Print Designer

We are seeking a dynamic and innovative Print Designer to join our Harrods Own Label team on a fixed term contract for 6 months.

This role involves the research, design, and delivery of exceptional print concepts for our products and packaging, aligning with our department strategy and key deadlines.

About the Role

As a Print Designer, you will play a crucial role in shaping our print strategy, ensuring collections are innovative, market-leading, and aligned with seasonal trends.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and proficiency in PowerPoint and Keynote.
• Strong digital art and asset creation skills with excellent layout and retouching capabilities.
• Deliver innovative print designs with a premium aesthetic, drawing on diverse influences.
• Collaborate with Designers, Buyers, and Technologists to elevate each collection, ensuring right-first-time products.
• Manage projects to meet deadlines efficiently while maintaining industry-standard best practices.

Strategy & Range Proposition -

• Contribute to the seasonal print design strategy, identifying trends and opportunities for growth.
• Deliver print designs that enhance customer acquisition, quality, and brand equity.
• Research and develop category trends, create mood boards, and adapt designs in response to sales opportunities.

Product -

• Create original print designs and adapt existing ones for product and packaging.
• Manage colour selection, printing methods, and material choices to achieve design objectives.
• Communicate effectively with suppliers to ensure timely, accurate samples that meet design standards.
• Stay informed on world-class competition and apply this knowledge to your designs.

Supplier Relationships -

• Manage relationships with external print houses and freelance designers, ensuring all work meets the brief and is delivered on time.
• Maintain a strong understanding of supplier capabilities and technical aspects of printing.
• Provide clear, efficient communication to suppliers, ensuring alignment with seasonal trends and timely delivery.

Commercial -

• Support the drive for gross sales and net contribution by contributing to in-season trade with innovative print designs.
• Maintain strong commercial awareness, identifying opportunities for testing, trialling, and further development of best-selling designs.

Leadership, Training, and Employee Development -

• Embody and promote company values, fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture.
• Mentor and develop junior team members, helping them grow their creative and commercial skills.
• Contribute to team goals and demonstrate a proactive approach to collective deliverables.

About You

You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects simultaneously while delivering quick turnarounds. Your ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and drive newness in our offerings will be essential. This position requires a proactive problem solver with a keen eye for detail, exceptional creativity, and strong organizational skills.

You’ll also have:

• In-depth understanding of the bridge/luxury retail landscape.
• High level of creativity, innovation, and taste.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills with a flexible, solution-oriented approach.
• Confident in challenging the status quo and advocating for design excellence.
• Positive, can-do attitude with strong stakeholder management and influencing abilities.

About Us

Our 175th anniversary will see the Knightsbridge store become a stage for our legacy of firsts, our house of world-leading brands and our reputation for exceptional. We want you to come and be a part of all this - and help us deliver exceptional service that represents our authority as a long-standing icon, industry-leader and innovator. Inspired by our past, celebrating our present and focusing on our future, you’ll be joining a team with the belief that anything is possible. What makes you different makes us exceptional.

Our Promise to You

Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we’ll do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business. 

In return you’ll receive an excellent benefits package, including a company pension, flexible working, 25 days’ holiday, and your birthday off, up to 33% in-store discount (including across our food hall and restaurants) and a season ticket loan.

Uniquely You

At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes, and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.

While our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. If you do not meet every desired criteria but feel you have the skills and experience to thrive in this role as well as a genuine interest in working for Harrods and you can demonstrate an alignment with our values, we would encourage you to apply.

If you want to know more about our people and our culture, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, Facebook or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods