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GU Women's Patterned Patterns

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Brand GUGU
Location Ariake Headquarters: UNIQLO CITY, 1-6-7 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Location may be changed to a location determined by the company, including overseas.
Update Apr, 4 2025

Job Description

Recruitment Background
GU is the Fast Retailing Group's second largest brand. The brand's message is "YOUR FREEDOM", and it operates its business with the mission of empowering people through the power of fashion. Our goal is to become a globally supported and loved fashion brand together with UNIQLO by providing trendy, fashionable, and practical products at low prices, while taking sustainability into consideration. We are looking for a person who can promote the growth of our business together with us by creating clothes that properly convey these values to the world.

Organization Overview
The R&D Department, to which you will be assigned, is the central department for clothing production, and is staffed by designers and pattern makers.

Job Description
Pattern work for women's wear
By developing an R&D center in London from March 2017, we will build an infrastructure system to create the most up-to-date products through the timely collection of the latest information on the basis of product development, including trend design information, materials and colors, and the development of seasonal themes and design concepts, to develop unique products that only GU can offer. Developing unique products that only g.u. can offer.
Job Description is subject to change within the scope of work related to each department of the Headquarters due to departmental or organizational changes.

Attractiveness and career path
GU offers an environment where your own fashion products can be enjoyed by people not only in Japan but also around the world. There is a possibility of overseas business trip.

Qualifications

Required Knowledge/Abilities/Experience
Experience in women's apparel pattern making (5 years or more in principle)
Experience with CAD for apparel
Ability to collect market and media information and apply it to pattern work.

Preferred Knowledge/Abilities/Experience
Language skills are not required, but we welcome those who are willing to learn English beyond daily English conversation.

We may ask you to submit your past design drawings and works during the selection process.

Work Condition

Company Name
GU Corporation

Employment Type
Temporary employee (with a probationary period of 3 months)
(After the second year, if performance and evaluations meet the criteria for appointment as a regular employee, the employee will be appointed as a regular employee.)
The employment contract may be renewed in consideration of the company's business needs and the individual's performance (no automatic renewal).
There is no upper limit to the number of contract renewals (total period or number of renewals).

■Annual salary
Annual salary range: 4.11-7.84 million yen (monthly salary: 270,000-490,000 yen)
Commuting allowance, overtime allowance, etc. (*All in accordance with our company's regulations)
Bonuses: Semiannual bonus twice a year, year-end bonus (whether or not to be paid and the amount will be decided according to the company's performance and personnel evaluation)
Promotion: Twice a year (determined according to personnel evaluation)
(Not limited to the above, but will be determined based on our company's rules and regulations in consideration of annual salary and experience in previous jobs.

Working hours
Either general working hours or flextime system
(To be determined based on the nature of the work, expected role, and department to which the employee will be assigned, to be announced at the informal interview)

General working hours
8 hours between 7:00-18:00 with 1 hour break

Flextime system
Standard working hours per day ... 8 hours, break ... 1 hour
Core time ... 9:00-14:00
Flexible hours ... 6:00-9:00 and 14:00-20:00 with overtime

Vacations and Vacations
2 days off per week (Saturdays and Sundays) Annual paid vacations, special congratulatory or condolence leave, childcare or nursing care leave system, etc.
In addition to the holidays mentioned in the preceding paragraph, whether national holidays are also considered holidays shall be determined on an individual basis in the employment contract for temporary employees.
In addition to paid vacations, special vacations are granted in the first and second terms (the number of days granted varies depending on the employment status and the company to which the employee belongs).

Insurance
Social insurance (health insurance, employee pension, unemployment insurance, workers' accident compensation insurance, and nursing care insurance)

Benefits
Employee stock ownership system, Mutual aid association system, Affiliated welfare programs, Employee discount system, Cafeteria, Exclusive shuttle bus (for commuting to the Ariake office)

Others
We are actively recruiting mid-career workers for our group companies (Fast Retailing, UNIQLO, GU, etc.). We hope you will also check the following and consider applying.
-You may apply to multiple companies within the Fast Retailing Group at the same time. However, please note that even if you are selected for multiple companies, you will only be able to advance to the final selection process for one position at a time.
-We will consider your resume and the results of the interview and may offer you a position in another Fast Retailing Group company or company.

Smoking is not permitted on the premises or indoors, and there are no smoking rooms or other smoking areas.

Location

Ariake Headquarters: UNIQLO CITY, 1-6-7 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Location may be changed to other locations as determined by the company, including overseas.

OPEN MID-CAREER POSITIONS