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V&C are working with a fast fashion brand on new opportunity to in the design department responsible for Boyswear.

The boyswear designer will be working closely with the Design Director to assist with the development of the Jerseywear collection whilst having a strong understand for trend, colour and fabric.
The offices are great young, dynamic and exciting.

Relocation required!

Key Responsibilities:-

Liaise closely with suppliers to ensure all swatches, colour cards are seasonally archived
Develop new yarns / communicate design ideas to factories from concept to production
Issue lab dips and advise on all comments and approvals Issue yarn sample orders and ensure timely deliveries in line with the critical path
Create specs and amendments
Issue boyswear sample orders inform factories of any changes required
Create drawings for collection books and assist the creation of the collection pages
Negotiate boyswear prices for sampling and production
Communicate effectively with all departments
Monitor stock yarns at factories and update on a regular basis

Key Requirements:-

Ideally 3-5 years relevant experience in boyswear, preferably for a fast fashion brand
Excellent childrenswear manufacturing knowledge
Proactive, hardworking and good communicator
String fashion sense and eye for detail
Proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and Excel Good administrative skills
Be able to work effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines

V&C are working with a fast fashion brand on new opportunity to in the design department responsible for Woman's Jerseywear.

The Jerseywear designer will be working closely with the Design Director to assist with the development of the Jerseywear collection whilst having a strong understand for trend, colour and fabric.

The offices are great young, dynamic and exciting.

Relocation required! 

Key Responsibilities:-

Liaise closely with suppliers to ensure all swatches, colour cards are seasonally archived
Develop new yarns / communicate design ideas to factories from concept to production
Issue lab dips and advise on all comments and approvals
Issue yarn sample orders and ensure timely deliveries in line with the critical path
Create specs and amendments
Issue jerseywear sample orders inform factories of any changes required
Create drawings for collection books and assist the creation of the collection pages
Negotiate jerseywear prices for sampling and production
Communicate effectively with all departments
Monitor stock yarns at factories and update on a regular basis

Key Requirements:-

Ideally 3-5 years relevant experience in jerseywear, preferably for a fast fashion brand
Excellent jerseywear manufacturing knowledge
Proactive, hardworking and good communicator
String fashion sense and eye for detail
Proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and Excel
Good administrative skills
Be able to work effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines

Opportunity for a Development Project Manager to join one of the UK’s leading Shop fixtures and fittings manufactures.

You will be responsible for working closely with the Design teams to collate drawings, specs and BOM’s and work closely with suppliers with development of new products.

Must have a minimum 5 years’ experience within shopfitting or retail display, with strong Project Management and Design experience.

Key Responsibilities:- 

Providing design support to Key Accounts, liaising with Account Directors and Managers.
Creating agreed, well defined and formulated briefs and communicating these back into the design team using the appropriate documentation and process.
Supplying technical design support to internal design team utilizing personal areas of expertise where appropriate, expanding personal knowledge base to include multi-disciplined solutions and exploiting value engineering opportunities
Monitoring and supporting projects as they develop through the design process actively project managing, supplying documentation and liaising with Procurement Account Directors and Managers.
Taking active involvement in the project estimating process where required to provide proactive value analysis and optimum cost efficiencies, value engineered products.
Working with Procurement and supply base to assist with technical queries and to maintain full awareness of manufacturing processes and techniques.
Collating drawings, specifications and BOM’s for manufacture of prototypes and production roll-outs.
Providing other functions and colleagues with advice on all aspects of design engineering and technical development.
Working within strict time parameters in keeping with the demands of retail customers.
React to project alterations and make adjustments promptly and efficiently, able to be a confident and effective decision maker.
Actively researching and investigating innovation and new technologies that may be used to increase the businesses range of products and services.
Able to travel when required to oversee international projects - or liaise with foreign supply base.
Compliance to company policies and group management systems.

Key Requirements:-

Demonstrable ability with Solidworks and/or AutoCAD design software would be of benefit.
A minimum of 5 years’ experience of project management within the retail display or shop fitting industry.
Excellent knowledge of shelving systems would be an advantage
A good appreciation of the relevant manufacturing processes and materials.
Excellent IT skills to include Microsoft Excel, numeracy and analytical ability
Good attention to detail with a disciplined approach to time management
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Strong interpersonal skills, able to work both independently and in a team orientated collaborative environment.
Ability to effectively make decisions, prioritise and execute tasks in a high pressure environment
Organised, process driven individual who understands project management, critical paths, also approval processes, and the commercial implications of decision making.
Flexible and motivated, with a ‘hands on' approach.

Our client, a growing cruelty-free cosmetics company, specialising in on trend make-up and nail products and looking to recruit a Marketing Manager to oversee all aspects marketing.

As Marketing Manager, you will have the ability to drive the success of the business by implementing a clear and defined strategy that will enable the brand to stand out in a highly competitive market and ultimately drive sales.

Must have minimum 5 years’ experience in social and digital marketing within Beauty or Retail!

Key Responsibilities:-

Leading a team of 6 and managing 3 direct reports including objectives setting and appraisals
Setting the Marketing agenda including creation and delivery of the Marketing Strategy
Implementation of the Marketing plan and ensuring that it always supports the over-arching strategy
Managing agencies to deliver relevant comms across the most relevant channels with a focus on digital and social advertising
Ensure that the Marketing plan covers the increasingly important focus being placed on the website
Positioning yourself as the brand guardian so that all the brands comms have a consistent look and feel
Oversee all PR activity, which will be managed by the team, in order that the PR plan supports appropriate products and collections and meets the targets set
Setting and managing annual budgets for Marketing and PR and maintaining regular dialogue with the Finance Manager to advice of any over or under spends.
Maintaining excellent relationships with key internal departments, ranging from Sales and Product Development through to Production and Planning to understand their respective functions and timings which may impact the Marketing dept.

Key Requirements:-

5 years knowledge and experience of social and digital Marketing
Minimum 5 years’ experience of delivering Marketing campaigns within the Beauty or similarly fast paced sector
Be experienced in managing and leading a team
Be both strategically and commercially savvy
Be self-motivated, proactive and passionate about beauty
Have excellent communication skills across all levels of seniority
Be able to juggle workloads and delegate and prioritise accordingly

Magento developer required for our client, a very fast paced premium jewllery brand. You’ll be working within the growing ecommerce team in this new role!

Your core focus will be Magento website development and you will manage a varied workload; building and maintaining websites – front and backend so knowledge of hosting environments and basic server maintenance would be advantageous.

The ideal candidate will have 3+ years Magento development experience and have multiple Magento 2 builds under their belt, backend and frontend development expertise, experienced using git source control, competent in PHP, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery, and HTML, and have created websites using Magento 1 & 2. 

Key Responsibilities and Requirements:- 

To provide leadership in Magento 2 development, best practices, features, extension development and architecture design.
Experience using PHP to create and consume web services (e.g. SOAP, REST)
Expert knowledge in design and implementation of ElasticSearch platform
To provide clear technical advice to team members
Strong analytic and problem solving skills.
Good knowledge of CSS and CSS pre-processors like Less and SaSS Analyse, design, code, debug, test, document and deploy applications
Capture functional and non-functional requirements
Certified Magento developer credentials strongly preferred
Experience with release building and deployment software
Contribute in the delivery of clear and concise requirements specifications
Proactively identifying, communicating and addressing technical risks
Ensuring your code is thoroughly tested and well documented
Able to work with external development teams and alone

We are looking for a number of passionate Sales Individuals to join a high profile luxury boutique!

Keen to speak with driven, proactive and ambitious individuals with previous experience in luxury retail.

In addition to a competitive basic salary you will receive great commission, bonus and benefits for achieving monthly sales targets!

Key Requirements: - 

Achieve personal and group sales goals
Build and maintain new and existing customer relationships
Ensure a high level of customer service through extensive product knowledge
Understand, communicate and represent the brand
Assist in maintaining immaculate store presentation standards
Ensure all sales and operational policies are followed
A minimum of 2 years' experience in luxury retail
Strong selling and customer relations experience
Multilingual skills are an advantage
Flexibility to work varied shifts due to the nature of the business

Do you follow fashion? Are you analytical? Do you follow social platforms? Our agency is growing and we are looking for a Paid Media Manager (PPC and Paid Social Manager) with experience of both Google AdWords (search, display, shopping and Youtube) and paid social (Facebook and Instagram) to join our team. You will be working with major fashion brands and retailers on their paid social and organics campaigns worldwide.

Key Requirements and Responsibilities:-

Understanding of custom audiences and lookalike audiences.
Ability to generate and install the Facebook pixel, Dynamic products and all FB ads functionality.
Oversee accounts on search platforms (e.g. Google AdWords, Bing)
Be involved in keyword selection and audience targeting
Monitor budget and adjust bids to gain better ROI Track KPIs to assess performance and pinpoint issues
Produce reports for management (e.g. dashboards)
Write attractive and concise copy for adverts
Suggest and develop new campaigns across multiple channels
Maintain partnerships with PPC ad platforms and vendors
Find ways to reduce risk of click fraud
Keep abreast of PPC and SEM trends
Strong understanding and experience of bidding techniques (AutoBid, CPC, CPM, oCPM).
Strong at statistical analysis, spreadsheets and reporting.
Ability to navigate, schedule or generate reports quickly.
Ability to multi-task and prioritize projects.
Participate in forming effective paid search strategies
At least 5 years’ experience in paid media
Experience in multi-channel data analysis and reporting
Knowledge of SEO and digital marketing concepts
Working knowledge of analytics tools (Google Analytics, Tableau, WebTrends etc.)
Understanding of HTML and XML is a plus Proficient in MS Office (particularly Excel)
Excellent communication skills Analytical thinking with strong maths skills
Agency background preferable Google AdWords and Facebook Blueprint certification a bonus.
Love of fashion and retail
Adspend management experience and strong sense of responsibility for client budgets.
Fast implementation.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Buyer at senior level to join a reputable and well established retailer in Russia.

You will be responsible for working in close relationships with internal teams and suppliers to develop new products and ensure new ideas are in trend and to customer standard.

Minimum experience of 5 years at established level from a well-known retailer or brand, with excellent communication and negation skills with factories and understanding of UK market to innovate and offer new products.

English and Russian speaking is imperative!

Key Responsibilities:-

Trend research, work with design and product development to develop products.
Review best sellers from previous season in the market to offer new products to move on bestselling lines.
Follow up with suppliers, merchandisers and technicians to interpret products meeting the key elements of the design sheets within the timelines.
Visit factories to identify products in trend, share new ideas, products and work with designers to develop products to cover missed opportunities.
Review design presentations, critical path and plan to visit with a collection from mills and factories.
Work closely with all teams involved to offer the best product range to the required price points meeting demands of the market.
Promote capabilities of the region and encourage designers, customers to visit factories, and mills in the region.
Work with director and general manager to set sales and profit targets at the beginning of the year, review and drive teams and suppliers to meet targets at the end of the year.

Key Requirements:-

Minimum 5 years’ experience in buying, design or product development role at an established retailer or brand.
Knowledge and experience in Fashion Design, fabrications, product development, people management and working with manufacturers to interpret design sheets to samples
Trend research and be updated WGSN, FASHION SNOOP and magazines.
Knowledge and understanding of fashion market specially in UK and work to innovate and offer new products.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills with customers to get competitive prices, go getter to get the best from the team and factories.
Exceptional team player, resourceful and energetic.
Training / development skills to develop teams and suppliers to improve developing products and remove restriction and ability to challenge to improve the product offer.

Due to the anticipated interest in this role, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
By applying for this role you will be asked to consent to the V&C GDPR Policy

Fantastic opportunity to join a very well established, 25 years and growing Digital agency on a position of Sales Executive to support the sales team by cold calling to generate new leads.

The ideal candidate will have worked in a Telesales / Business Development within the digital industry for at least 2 years and have strong communication skills!

Key Responsibilities:-

Support the Sales team by managing their diaries
Booking in meetings with potential clients
Cold calling to generate new leads for the sales team
Writing and following up with proposals
Keeping CRM system up to date with client information and proposals
Attend meetings with new and existing customers (teleconference and face to face)

Key Requirements:-

A background in the digital arena would be beneficial and understanding of Media and Web Development
Self-motivated and ability to work under pressure and to daily targets
A confident and approachable telephone manner- both in person and over the phone
Strong organisational and time management skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Enthusiasm, positive energy, and ability to maintain composure under pressure
Ability to communicate effectively in technical and business environments with both colleagues and clients
Experienced in Microsoft and CRM databases
Knowledge of / interest in Design / Marketing / Web Development would be a huge bonus
Be engaging and confident on the phone and able to build rapport quickly

Due to the anticipated interest in this role, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. By applying for this role you will be asked to consent to the V&C GDPR Policy

A new opportunity to develop and drive a successful and innovative retail design organisation nationally and possibly internationally as it seeks to double its turnover over the next 3 years.

Reporting to Managing Director/Owner, the position requires a resilient Sales Executive with an impressive track record in business development to open new doors with retailers and brands.

Based in Hertfordshire!  

Key Functions: -

A strong and successful Sales background
Cold call potential Retailers and Brands
Managing and organising sales appointments
Delivering quotations
Excellent communication skills internally and externally
The ability to translate design requirements into briefs and vice versa
A confident, dynamic and engaging character
Excellent attention to detail
Positive and can-do attitude
Travel may be required nationally and internationally

Due to the anticipated interest in this role, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. By applying for this role you will be asked to consent to the V&C GDPR Policy

Working for one of Europe's most successful brands this Senior Creative Pattern Cutter is will be working within a busy design studio covering the complete denim collection for this fashionable brands.

The Senior pattern cutter will need to have Gerber experience (or similar such as Lectra) and have over 8 years’ experience working with Denim fabrics and international denim manufacturers.

Must have Womenswear Denim experience and relocation is required! 

Key Responsibilities:-

Finding best silhouette to fit with our customers including grading rules
Assuring the best sewing method to achieve quality and price
Working closely with the designers
Reading sketches from designers
Creating manual patterns if necessary
Providing technical instruction to suppliers
Measuring and checking samples
Attending fitting meeting
Improving fit and manufacturing standards
Amending patterns as and when needed

Key Requirements:-

At least 8 years’ experience with Pattern Cutting
Gerber or Lectra trained
Strong understanding of denim and washed garments, shrinkage and grading
Exposure to denim manufacturers
Excellent communicator
Good computer knowledge
 

Due to the anticipated interest in this role, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
By applying for this role you will be asked to consent to the V&C GDPR Policy

Working for one of Europe's most successful brands this International Brand Merchandise Manager is an independent position with a clear remit in  ensuring  stock is in the correct locations at the correct time, optimizing sales and reduce markdown.

Working closely with the Product Merchandisers and Regional Managers to use analysis to feed into store space plans and to support and train the allocation team. 

Key Requirements:-

Conduct analysis across the store base. 
Work cross-functionally to develop a sound understanding of the customer. 
Maintain awareness of current business priorities to ensure that department strategy is aligned to that of the business. 
Challenge existing thinking and identify new sales and profit opportunities. 
Present grading to senior management and retail teams.
Support expansion into new stores.
Analyse performance of new stores and make amends as appropriate.
Work in conjunction with the brand teams to review department/category performance
Ensure warehouse and logistics teams are aligned to any department specific initiatives
Develop top level allocation and replenishment principles.
Review and refresh grading in season to reflect openings, closures, space changes and recent performance.
Ensure stock is moving through the warehouse as expected.
Check Allocation plans issued by department teams.
Review sales performance at grade and store level, proposing trading actions and delivering those signed off after trade meetings.
Build Strong relationships between product, retail and DC teams through clear and relevant communication with regular trade updates.
Plan stock builds ahead of key selling periods.
Sign off and monitor the opening and closure processes.
Report on performance of trials to the brand team and key stake holders.
Ensure the continuity business is maximised potentializing availability.

Key Requirements:-

Minimum 3 years experience in a similar field
Form strong relationships with Merchandising team
Good understanding of fast fashion
Analytical and organised
Commercial mindset
Support the Merchandisers to conduct objective setting and performance reviews for the allocators
Proactive approach to involvement in tasks outside of own department
Strong level of both English and Spanish

Due to the anticipated interest in this role, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. By applying for this role you will be asked to consent to the V&C GDPR Policy