Closing Date: 14-Jan-2025
The Colour, Trend and Materials Designer for Kids forms part of a CTM team across BUs, helping to drive brand consistency in terms of approach and execution via colour, materials, and branding.
The Kids Colour, Trend, Materials Designer is responsible for the development of the Kids Creative Concept for the season and the translation of this into a seasonal colour, material and print palette that will help deliver a best in class collection of Kids footwear and accessories.
Taking strategic direction from the BU Manager, they will work closely with the Kids design team and in line with the BU Strategy and Company strategic goals. They will collaborate with the other CTM Designers, the Materials team, as well the other BUs to ensure a consistent brand approach for Clarks.
The Kids CTM Designer drives the trend research for the BU, in line with the brief from the BU Manager and Lead/Senior Designer and in accordance with the process and approach defined by the Lead CTM Designer. Throughout the season they will continuously update and refine their insight – covering footwear as well as adjacent accessories categories. They will have an in depth understanding of market trends, the target consumer and Clarks Brand DNA.
The Kids CTM Designer will create colour and material palettes by pillar and story, as well as provide visualisation of colour, material and print application across the collection, influencing and supporting the broader Design team at key stage gates.
Possessing the ability to work independently, the CTM Designer can be relied upon to complete projects with moderate supervision, on time and according to brand strategies.
The opportunity for growth is available as the CTM Designer proves their ability to handle multiple projects from concept to fruition, take initiative to improve and innovate materials and processes.
Clarks, based in Somerset, England, has been at the forefront of innovative shoemaking since its foundation in 1825, when brothers James and Cyrus Clark made a slipper from sheepskin off-cuts. At the time it was ground-breaking: a combination of invention and craftsmanship that has remained at the heart of what the brand does now. In the Clarks archive of more than 22,000 pairs are shoes that have sparked revolutions and defined generations. From the original Clarks Desert Boot, first designed by Nathan Clark and launched in 1950, to the iconic Wallabee, each design has an instantly recognizable signature that makes it unmistakably Clarks.