Design Assistant

The Design Assistant will work closely with the Design team to provide support through the full design process, from initial design to production. This role will provide a great insight into the workings of a design-led fashion house, the roles of the different functions and the design team process.

Your responsibilities:

• Help update and maintain monthly line ups using photoshop to colour and cad up sketches
• Assist design team with creating tech packs
• Create parcels for London seamstress that include the pattern, fabric and reference sample
• Make sure lab dips, strike offs and any relevant markers are pulled and with correct garments for product meetings
• Tidy up after product meetings; ensuring product is put away in the correct area, lab dips and strike offs are filed away
• Organise the fabric rolls in atelier
• Organise design folders: colours standards, lab dips, strike offs, month by month fabric folder
• Assist with seasonal sample, fabric archiving and stock management
• Send out colour standards to factories and mills
• Assisting with flat drawings
• Sending out parcels to factories / mills
• Help prepare and set up for meetings
• Assist finding colour standards
• Design research

Profile:

• A clear understanding of the design aesthetic of The Fold
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Team player who collaborates with ease
• Strong organiser who prioritises with ease and understands the importance of excellent time management
• Demonstrates a ‘can-do’ attitude to work
• The ability to analyse problems and offer solutions
• Attention to detail is key as this is a fast-paced role, so a sharp eye is essential
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Skilled in Photoshop
• Experience using Adobe Illustrator

Rewards:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Staff discount policy includes an allowance to spend per season and 50% off the full retail price.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Regular social events.

Benefits and perks of working with The Fold:

• 25 days holidays' (including bank holidays)
• Buy additional holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension salary sacrifice scheme
• Access to free Financial Advisors
• Grocery scheme to help you save money
• A friends and family discount policy with 50% off the full retail price
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Summer Friday hours
• Eye care
• Fully stocked snack cupboards, fruits and coffee & tea
• Regular Social Events - including summer and Christmas parties
• Volunteering

Our Culture:

We are an ambitious, supportive, passionate team who love what we do. We are Founder-led, and we lead by example – never compromising on our quality. We strive to uphold a values based working culture with five key principle across the business:

• Be Humbitious: Be ambitious for yourself and The Fold in a humble way - don’t be a diva.
• Wrap it up with a bow on it: Be a completer finisher, be able to trust others to take on a job completely and fully, and earn that same trust yourself.
• Be Empowered: Take on responsibility, share your views confidently but kindly, feel ownership, take pride in results,
• Fold Gold Standard: Quality and professionalism, don’t just ‘let it go’, pride ourselves on attention to detail and excellence in everything we do, deliver results.
• Embrace, pace, progress and adventure: Know that to fully embrace our ambition and our challenges, this will mean stepping out of your comfort zone - get comfortable being uncomfortable.

Diversity and Inclusion:

We promote a diverse and inclusive workplace which harnesses the benefits of the diversity of our team and strives to represent the communities in which we live and work. Our vision is to establish an environment that attracts individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and talents, empowering them to contribute their best and authentic selves. We welcome and encourage applications from those who share our commitment to fostering this inclusive and authentic work culture.