Upholstery Designer - Shape & Accent Chairs
Job Details
permanent
Leicester, East Midlands, United Kingdom
Operations
18.03.2024
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Full Job Description
The Role:
- Passion & experience researching & identifying new & commercial trends & opportunities in Upholstery, specific to Shape & Accent Chairs
- Supporting the creation of cohesive and coordinated design looks across Next Home Upholstery
- Designing for all Next customer styles
- Excellent CAD & Adobe Skills
- Identifying opportunities for upholstery shapes in our range. Ensuring broad style choice in shape that reflects our customer profiles.
- Communicate ideas through beautiful mood boards and sketches/renders.
- Create technical specs and drawings to brief manufacture
- Work collaboratively with manufacturers.
- Research and inspirational travel as well as product development trips with manufacturers
- Work closely with buying and merchandising colleagues to build a range reflecting the style and price architecture of Next Home.
About You:
- Excellent presentation skills and experience presenting to stakeholders
- Strong experience of working as an Upholstery Designer, specifically chairs.
- Passion for Upholstery
- Excellent CAD & Adobe Skills
- Good communication skills
- Excellent influencing & negotiating skills
- Accomplished range building skills, challenging and balancing newness and commerciality
- Qualified to degree or equivalent
Please note, as part of the application process we require you to submit examples of your Portfolio. Applications without a Portfolio will not be considered.