Design Assistant - Country Road (Home)
Apply now Job no: 1000614 Work type: Full-Time Location: Melbourne - CBD & Inner Categories: Design & Development
Looking to start your career within Design? We have an exciting opportunity to join the Country Road Home team. You will assist in the development of range concepts, ensuring the quality of apparel is maintained through the development and production stages.
Key Responsibilities
Support the home design team to research mood, interior, customer, and colour trends.
Manage material, colour, and trend libraries eg pantone swatches and trend books, and set up digital and physical presentation boards.
Work with designers to develop range concepts, draw up designs, and manage digital range boards.
Coordinate with designers, buyers, and planners to prepare presentation samples and documents.
Use digital systems to complete data administration tasks. Includes generation and management of style and colour codes and providing this data to relevant documents and stakeholders.
Set up detailed product specification briefs to vendors.
Review of design samples, and communication with vendors to progress the product development process.
Management of Design and Marketing samples to ensure spaces are organised, on time distribution to marketing team, and removal to archive or sample sale.
Key Capabilities
A tertiary qualification in Fashion or Textiles is preferred
Experience with illustration software packages
Experience having worked in a similar design led role in a fashion business would be beneficial
Excellent communication skills with the ability to develop strong relationships internally and externally across the business
Excellent attention to detail
Working well within a team.
Why work for CRG?
The Country Road Group is one of Australasia’s largest Lifestyle Brand Houses comprising of iconic brands such as Country Road, POLITIX, Trenery, Witchery and MIMCO. Here are some of the great things we offer:
Generous employee discounts across our House of Brands
Seasonal clothing allowance
An additional day of leave for your birthday
An Industry leading Parental Leave Program
Flexible working arrangements to support work/life balance
Annual learning calendar to support the ongoing development of our team
Support community partnerships across our Corporate Social Responsibility Program
We are committed to operating ethically, sustainably, and responsibly.
About Country Road
As Australia’s favourite lifestyle brand, beloved around the world, we deliver timeless Australian style that is designed for life and made to last.
Advertised: 20 Feb 2026 Applications close: 13 Mar 2026
Country Road Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application to assist you through the recruitment process.
Country Road Group prefers to manage all sourcing directly, please submit your applications to this role if you are interested. Please note introductions via agency will not be accepted.
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