Print Designer - 6 month FTC
- Design and develop commercial prints and graphics for high-volume product ranges.
- Research trends in print, fonts, and colour to create appealing designs.
- Collaborate with various teams to ensure designs meet brand and compliance standards.
Designer – Textile/Graphics Sydney | Commercial – Product Development
About the role
Our client, a well-known Australian value retailer, is looking for a Designer – Textile/Graphics to bring their customer offer to life through the design of prints and graphics for high-volume commercial product ranges. This is a fantastic opportunity for a designer with strong print expertise to work across a broad range of categories, partnering closely with Design, Category, Planning and Sourcing teams.
Key responsibilities
- Research global and local trend shifts in print, fonts, colour and technique, translating these into broad-appeal designs for a volume value customer
- Contribute to the seasonal creative and print direction, conceptualising themes, fonts and techniques for sign-off
- Design and develop commercial prints and graphics across multiple categories each season, from concept through to production-ready artwork (all-over prints, placement prints, stripes, checks and motifs)
- Develop a print plan for the season, mapping workflow against the option plan and target cost parameters
- Apply a value engineering approach to deliver optimal design outcomes while maintaining quality and compliance
- Ensure all production-ready artwork is accurate in colour, print technique and scale
- Check all artwork against brand, IP, tone of voice and diversity & inclusion standards
- Partner with designers to apply final prints to range boards and presentation packs
- Present range and print stories with a clear, insight-backed narrative for sign-off
- Manage your own workflow to meet critical path milestones
- Partner with Quality, Legal and Fit teams to manage risk across range assortments
- Understand customer insights and sales performance data to inform range refinement
About you
- A formal qualification in Design or Product Design
- 5+ years' experience as a designer within a mid-to-high volume retail business
- Proven ability to design across a broad range of product types and medium-complexity options
- Strong technical and creative print/graphic design skills
- Excellent stakeholder management, presentation and communication skills
- High attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-focused mindset
- Sound commercial acumen, with the ability to interpret data and apply it to design decisions
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