Textile Designer/Buyer (Maternity Cover)

Hey! We’re Kukoon Rugs and we’re pleased to meet you! We're going to start by talking about our exciting new Textile Designer and Buyer position, but if you'd like to know more about the company then just reach out and we’ll fill you in!

The role

Kukoon is seeking a Textile Designer/Buyer to help develop our exciting range of rugs which is taking the industry by storm!

As our Textile Designer/Buyer, you'll be responsible for helping craft the perfect collection of On Trend! rugs to satisfy our lovely customers while attracting new customers through developing new designs and qualities and bringing them to market.

What else will I be doing…

• Design exquisite rugs from scratch
• Editing existing designs to add new colours and make updates
• Approving factory designs
• Industry and consumer research to discover key trends
• Writing compelling copy to make customers fall in love with our products
• Managing the briefing system for photographers to ensure the rugs are represented to an exacting standard
• Assist the marketing team with designer led content (think ‘Meet the Designer’) and help brainstorm ideas for making our brand come to life for our customers
• Ensuring factories and our internal departments are briefed to ensure the product is brought to market in a timely and effective fashion
• Help manage external factory relationships to ensure we are optimising key opportunities with supply partners
• Helping manage the product launch calendar
• Maintaining and challenging standards across all channels in keeping with our brand direction

What we're looking for in you

• We're looking for someone who can think outside the box and bring fresh ideas to the table. Someone who is truly inspired to bring beautiful products to life and isn’t afraid to push the boundaries!
• But it's not all fun and games (although it mostly is). You'll need to have keen analytical skills to delve into our data and understand what works for our customers and what doesn’t to help ensure we have a high success rate of new products coming into our collections.
• You'll be someone obsessed with homewares (textiles in particular), trends, colours, styles and the latest 'Elephant's Breath’!
• So, if you're ready to take on the challenge of developing our beautiful rug collection to become even more stunning (and sales producing!), then send us your CV and let's see if you're Kukoon material.
• Training will be provided by our lovely designer Chloe before she departs for a new life experience involving nappies and baby cuddles!

This role is based in our Newry offices. We like to look lovingly at each other across the office floor and throw paper aeroplanes so unfortunately no remote working is available!

What do we offer in return?

We have a high-performance culture which is balanced evenly with work and play:

• 4 day working week 6 months per year! Have every Friday off between April and September without using any Annual Leave!
• Competitive salary
• 28 days annual leave that increases with length of service up to 38 days!
• Joining one of the UK’s top online Home & Decor companies, with ambitious growth targets and significant international expansion plans.
• Experience in a fast paced digital-first company that thrives on continually improving
• Dog friendly. If you've seen Daddy Day Care the movie, that's basically HQ but for doggo's!
• Electric Car onsite charging
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• Basically giving rugs away for free with a huge employee discount!
• Great working culture that values people who work hard, achieve results and like to have a bit of craic doing it.
• Perfect for someone who thrives in a company championing work/life balance

We are Kukooners

We're one big tribe of misfits who thrive on collaboration but what makes us unique is our individual differences. We've created a culture of belonging and we celebrate the diversity our Kukooners add to our teams. We encourage authenticity, different views, and new ideas to enable us to create a brand and products that our customers enjoy and love.

Job Type: Temporary contract
Contract length: 12 months

Salary: £25,000.00-£30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Newry: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person