London based Soie de Lune, is a luxury textile manufacturer with its own hand-weaving workshop in in Vientiane, Laos, which has a fantastic opportunity for a paid intern at their craft base in South East Asia. They are seeking a talented and ambitious textile designer to join them for 12 months. The company collaborates with and sells to the world’s most renowned interior designers.

This post offers a unique opportunity to support Soie de Lune’s artisan fabric initiative. It’s a true hands-on designer role where, on the one side, the successful candidate will be given the means to create and on the other side, the support to learn practically how a business runs. Soie de Lune wants a talented individual to be responsible for textile design projects, taking them from conception to completion.

Soie de Lune is offering a complete package including paid travel, paid accommodation and remuneration. For more information contact vacancy closed 22.4.2016 and visit their website www.soiedelune.com to find out more about the company.

Text and image: Soie de Lune

Vacancy: Experienced Furnishing Fabric Designer – Dublin

Botany Weaving, a leading supplier of textiles to the aviation industry, is seeking to recruit an experienced designer of furnishing fabrics to work at their Headquarter offices which is situated in Dublin, Ireland.

Experience of designing Jacquard fabrics is essential and any related experience in designing furnishing fabrics would be helpful.

The position can be taken up either as a permanent position or alternatively as a contract position for one year. This is an excellent opportunity to work with a growing, progressive and highly regarded Textile Company with a leading position in supplying textiles to the aviation industry.

Excellent salary and conditions will be offered as well as coverage of moving expenses. Please submit your CV to Mr Jonathan Hackett at the following e-mail address: jhackett@botanyweaving.com

Vacancy filled now

Stephen Walters are silk weavers designing and producing fabric for international luxury brands. They have built our reputation as design leaders working exclusively with fashion houses across the world. They are recruiting for the following position to join their highly regarded design team:

Textile Designer to work within their creative design team producing CAD representations of their jacquard designs.

The design work is extremely varied and covers a broad range of fabrics from men’s neckwear to contemporary womenswear and furnishings.

They  are looking for a designer with good artistic ability and drawing skills, a sensitivity to colour, a diversity of styles and attention to detail. An understanding of CAD systems would be beneficial but not essential, as full training will be given to the successful applicant. Their design team is currently made up of trained designers from a variety of disciplines such as print, surface pattern and weave. They would like to hear from anyone who is qualified in similar areas.

Hours of work: 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday (40 hours)
Location: Sudbury, Suffolk
Salary: Depending on experience

Closing date for applications 26.02.16. Vacancy now filled 1.3.2016