INTERIOR TEXTILES & MARKETING DESIGNER

COMPANY:  We are recruiting for a well-known INTERIOR TEXTILES BRAND  

INTERVIEW DATES:  First interviews online ASAP and if successful 2nd interviews will take place in Chorley or near your home ASAP.  The name of the company recruiting will be given if you are successful at first interview stage and our client confirms they wish to meet you. 

START DATE: ASAP

Qualifications Required:  BA Hons Degree in Textile Design or Surface Pattern 2:1 or above

Experience:  Ideally 3 years+ design experience – however, a new graduate will be considered if you have a satisfactory portfolio and excellent communication skills – full training will be given.

Hours of Work:  Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm with an hour for lunch (but we will consider a part time or school hours role)

Holidays:  20 days plus Bank Holidays

Salary: Up to £30k per annum dependent on experience (reviewed after 6 months) 

Key Responsibilities 

Researching and communicating current and future design and colour trends. Creating fabulous trend / colour boards.  

Working with your design manager to source new fabrics from mills around the world.  

Assist with developing collections – new and renewed – working with colour, design and plains to create beautiful collections. 

Assist with photographers and graphic designers to create fabulous room sets and graphic layouts to promote the collections. 

Designing and sending out email promotions, social media marketing on a daily or weekly basis as required.

Working with the Sales Director to arrange, design and organise exhibitions as required.

Managing and organising the studio space.  Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail is imperative

Communication with mills / suppliers' reference developments of collections by email and telephone – so excellent English and communication skills are necessary.

Designing artwork- hand painting/drawing in a variety of styles 

Working to a design brief- being able to work in different styles e.g. floral, textures, geometrics. Adapting their own handwriting to different styles and projects. 

Computer work on photoshop/ Illustrator interpreting hand drawn designs in CAD

Adapting purchased designs and putting into repeat

Contributing to team meetings/ reviews/ sales meetings

General admin, chasing samples, archive filing etc. 

Note this is an office-based job – but 1 or 2 days hybrid working from home a week is possible.  

If you are interested and have not been interviewed by Diane Harding of Norfolk House before then please email your cv and images of your best interior textiles design work including excellent drawing skills to diane.harding@norfolkhouse-uk.com 

If you have been interviewed by Diane Harding before and are registered on Norfolk House Recruitment books, then please just email back to say that you are interested and that you have been interviewed before – attaching your up-to-date CV and portfolio.  

If you do not get a response within 48hrs please WhatsApp a message to Diane on 07912 379739 to say that you have applied so we can check if your application has not arrived due to the files being too large or another reason.  Diane replies to all emails and WhatsApp messages.