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Production Coordinator | Westgate, Auckland HQ 

Full Time

About the role:
 

Our Production team has an exciting opportunity for someone to join us at our Westgate and help keep our products at the highest quality. If you're detail-driven, love all things apparel and want to be part of a leading industry team, this could be the perfect fit.

We're looking for someone with at least 3 years' experience in wholesale apparel production and proven experience working with offshore suppliers. If you love fabric swatches, colour matching, and the occasional warehouse adventure, you'll fit right in!

What you will do:

• Liaise with offshore suppliers, including managing colour and fabric sample requests.

• Track and follow up on sample approvals and production delivery timelines

• Identify and resolve discrepancies with suppliers.

• Maintain the Production Update report and critical path for each production run to ensure on-time delivery.

• Assist with investigating and responding to garment-related queries or issues

• Check with bulk production orders against packing lists received from factories.

• Review and approve (or reject) colour lab dips for each style, colourway and production run.

• Support the approval process for fabrics, trims, and production samples.

• Review specification sheets for existing styles, including measurements and workmanship standards.

• Wash-test pre-production (PP) samples and create wash reports with feedback for suppliers.

• Keep the sampling schedule up to date and ensure all departments have accurate timelines.

• Maintain and organise sample libraries, ensuring all swatches and samples are catalogued.

• Oversee QC processes for bulk production and existing stock, identify and report any quality concerns and coordinate corrective actions.

   

  
   

We want to work with someone who has:
 

• A minimum if 3 years' experience in a wholesale apparel production role with proven experience in offshore production.

• Qualification in fashion, design or production preferred.

• Garment quality control and construction knowledge.

• Knowledgeable in Excel and data management - ability to handle data and general reports

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to problem solve.

• Confidence to deal with a range of stakeholders both internal and external in a professional solve.

• Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise.
• The right to work and live in New Zealand permanently

   

What we offer:

• Being part of an international growing company.

• Competitive salary

• Generous staff discount on all AS Colour apparel.

• A positive, energetic, and supportive work environment.

• Real opportunity to build your career.

• A strong focus on ethical and sustainable business practices.

• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
  

   

   

   

  Are you the one we're looking for? Share your CV and cover letter with Sarah at sarah@ascolour.com, today!

   

Full Time

About the role:
 

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Graphic Designer to join our Brand Design team and drive the continuous elevation of our brand's visual identity across all channels globally.

Reporting to the Head of Brand Design, we need a multi-talented designer proficient in both digital design (social media, paid ads, website updates, eDMs) and print. This role requires leveraging your expertise to conceptualise and execute premium, on-brand content for all marketing channels.

Beyond creating high-quality assets, you will contribute to initial creative concepts and brand storytelling to ensure our communication drives engagement and business growth.

What you will do:

• Develop engaging, on-brand content for all our marketing across digital and print: including social media, paid Ads, eDMs (HubSpot), video content, website, retail, art direction and ad hoc projects.

• Collaborate with the Head of Brand Design to create visually appealing designs.

• Creative concepts and visual direction during initial project planning.

• Adhere to brand guidelines and maintain consistency in design elements across all deliverables.

• Design and configure weekly Retail and B2B EDMs (HubSpot).

• Preparing files for print and providing correct assets to suppliers.

• Help maintain the Brand Design job board using Trello, with support from your HOD.

• Identify opportunities for growth within current and additional social media and marketing channels.

• Photography direction when required for product shoots, campaigns, EDMs and other sales channels.

• Image and editing and formatting for all of our marketing channels as required.

• Experience in video editing/motion effects - specifically for social content.

• Update the website’s internal Homepage images, or secondary landing pages (Shogun) on an ongoing basis to ensure copy, content and images are up to date.

• Additional tasks as requested by management.

   

We want to work with someone who has:
 

• A tertiary qualification in Graphic Design, Digital Media, or similar field.

• 5 -6 years’ experience in professional graphic design, preferably with a brand agency or in-house environment.

• Highly experienced in Adobe Creative Cloud Suite particularly: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro/or After Effects.

• Experience with key digital marketing channels including Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn alongside HubSpot & Shogun.

• Familiarity with Figma or Adobe XD for web design mockups would be a bonus.

• Ability to quickly learn new software and platforms.

• Creative and innovative with an interest in fashion, streetwear and design.

• Highly organised with the ability to manage time effectively to ensure brief and deadlines are met.

• Copywriting experience, strong written, verbal communication skills and be proficient in English.

• Ideally have a good understanding of e-commerce and digital design.

• The right to work and live in New Zealand permanently.

What we offer:

• Being part of an international growing company.

• Competitive salary

• Generous staff discount on all AS Colour apparel.

• A positive, energetic, and supportive work environment.

• Real opportunity to build your career.

• A strong focus on ethical and sustainable business practices.

• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
  

   

   

   

  Think you’re the one? Send your CV and cover letter to sarah@ascolour.com, tell us about your art/graphic design experience and don’t forget to include a link to your portfolio!