Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Design or related field., Minimum of 5 years of design experience, preferably in sports-lifestyle or international brands., Knowledge of womenswear, menswear, and technical textiles., Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator and InDesign..

Key responsibilities:

Translate product briefings into conceptual designs aligned with brand guidelines.

Develop innovative and commercially viable design solutions for product collections.

Collaborate with product stakeholders to specify product development details.

Support communication of concepts to sales teams, partners, and consumers.

Job description

The Job

The Product Design team is the creative hub of our organization. We strive to initiate compelling product stories from initial concept to consumer, whilst remaining efficient, consistent, accurate and true to the brands we represent. You will be part of the Product department, where we work closely with Product Management and Product Development.

The Senior Product Designer in this job will take responsibility with guidance from the CD, focusing on our brand assets with multiple product categories. You will focus on both bodywear, and legwear and a knowledge of swimwear would also be beneficial. You will work on all aspects of each collection for the specified brand, including materialization, graphics, trims, construction and colour palette. In addition, you will be required to support on other brands and additional ranges so there is always a new challenge.

Your Mission

Tasked with the Design responsibility of one of our main brands across bodywear and legwear
Translate product briefings into conceptual designs that are relevant to the seasonal creative direction and stichd business objectives and sit within the (Asset) brand guidelines.
Strategically develop conceptual stories that can deliver a brand message to market.
Actively research and develop innovative designs solutions that can be developed through to market that are viable and commercially relevant.
Provide exact specifications for the development of the product lines, working closely with all product stakeholders (Designers, Developers, Line Plan Managers).
Supporting the Product Managers to communicate the concept to the sales team, wholesale partners and consumers.
Ensure that the products are value engineered to deliver the best possible price value ratio for stichd and the brands.
Be proactive and open to work independently on new product ideas.
Maintain and keep up to date with market trends, compile visually inspiring reports with new ideas and opportunities and share these with the team.
Work in the specified time frame and respect the deadlines.
Show flexibility to adapt to a broad variety of briefs.

Your Talent

Minimum bachelor (HBO) education in Design or relevant working experience in a related field.
You have a minimum of 5 years of design experience, preferably in a sports-lifestyle industry or international organization with global brands.
You have some knowledge or experience of Womenswear as well as Menswear
You have technical textile knowledge and experience of fabrics and trims.
You are creative in terms of solution-thinking to meet the customer wishes.
You are flexible and able to work in multiple projects at the same time.
You are organized, ability to prioritize and can work well under time constraints and deadlines.
You are proactive and a self-starter that is highly motivated to work in a rapid paced environment.
Adobe creative suite programs (especially Illustrator and InDesign) have no secrets for you.
You have strong communication skills, and you have a good command English, both spoken and written.

his role is based in Den Bosch, the Netherlands. Working remotely from other countries is not possible.

To apply for this role, you must already have the legal right to work in the Netherlands. We will not apply for work or residence permits.

We Offer

1-year contract with option for extension to permanent contract;
Salary per month based on 38 hours per week, depending on education and experience;
Our salaries are based on 38 hours per week, but fulltime work is 40 hours per week. Instead, you choose between a lot of holidays; 40 per year ór choose for a 40-hour salary per month with still 28 holidays. You can switch every six months;
Annual bonus scheme;
New hires (introduction) days with all new colleagues from all our global offices;
Great offer of e-learnings and a training offer for personal development;
Enough free fruit for you daily vitamins;
Provided lunch for low cost;
Choose between lease-bike, NS Business Card or travel by car for € 0,23 per km (>10km).
8% holiday allowance, employee insurances and a good pension scheme;
Employee discount on the PUMA, Levi’s, Fuelforfans and BMW Lifestyle websites;
Hybrid working. On fulltime basis 3 days in the office and 2 days at home (incl. allowance for home working);
Flexible working hours, modern workspace and a good working atmosphere;
International working environment with colleagues of more than 50 different nationalities;
Wellbeing activities (f.e. yoga, pilates and bootcamp);
Community involvement (stichd impact tool);
stichd drinks 5/6x per year in the city center of Den Bosch;
Work hard, play hard. Our stichd-events are legendary.