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Job no: 509445
Work type: Full time
Location: VIC - Metro
Categories: Merchandise
- Make an impact with an immensely successful retailer, with a great culture
- Build your brand and your career with this rare opportunity and be part of a dynamic, collaborating, merchant lead results driven design team!
- Submit your Design Portfolio along with your resume to be considered for this position
Who We Are:
Spotlight Group Holdings (“SGH”) is looking to grow their talented, highly entrepreneurial team. SGH is Australia's largest privately-owned and operated family business, comprising of the Spotlight Retail Group, the Spotlight Property Group, Spotlight Direct Investments and the Spotlight Charitable Foundation.
Spotlight is an iconic retailer, and the flagship brand of Spotlight Retail Group - a global company that includes the Spotlight, Anaconda, Harris Scarfe and Mountain Designs. From our beginnings as a single dress fabric stall at Queen Victoria Market Spotlight has grown to become one of the largest fabric, craft, party and home decorating superstores.
Spotlight's Design team
Our internal Design team supports the development of design, product development and packaging across our private brands and integrated brands across our Spotlight Merchandise teams.
We are seeking a talented Textile Designer to join our team. This will be a hands-on, fast-paced role in a culture that rewards initiative and great ideas.
What We're Looking For:
- You must have 5+ years of experience in high volume commercially successful textile design, preferable experience in the product categories across Home Interiors and Fashion and/or FMCG retailers.
- You must submit a design portfolio along with your resume to be considered for this position
- Experience in working with creating high volume, commercial design development in collaboration with multiple merchandise buying teams. 100% Customer focused.
- A strong understanding of textile design, colour, fabrications, textile yardages and print placements
- An ability to identify and track global trends across our product categories and utilise them into your design output
- Solid understanding of the end-to-end end design process, from design concept to production
- Strong time management skills and can work to meet deadlines, structured work approach, focused on speed to market, attention to detail, resilient and adaptable, team player
- Strong understanding of quality and compliance standards
- A strong ability on Adobe Suite Illustrator CS/Photoshop Software) and other relevant tools. The ability to turn hand painted artwork into finished designs.
- Tertiary education in either illustration, textile, or graphic design
What’s in it for you?
Along with the incredible career- growth opportunity of being part of this brand-new team, we can offer you
- Great salary base + Super + Profit Share
- Career progression & personal development
- A culture that rewards initiative and creativity
- Centrally located office, close to south Melbourne market, with a hybrid working from office and home environment
- Benefits- team discount, EAP, gym discounts and more
Ready to join our winning team?
Apply now and take the first step towards a rewarding career in retail Textile Design!
To apply, please complete our online application form and submit an up-to-date resume along with your portfolio
You must have unrestricted working rights in Australia to be considered for this position
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
No agency enquiries or applications please
Advertised: AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close:
Our Process
Found the perfect Spotlight role for you and want to apply? Great!
You’ll find details on our recruitment process below. Make sure you’re well prepared to keep your nerves at bay and to maximise your chances of making a great impression.
1. Update Your CV
Make sure your CV is up-to- date with your latest skills and experience, and that it’s tailored to the role you are seeking. It is a legal requirement that all Spotlight employees have the right to work in Australia.
2. Apply
You can apply online by selecting the relevant job link above, uploading your CV and completing the online application form.
3. Attend An Interview
If your application has been successful, we will ask you to take part in one or more of the following:
• phone interview
• face-to-face interview
• group interview.
4. Reference & Police Check
As part of the screening process, we will obtain your consent to complete two work-related reference checks and, for roles that require one, a police check.
5. Job Offer
Congratulations! If you have been successful, you will be able to accept your letter of offer online together with an employment pack containing information on
Spotlight and your responsibilities and entitlements.
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