Junior Textile Designer - Finished Goods, Homewares & Fabrics

Bring your creativity and design skills to one of Australia’s leading textile studios.

At Warwick Fabrics, we design and develop textiles and homewares that define beautiful spaces from luxurious upholstery and drapery to rugs, cushions, throws, and bedlinen.Our Collingwood studio is where ideas take shape, colours are crafted, and collections come to life.

Our Story

For over 60 years, Warwick has been at the heart of Australia’s textile industry, a trusted name in design, innovation, and quality.What began as a small, family-run business has grown into an international design brand with showrooms across Australia, New Zealand, the UK, India, and the Middle East.

Our legacy is built on creativity, craftsmanship, and an enduring passion for textiles values that continue to guide everything we do today.

Role

We’re looking for a Junior Designer to join our creative Design team. The role is suited to someone who is passionate about design and product development.  You’ll support our Senior Designers in the design and management of product releases for all finished goods, private label brands.

This is a hands-on, detail-driven role for someone who thrives in a creative and supportive studio environment and enjoys seeing ideas evolve into finished products.

Duties and responsibilities

• Support Senior Designers with the building of collections  including a diverse range of homeware items including but not limited to, upholstery & drapery fabric, cushions, throws, floor rugs, ready-made curtains and bedlinen.

• Assist Senior Designers with the preparation of presentation materials, such as tech drawings storyboards & inspiration boards.

• Create supplier specification sheets

• Liaise with agents and mills on quality and pricing

• Ensure the product performs to Australian industry standards

• Approval of lab dips and bulk samples with mill and purchasing team

• Research and identify design and colour trends

• Developing Repeat Patterns / Textile Design for both print and woven products.

• Work within product briefs for private label collections

• Ensure development of ranges are running on time

• Styling and implementation of photography shoots within budget

Skills and experience 

• Qualifications in Textiles Design or other relevant /product design qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative suite, including Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook

• Ability to research and interpret design and colour trends for the Australian market

• Excellent attention to detail

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Logical, flexible attitude

• Able to work in a fast-paced environment

• Sound time management

• Professional presentation

What's on offer: 

• Grow within a diverse and hands-on environment

• Long term promotion possibilities

• Supportive and friendly team environment

• Inspirational refurbished studio with on-site parking  available

To apply for this position please send through a copy of your CV and digital sample of your portfolio to Luciana Wallis at **************@warwick.com.au