Design Manager
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Job Title: Design Manager
Location: South Wales
Hybrid working
Scope of the Role:
We have two fantastic opportunities for enthusiastic, creative and passionate Design Managers to join our busy studio team in Penallta, South Wales. We are recruiting for one permanent position and one maternity cover position.
As a Design Manager, you will take the lead in managing allocated accounts from a design perspective, building strong external relationships and interpreting customer strategies, trends and briefs into high-quality customer ranges that meet commercial objectives.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- Manage customer relationships from concept to final approval, ensuring deadlines are met.
- Help identify team strengths and development needs.
- Support workload planning to meet customer deadlines.
- Lead and contribute to creative and product development projects.
- Align design work with sales growth and commercial objectives.
- Develop seasonal trends, colour palettes, and customer-specific themes.
- Review designs for accuracy, quality, and customer suitability.
- Ensure commercially viable designs considering production and cost.
- Contribute to all stages of new product development.
- Collaborate with Commercial, Category, Product, Repro, and Production teams.
- Brief internal and freelance designers, managing budgets and design spend.
- Maintain quality standards, documentation, and process improvements.
- Promote Health & Safety and Quality Policy compliance.
- Undertake other reasonable duties as required by management.
Key Skills & Competencies:
- Flexible to work demands
- Excellent communication skills
- Must be organised and be able to work to tight deadlines
- Multi-tasking and building product ranges
- Quick to pick up new skills/ knowledge
- Analytical Skills
- Proficient IT Skills
- Planning, time management and organisation skills
- 3+ years of relevant experience
About our people and the recruitment process:
We’re an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from everyone!
We are guided by our values - purpose, pace, passion and people. We are committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to create an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds.
If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process, please contact us.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Work from home
- And more
Work Location: Hengoed CF82 7SS
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