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Design Intern

Full-time

Rubies has a fantastic opportunity for graduates seeking a career in costume design in a role that offers the chance to work with Lead Designers and learn from industry experts.

As part of this role, the Design Intern will be involved in trend and fabric reporting, CAD completion in Illustrator, completing design packs, setting up AW briefs for our costume illustrators, helping with sample photography, and much more.  The successful applicant will play a pivotal role in the design process and support Lead Designers whilst learning on the job. 

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to take the next step in their creative career.

What the Design Intern will be doing / objectives of the role:

  • Understand commercial design in fancy dress and GM for the UK Market by going comp shopping
  • Garment construction and sampling process
  • Print processes
  • Enhance your AI/PSD/Clo-3D skills
  • Witness a design meeting and see how the buying process works
  • See how to work with licensers
  • Support the design team to achieve their deadlines
  • Comfortably work in a fast-paced work environment
  • Confident in CAD, design pack creation, as well as using a PLM system

Key Responsibilities of the Design Intern:

  • Complete design briefs set by Lead Designers. This may include: Trend and fabric reporting
  • CAD completion on Adobe Illustrator and/or Clo-3D
  • Completing design packs
  • Updating our PLM
  • Set up AW briefs for our costume illustrators
  • Photographing samples
  • Support in customer meetings
  • Organise parcels to customers
  • Steaming & prepping samples for customer meetings
  • Prepping showrooms for customer meetings and photoshoots
  • Maintaining costume and GM storage
  • Prepare Comp Shop reports

What Rubies is looking for:

  • Graduate
  • Commercial eye for design
  • Skilled in Illustrator and Photoshop
  • A minimum of basic sewing skills
  • Self-motivated and willing to learn
  • Proactive team member
  • Friendly and enthusiastic
  • Organisational skills
  • Within commuting distance of the office.
  • Clo 3D design knowledge is a plus

Why you'll love this role:

  • On-the-job training with the opportunity to shadow Lead Designers
  • There will be regular check-ins and 1-to-1s
  • Supportive team environment with opportunities for creative development
  • When you join, you will be given a training plan to help support your development

Benefits of working at Rubies:

  • Additional leave
  • 20 days annual leave, increasing by one day each year of service up to a maximum of 25 days (bank holidays on top)
  • Company pension
  • Employee discount
  • Health & Wellbeing Programme
  • Life insurance
  • Referral programme

Applicaton

Apply with a CV, a cover letter outlining your suitability and interest, and a portfolio.

Vacancy posted 1 day ago
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