Design Admin Assistant - Womenswear

Stylish, grounded, uplifting – these values live through everything we do at Boden. Without the collaboration, honesty and friendship between our teams, we wouldn’t be where we are today. We curate a world of beauty that’s ethical, inclusive – and importantly – good fun. We inspire you to live your best life. We are Boden.

The Design Admin provides strong administrative support to the Design team as well as design-based tasks. Reporting into Designer/Senior level, they work collaboratively across the design departments including with the other DAA’s and the wider team. You will be an integral part of the team and create strong relationships with Buying & Technical counterparts too.

Please note we have 2 Design Admin Assistant positions available: 1 on our Womenswear Jersey Dresses area and 1 on our Womenswear Knitwear area.

Location: 4-5 days per week at our North Acton office, with 0-1 days WFH.

Portfolio: Applicants must attach a portfolio/ examples of work to be considered for the role.

• PLM management including, uploading of tech packs/artworks, colours, setting up of BOMS and training new team members where necessary.
• Email and supplier correspondence.
• Sample management from brought to development samples.
• Approval of trims, strike-off’s, artworks & lab dips.
• CP management.
• Ensure design and creative areas are kept presentable and tidy.
• Colour Palette work including creating colour palettes, ordering colours and colour management processes.
• Support the teams setting up seasonal Miro boards, build garment range boards, keep boards updated during the creative process, archive at the end of each design block.
• Sketch into samples/shapes/prints/logos, dropping in colour/embroideries/ print where directed.
• Embroidery & artwork packs.
• Research into competitors and inspirational brands.
• Meeting prep: before internal meetings be on hand to help set up rooms with the relevant requirements – samples, handlooms, etc.
• Accurate note taking in meetings.
• Design tracker management.

Our Behaviours

We want Boden to be the place everyone wants to work. Friendly, open and tolerant. A best-of-British company with diverse teams, equal opportunities, and fair working and recruitment practices. We believe in hiring the best person for the job, whoever they are, helping them thrive in it and celebrating their individuality.

We would like to encourage people from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply for our roles. If you need any reasonable adjustments or additional support during your application process, please do not hesitate to let us know.