Accessories & Bags Designer

Working at Stella McCartney is a truly rewarding experience. As a luxury fashion company with a strong ethical standpoint we are leaders and innovators in our industry.

Overview

The Bags and Accessories Designer will work for the women’s collection with the Head Accessories Designer based in London, by helping them create and bring to life the Creative Director’s vision across our accessories product lines. This is an exciting and varied role that requires a pro-active Designer who thrives in a fast paced and vibrant environment but can remain calm under pressure.

Your Mission:

• Working closely with The Collection Director based in Italy for collection offer, timing, costing and Collection budget on all bags and accessories collections;

• Manage the fabric and proto archive

• Manage all samples, proto types and corrections, to be delivered and communicated to the product development team in Italy after each fitting and design meeting

• Working with the bags and accessories women’s Design team

• Design and research to prepare concepts and collections

• Fabrics, accessories and materials research, including development of exclusive materials with all the tech explanations

• Technical sketch definition for design and metal details of bags and other accessories

• Coordinate communications with product development team in Italy

• Colour cards proposal of main combinations

• Fabric to sketch launch (attributions)

• Rendering of accessories and bags

• Mock-up of accessories and bags

• Correction of the protos

• Scans of designs and specs to send to Product Manager

• Recording notes during fittings and follow up presentations

• Preparing for design meetings and concepts

• Prepare product groups with materials and colour proposal

• Meeting collection deadlines

• Responsible for the organisation of the accessories and bags fitting room

Your Talent:

• Experience in a luxury fashion house with a sophisticated eye for research

• Understanding the Stella McCartney heritage, ethical values and brand DNA

• Confident interpreting the style of Stella McCartney and brand codes

• Affinity with the values of Stella McCartney, the brand identity and style of the accessories and bags collection

• Excellent organisation skills

• Experience in dealing with confidential information

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to work to rigorous deadlines with high pressure and can easily adapt to change

• Ability to work both independently and under direction

• Team player attitude• High level technical skills

• Excellent hand drawing skills

• Experience of CAD software, Adobe Suite and Photoshop

• Strong communications skills, with the ability to share information effectively and able to work confidently with cross function teams

• Italian language skills are desirable

• Knowledge of legal requirements for confidentiality and intellectual property

• Being a responsible team player, working as part of a professional design team

Reward

Our philosophy is to go beyond monetary return and consider ourselves responsible for your wellbeing, your family, your health, your time and the community.

• Up to 50% discount on Stella McCartney products

• Matched pension contribution up to 6%

• Extensive private medical and critical illness insurance, as well as life assurance

• Annual Health Screening

• Annual Leave Shop where employees can buy or sell annual leave

• Flexible working/core hours

• Enhanced Maternity/paternity packages

• Matched Give as You Earn charity scheme

• Fitness membership (Classpass credits)

• Volunteer and Birthday leave

• Health cash plan

• Financial wellbeing program

• Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support Services

• Employee referral bonus

Optional/ Paid Benefits

Season ticket loan, cycle to work and tech schemes, travel and dental insurance and much more.

We welcome people with disabilities and endeavour to make reasonable adjustments, if you do require such adjustments please let us know within 48 hours of your interview.

At Stella McCartney, we like to be bold. For us this means challenging ourselves and the wider industry in which we operate. As part of our commitments to inclusive fashion, we have an ambitious strategy to put diversity, equity and inclusion at the centre of everything we do. Our starting point is to create a workplace where different voices are respected, heard and empowered in equal measure regardless of factors such as culture and backgrounds, and to influence and disrupt fashion and other industries by providing opportunities for global diverse talent to shine.