitude and capacity to adapt to changes, is essential! It's an amazing opportunity to develop from your current individual design level, whilst learning from our global team.



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 qualification in Fashion/Textile Design
A minimum of 1-2 years’ work experience as a JR Designer/Assistant
Strong skills in and used to work at high speed in Adobe Suite programs
3D CLO work experience is meriting
Attention to detail and good material knowledge is key
Strong knowledge of materials & trims with an eye for detail.
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 permanent position based in Stockholm, to start end of March, 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 26th of January 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 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 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.