Designer - Home Accessories

An amazing opportunity to join SHERIDAN, an internationally recognised premium home & lifestyle brand
- Work on future-focused design for our unique and innovative home accessories category, while immersing yourself in our sustainability efforts
- Enjoy hybrid working from home, plus various health and wellbeing initiatives

Home Accessories Designer | Sheridan | 12 Month FTC

Our Story
When it comes to creating a space that feels like home, look no further than Sheridan. For more than 50 years, we've been creating products people live in — and we're loved for it.
This isn't possible without our team of in-house designers, who are dedicated to quality, obsessed with aesthetics and forever curious, and constantly providing inspiration to our customers.
We're relentless in our pursuit for a better world — one filled with quality, beauty and innovation. We're focused on finding ways to shape the future; a sustainability journey we're undertaking across the business.

The Opportunity
We're currently looking for an experienced and talented Home Accessories Designer to join the Sheridan team on an 12 Month FTC.
Reporting to the Senior Design Manager, you'll be active in shaping the future of our brand. Within our Home Accessories category, you'll be responsible for the design and development process - everything from initial research, influencing the brands' design direction and product concepts, all the way through to production handover.
This is an exciting opportunity to grow Sheridan's Home Accessories categories. You'll be provided with the opportunity and ability to bring your own creative outlook, in line with our brand vision. Being comfortable working autonomously is key, but you'll also have the chance to enjoy collaborating with the broader, highly creative team.

Key Responsibilities
- Contributing to design and concept direction
- Staying connected to relevant current and future research, trends, and innovation
- Hands-on design, including fabric and trims selection and sourcing, construction, garment fittings
- Creation and management of designs in the Product Lifestyle Management (PLM) system
- Creating technical drawings and specification packs for costing
- Managing sampling deadlines
- Specification pack preparation for final production
- Creating artwork briefs with têxtile designers

What's needed for success?
- A degree in fashion design or similar
- An innovative and creative approach to design
- Proven track record in an organisation at a Designer level
- Inspirational team player and collaboration capability
- Strong presentation skills are key, as you'll be articulating your ideas and ranges to internal teams
- Experience in apparel design, including specification packs, garment construction, garment fittings
- Knowledge of fabrications and trims
- Intermediate level experience with Adobe Creative Suite and Excel
- Previous exposure to Product Lifestyle Management system (PLM) - preferred

What can we offer you?
- Work for an amazing brand that's an Aussie household namework with inspiring cross-functional teams and stakeholdersjoin a business with an unrivalled culturewhat's not in it for you?
- Huge staff discounts across all the amazing brands in the Hanes portfoliowe're talking huge savings on Jockey, Bonds, Champion, Sheridan, Bras N Things, Berlei - and more
- Sample sales and extended family and friends' discounts
- Wellness Programs - regular free skin checks, flu shots, remedial massages, Employee Assistance Program
- Access to awesome perks, including corporate discounts, novated car leasing, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave Program
- Monthly business updates from our CEO and Senior Leadership Team, with regular presentations from our community partners
- COVID safe, flexible and relaxed office environment with sit-stand desks and a strictly casual dress-code
- Established and committed LEAN organization offering on-going training to all employees

A BIT ABOUT US..
Who wouldn't want to be part of Hanes Brands? Our culture is fantastic, made so by our people and the standards we set and strive towards each day. We enjoy the benefits of being part of a global organisation, whilst staying true to our heritage. As a company, we are passionate about developing our people, and there are endless opportunities for career progression across so many different areas of our business. We are open, collaborative and straight-talking: we love coming to work every day and being part of bringing our iconic brands to life that are loved by, well - everyone
Hanes Brands Australasia is home to some of Australia's most iconic brands, and we are proud to be part the US powerhouse Hanes Brands Inc, one of the world's largest manufacturer and marketer of basic apparel brands. We have 18 brands in our portfolio, including Bonds, Champion, Berlei, Jockey, Sheridan and Bras N Things, and a number of offices across Australia and New Zealand. We're a household name delivering beautiful c