Assistant Design and Fashion Trend Analyst

Company: Claire's
Location: Hoffman Estates
Posted on: November 17, 2019

Job Description:

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Assistant Design and Fashion Trend Analyst

About the Role

Support Trend Analyst and Trend dept in Global Trend Presentations and workshops that drive the direction of all depts. Help shape the branding direction of Claire s and Icing brands through trend research on all platforms

• Research trends in fashion: runway to retail, apparel to accessories, keep up with fashion blogs, websites, WGSN, magazines, retail shopping, travel.
  
• Research color trends
  
• Research cultural and lifestyle trends: Heavy digital research in YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, WGSN, and other magazines outside of just fashion magazines.
  
• Work on seasonal boards and trend deck each season, meeting all deadlines
  
• Work on all presentation boards needed for corporate meetings
  
• Work on multiple trend reports that is used as main communication tools to interface with Buying/Merchandising. These include season trend reports: cold weather and sunglasses to trend alerts, updates, refreshers, spotlights
  
• Study each department, keeping up with best sellers and worst sellers to better understand our customer, our business, and bring relevant information from trend teams.
  
• Shop competitors, new innovative brands, brands associated with our age groups from kids to young women. Be our eyes in stores, comp shopping, and new brands.
  
• Identify new classifications and emerging ideas that we can bring to B&M as a business
  
• Work with buying teams on specific R&D as needed or requested. Work with design team on the same.
  About You
  
  • 3+ yrs in design, trend forecasting, or related experience
    
  • Bachelor s degree
    
  • Proficient in all Microsoft Office
    
  • Excellent to professional graphics level of skills in Adobe Suites. Must be an proficient in Adobe Creative Suite with expertise with InDesign.
    
  • Excellent communication skills: written and verbal
    
  • Excellent organization skills. MUST BE SELF MOTIVATED working independently for majority of the time, communicate constantly to work with teams in NA
    
  • Able to work in a passionate, creative, but DRIVEN environment
    
  • Analytical skills that can interpret trends and communicate how that applies to our brands and specifically to each department
    
  • Excellent people skills: Role has to work with design team as well as all of B&M
    
  • Positive outlook looking always for the new fresh, fun, exciting ideas
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