London, UK
Rug/carpet designer
at Colbourns
Colbourns is seeking a full-time rug/carpet designer to join its design team in Chelsea, London.
Role description
Colbourns collaborates with many of the top interior designers in London to produce bespoke rugs and carpets for the luxury residential market, both in the UK and abroad. As a member of the design team you will be involved in developing conceptual artwork for presentations or collections and in creating production-ready artwork for our factory.
The key responsibilities include:
- technical production documentation
- presentation artwork
- supplier communication and quality control
- working directly with clients to interpret their briefs
- generating concepts for both collections and projects.
Type: permanent, full-time
Working hours: 9:00am to 5:30pm, Monday to Friday
Location: Chelsea, London
Qualifications: design-related degree. Eg. textiles, interiors, fashion, industrial design
Skills and attributes
Essential: Illustrator, Photoshop, attention to detail, a strong understanding of colour and scale, ability to work in a team, fluent in English, able to work in the UK
Ideal: basic AutoCAD
Bonus: knowledge of textile software, fluent in languages other than English, immediate availability
Experience
While experience working with hand-tufted rugs is ideal, it is not essential.
You must be able to demonstrate experience in:
- detailed production documentation
- working with textile/product manufacturers
- quality control
- bespoke design
To apply, please provide:
- CV in PDF format
- brief examples of previous work in PDF format. This should not exceed 10MB. A full portfolio can be discussed if you are invited for an interview
- a cover letter is not required, please introduce yourself via email
Please include the above via email to: [email protected]