Product Development

Junior Designer, Men's

Joe Fresh Standalone
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Founded in 2006, Joe Fresh is a leading source for modern style and accessible design, offering comprehensive lifestyle collections for men, women and children. Joe Fresh delivers quality and compelling value in categories spanning in apparel, accessories, and footwear. Joe Fresh collections are polished and sophisticated, with a focus on essential designs that appeal to a broad range of style-savvy consumers. With more than 350 Joe Fresh departments from coast to coast, the Joe fresh network is more than a great place to shop, it’s a great place to work. We’re committed to building our talented team who champion collaboration, kindness, and inclusivity. We are looking for innovative, hardworking, and collaborative team members for our Joe Fresh team. Join our team in our goal of helping Canadians Live Life Well®.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing.  Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

Job Description

Position Overview: Junior Designer, Men’s

The Junior Designer is responsible for working within the Men’s design team to create brand-right product for Joe Fresh while seasonably achieving business and profit objectives. The Junior Designer will work closely with and report into the Senior Designer.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Responsible for designing brand-right Men’s product for Joe Fresh, under the guidance of the Senior Designer.
  • Research new trends, fabric, and trim innovation, identify business opportunities and collaborate with the Senior Designer on seasonal Concepts.
  • Sketch product in CLO 3D and work into fixtures (in Adobe Illustrator) to develop the collection.
  • Responsible for maintaining style updates throughout the development season.
  • Create styles and BOM’s in PLM (Centric) during the development process.
  • Create Tech Packs in Illustrator and upload to PLM
  • Attend necessary weekly fit sessions with the Technical Design team
  • Collaborate with and attend weekly meetings with cross-functional teams: Product Development, Raw Materials, Technical Design, Buying and Merchandising to support the execution of product.
  • Regularly visit JF stores to view new product set-up each season.
  • Regularly shop competitors and aspirational brands in the market.
  • Responsible for bought sample organization in the office, file organization on Sharepoint/OneDrive. Assist the Senior Designer with additional miscellaneous tasked as needed.

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Must have enthusiasm for apparel fashion and a strong sense of seasonless style.
  • Must have a key understanding of colours, prints, proportions, and fabrics.
  • Must have a team-oriented attitude and an eagerness to learn
  • Experience in Men’s design is preferred
  • Must have strong time management, presentation, and organizational skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Apparel Design preferred.
  • Must have 2+ years of design experience.
  • Must be proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Microsoft Office and PLM
  • Must have experience in or have the desire to learn 3D application: CLO

How You’ll Succeed:
At Joe Fresh, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture.  We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections. 

If that sounds like you, and you are open-minded, responsive to change and up to the challenges provided in a fast-paced retail environment, apply today.

Joe Fresh recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.