Junior Designer Womens Tailoring and Well Dressed Garments

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. Excellent 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 are able to identify forward thinking trends and seasonal key items and are strong with materials & trims with an eye for detail. 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 a large range with many articles, so it requires being a quick learner with good communication skills, a flexible attitude and high capacity to adapt to changes easily.


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
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 knowledge of quality material 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
Organized and structured work routine
Capacity to work in a very fast-paced and everchanging work environment
A fast learner with strong self-drive and
You can take own initiatives with ease
Fluent in English (Swedish not necessary)



Additional Information
If your experience, skills and ambitions are right for this role, please send your application by 27th Nov including CV in English and relevant portfolio (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 tailoring customer. Applications must meet 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. This is a 1year temporary position based in Stockholm, Sweden
If you are currently an employee, please remember to initiate a dialogue with your current line manager when applying.
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.