JUNIOR CATEGORY DESIGN MANAGER (GRAPHIC)

Work location: Beijing

Do you have 7+ years’ graphic design experience for womenswear from fashion companies and with people management skills? Willing to join a leading high street womenswear brand in Beijing, China? Then plz. check this role.

Currently, we’re looking for a Jr. Category Design Manager (graphic) for ONLY – a leading high street womenswear fashion brand of Bestseller Fashion Group.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of graphic designers.
• Collaborate and brainstorm on specified strategic design directions in corporation with Creative Directors and Category Design Managers
• In charge of your collections’ graphic design according to the newest trends and brand demographic
• In charge of label designs and branding related materials
• In charge of graphic and trend presentations for sales meetings and to higher management
• Manage all trend material. Pre and post collection creations
• Close cooperation with Design and Buying teams in Beijing.
• Research upcoming graphic trends and create seasonal trend reports.
• Analyze sales figures and reflect timely on graphic proposals.
• Train and monitor graphic teams creative and technical knowledge.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and above, major in graphic/fashion design(mandatory).
• Minimum 6-7 years’ experience on graphic designer position in high street company (or freelancing, with proven record)
• Some degree of people management experience.
• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and MS Office and Adobe InDesign. Ideally good hand-drawing skills as well
• Independent, well organized and interested in fashion.
• Used to working with tight deadlines and can work under pressure.
• Good commercial understanding, team player, and good at expressing ideas.
• Good communication skills and excellent presentation skills.
• Fluent in English both in spoken and written.
• Willing to live and work in Beijing.

About Bestseller Fashion Group China:

A member of the Bestseller Group Denmark (www.bestseller.com), is considered to be the market leader in the mid-market for apparel in China with the brands: ONLY, JACK & JONES, VERO MODA, and J.Lindeberg. The company entered China in 1996 and today the company has more than 5,000 concept stores in 400 cities in China, as well as having successful digital marketing and multichannel on-line presence.

ONLY Brand intro: ONLY is a well-known brand of Bestseller, a famous Danish international fashion company. Founded in 1995, it has rapidly expanded to 46 countries around the world with its distinctive individual designs. In 1996, ONLY came to China. We are committed to allowing every girl to find a match of her own taste in ONLY. Today, ONLY has spread over more than 300 cities in mainland China, with a total of about 1,580 concept stores. It also comprehensively develops online channel deployment and is committed to the cultivation of new retail. For more info about ONLY brand in China, pls. visit www.only.cn

Application:

Pls. send your application via our website by clicking on ‘’APPLY JOB’’ and follow the instructions. Please include the following documents:

1. Your updated CV, please include a personal photo, your family status, contact info etc.
2. Portfolio(s) about your work from recent years (in PDF file)
3. A scanned copy or a photo of your education degree certificate

Application deadline: ASAP

Efficient Recruitment based in Denmark, handles this recruitment process for the company in Beijing. For more info or any questions regarding the position, please contact Jessi Ji by tel.: +45 6131 5847 or e-mail jj@erhr.dk.

Thanks, and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

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