Internships at Knit-1, for Knit, Print, Embroidery and Fashion.
Work Experience Interns
We are always looking for work experience interns, though please note we have many more knit applicants than we can generally take on. Also we find knit graduates and undergraduates have not generally reached the standards we require to work on our collection. In these cases we suggest you consider one of our many courses, see Knit Design Courses.
However we currently especially require individuals with at least reasonable machine and hand sewing skills or with some pattern cutting skills. Alternatively a suitable person to work on our design course downloads. Length of placement is 2 weeks up to 2/3 months. Next set of dates: June 2011 start to end July or end August 2011.
Please email CV and cover letter to Richard Dykes or post to Richard Dykes, Knit-1 Ltd, 93 Islingword Road, Brighton BN2 9SJ. The positions are now generally unpaid but you will learn alot whilst you are here and definitely advance your skills.
Work Experience Programme
Beyond those dates we have an ongoing work experience programme. The placements are generally of 1 to 3 months duration but sometimes exceptions to this can be made. Positions are open to any individuals with the right skills. Not only graduates and undergraduates but anyone with knit,print,sewing or embroidery skills. Priority will be given to applicants who have completed a Knit-1 Design Course of at least 6 weeks.
Applicants ideally need to apply at least 2 months in advance of their proposed availability. You will work on a very varied and high quality design product hence we require students with excellent application, drive and real interest in fashion textiles.
Please send with your CV three or four A4 colour sheets showing your design style and technical abilities. You must include a stamped addressed envelope to the correct postage for the return of these or email Richard Dykes. We would then decide if we wanted to interview you, to ascertain the level of your design and make skills and assess you for the work experience position.
At any one time we would typically engage 2 or 3 interns this being our full requirement for these positions.
Here is a selection of comments gathered from previous work experience students on interships with Knit-1
“The team of people you have working there are really a good crowd, all really lovely and friendly, we really felt at home, it was all such a pleasure. It is also really nice to be proud of what you are doing and knowing that you are producing a good quality product, it makes everyday so rewarding. Also being back at uni has made us realise just how much we have developed technically since the second year, so I can’t thank you enough; we were really dealt a good hand!”
Adam Sansom
Trent University
“I would like to say thank you again for such a fantastic placement, I cant imagine progressing to my final year at university without the experience I gained during my time in Brighton. I learnt an incredible amount and feel it has improved my confidence in expressing my opinion and in myself as a designer. It really set me up to take on a career in the fashion industry in the future”
Lindsay Marsh
Northumbria University
“I would recommend an internship at Knit-1 to future students. The placement gives you the opportunity to learn new skills almost everyday.The range of design work produced is vast, as a student you will be working with different techniques and designers will teach you new techniques and encourage and support you. The company produces beautifully designed work and students are encouraged to produce designs for their own group during the placement. Through sitting in on design meetings and weekly feedback sessions you will absorb design skills. The placement can be hard work because of the breadth of skills the student will use, however if you are eager to learn and motivated you will find this placement very rewarding.”
Linda Groundsell
Brighton University
“I can say that I have become confident both designing and knitting since the Knit-1 placement, and cannot imagine how I would go to my final year without the experience at Knit-1. I could not crochet, do fashioning, Intarsia or embroidery but now I have learned all those skills.I hope that many more placement students learn lots of things and have precious experience at Knit-1.”
Cheiko Motomura
Trent University
“As a knit technician I was responsible for completing five designs each week. At the start of my placement I was working with a designer, towards the end I was given the opportunity to put ideas for groups forward. The placement was beneficial as I gained experience and a better understanding of commercial and domestic knitting machines, embroidery techniques and crochet”
Julia Neill
Brighton University
