Junior Designer- Printed Textiles

Role: Junior Designer - Printed Textiles

Location: FatFace HQ, Havant, PO9 1QJ

Job type: Permanent, Full-Time (35 hours)

Working arrangements: Hybrid Working (3 days office based)

Salary: From £30,500

Who are we? For over 30 years, we’ve travelled, we’ve laughed, we’ve grown. We believe life is for living and more fun with those we love. We are Made for Life.

Our mission statement:

Crafting clothes for life’s everyday adventures. Today, tomorrow and always.

We are proud to have featured in the Sunday Times top 10 Best Places to Work 2026.

Equality and inclusion isn’t an aspiration but the standard. We promote and drive equality within our workforce to ignite an inclusive foundation for us all to build from and truly connect with our customers, colleagues, and communities alike. You play a key part in creating an environment free from prejudice, racism, sexism, harassment, bullying and any other form of marginalisation in our workplaces.

Role Summary

As a Junior Textile Designer you will supporting the Textile designer and be responsible for key prints within the ranges, as well as driving trend and newness. You will also work in conjunction with garment designers and buyers to help build a cohesive and impactful range for the season.

Role Responsibilities

• Continually bring to the table trend and research influences that push the brand forward to provide injections of newness in and out of season.
• Use hand painting and drawing techniques to create exciting and innovative prints
• Artwork prints for production, screen split and in repeat.
• Communicating with suppliers to achieve correct strike offs for production, working with suppliers to use correct print mill and technique to achieve the best result.
• Liaise with buying team on approvals.
• Keep all print documentation up to date and physical artwork boards constantly updated.
• Comfortable presenting, deputise for the designer when needed.
• Support wider design team with research during design presentation, and key meetings.
• To abide by all FatFace policies and procedures
• Align self to companies social and environmental mission and champion any actions that you can directly impact at all times’

Skills and Experience

• Degree or equivalent in Textile design
• Experience at Assistant/Junior Designer level
• Highly competent in photoshop and illustrator
• Highly competent in and drawing and painting

Role Competencies

• Strong eye for trends and understanding of the FatFace brand
• Understanding of colour harmonies
• Communicating with external parties and senior management.
• Good Knowledge of Factory processes
• Organise and prioritise own workload
• Comprehensive understanding of customer profile, product range & competitors
• Demonstrate knowledge of trend within the marketplace
• Confidence in presenting your ideas to the wider team
• Confidence working creatively but adhering to deadlines and at pace

FatFace Benefits:

Financial & Protection Benefits

• Sick pay allowances
• Critical Illness Income protection/ Death in service (for salaried colleagues)
• Pension scheme – with net deduction and salary sacrifice options
• Dental insurance (colleague funded)

Discounts & Perks

• 60% off FatFace products
• 25% discount at Next stores (across full price products)
• Discounted gym membership
• Cycle to Work scheme (for salaried colleagues)
• EV vehicle scheme (for salaried colleagues)
• Perkbox – our online platform offering:
• Day-one access
• Exclusive brand discounts
• Wellbeing content
• Home workouts and more

Health & Wellbeing

• Specsavers eye care scheme
• Eye tests and contributions to glasses
• Free period products
• EAP support 24/7 via UNUM, Retail Trust, and Fashion & Textiles Support

Learning & Development

• THRIVE – our learning management system:
• Day-one access
• 1,000s of learning resources

Time Off & Leave

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Sabbatical leave (in line with service)
• Enhanced family-friendly policies – including enhanced maternity leave
• Flexible Working Opportunities – flexible working requests can be made from day one of employment and are considered on an individual basis.

Additional Perks

• Refer a Friend scheme

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply — you might be just the right fit.