INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Firetrap Design and Development Administrator
Department:
none
Location:
One Western Avenue Business Park, Mansfield Road, London, W3 0BZ
Job Purpose:
To give administrative support to the Design and Development team
Reporting to:
Product Director
Role and Responsibilities:
- Build and monitor seasonal trim boards.
- Co-ordinate the development of new trims.
- Chase trims suppliers for delivery of developments and prices.
- Liase with suppliers and Intertek globally for fabric test reports.
- Read, interpret and advise Mercandisers on any fabric issues or failures.
- Upkeep and maintenace of the fabric library.
- Follow up on sample deliveries and assist in the measuring of the garments.
Skills and Experience:
The core attitudes of the company:
Passionate:
- About people, about doing a great job, enthusiastic, solution focused, loves fashion and lifestyle, wants to be part of a brand family
Creative:
- Able to offer alternative solutions, uses knowledge and experience to deal with difficult situations, able to work under own initiative, makes suggestions for better, simpler or cheaper ways of working
Honest:
- Straightforward, tactful and diplomatic, keeps to promises, balanced, gives great feedback
Friendly:
- Builds strong relationships quickly, enjoys being part of a team, collegiate, has a sense of humour, outgoing personality, listens, communicates simply and effectively at all levels
Driven:
- Achievement focused, deadline lead, organised, processed, tenacious, great time planner, sees issues through to completion
Professional:
- Represent the company in a professional way, considers both customer and business impacts of decisions made
Other key requirements:
- Must be a current student, whose course requires them to do a compulsory work experience
- Pervious design experience
- An excellent understanding and capability of using Adobe creative suit design packages.
- Team player
- Able to work on own initiative
- Computer literate
- Organised
Benefits:
- Salary- This is an unpaid work placement
- 25 days holiday per annum (pro ratad)
- ReasonableTravel Expenses
- Staff CafeLunch
- Any internships 6 months or over 65% discount on all World Design and Trade Products

