Eco Fashion World

The brand Rianne de Witte is looking for an agent for Benelux. (The Benelux is a union in Western Europe that comprises three neighboring countries, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg)

Rianne de Witte is known as sustainable designer brand from 1996! The brand is now sold in 28 country's in The Netherland and abroad.

Please send your reply to: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it / +31 (0) 6- 22285460

www.riannedewitte.nl

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Looking for an exciting opportunity to work in South-America? The Andean Collection (AC) seeks a full time production coordinator in Ecuador to manage all aspects of the AC (90%) and The Andean Project (AP) the AC’s non-profit arm, (10%). This position will report to and work closely with the Founder, Amanda Judge (MALD 2008). The production coordinator will oversee three lead artisan groups and their respective assistant artisans (totaling approximately 25 artisans). This role helps to build the artisans' capacity as well as streamline the operations of the AC in Ecuador. It is crucial that the candidate is self motivated and able to work independently as apart from the artisans, the production coordinator will make up the entire AC presence in Ecuador. While physically located in Ecuador, this position will work closely with AC NYC, which consists of 3 full time employees. AC NYC is the main branch of the Andean Collection where all sales & marketing activities occur.

Eco Fashion World is looking for you! We support young creatives and offer our website as a platform for fashion designers, graphic illustrators, photographers and other talent to be visible to over 140.000 web pages per month! One such a design talent is 23 year old Guus Ter Beek, a student at the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The school is named after the famous Dutch abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning. He says about his series of fashion drawings FASHION VICTIMS:

Looking for a job in the exciting world of eco fashion? The Better Cotton Initiative offers an opportunity to be the Membership Coordinator. The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), aims to promote measurable improvements in the key environmental and social impacts of cotton cultivation worldwide to make it more economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable. BCI is working with organizations from across the cotton supply chain and interested stakeholders to facilitate a solution for the mainstream cotton sector.

All Territories EXCEPT Ca. and New England. 15% commission.

Must have experience and a better grade customer base. Yoga studios, Spas, better grade womens clothing and shoe stores, department stores and small chains. Super easy line to carry. See www.greensewn.com.

Job Title: Full-time Office Manager
Reports to: General Manager UK
Location: 28 Mortimer Street, London. W1W 7RD
Role: To provide full admin support for the UK MADE-BY office.
Start Date: 1st July 2009

ROLE

• Full responsibility for the day to day management of the office, including ordering of office supplies, office furniture, set up of subscriptions/publications.
• To provide administrative support to the UK General Manager.
• Ensure that all insurances are in place and kept up to date.
• Maintain databases when required.
• Full responsibilities for team travel arrangement.
• Organisation of meetings and minute taking.
• Maintain the electronic and paper filing systems.
• Answering the phone and message taking for members of the team.
• Finance duties including:
  • Processing and payment of all internal and external invoices, including team expenses.
  • Maintaining and updating finance spreadsheets when required.
• HR administration including :
  • Keeping all records of annual leave and sickness updated.
  • Co-ordination of set up for new starters/interns.
  • Maintain standard forms (in liaison with the UK General Manager & HR)for annual leave, sickness, health and safety and other policies.
• To work with the team on MADE-BY promotional activities â€" Trade Shows, fashion/in-store events etc.
• Some travel involved.

May be required to work additional hours outside of normal office hours in order to ensure role responsibilities are met.

PERSONAL QUALITIES

This role is ideally suited to a highly skilled Office Manager with a professional attitude balanced with an outgoing and fun personality. The position will suit a team-player with experience in a similar position who is now looking for a new challenge in a young and vibrant organisation.

• At least 5 years solid experience in secretarial/admin roles with relevant qualifications.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Must have strong attention to detail who is a born organiser and tidy.
• Superb telephone manner and client liaison skills.
• A methodical, flexible and thorough approach with the ability to multi-task and prioritise workload.
• Must be able to work independently.
• Understanding of sustainability a bonus but not essential.

Salary is competitive and dependent on experience

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATION: 5pm, FRIDAY 5TH JUNE 2009

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Permanent Part-time
4 days a week including Saturdays

This is a varied role for an enthusiastic personality within a small online ethical fashion business.  This role will suit a candidate with a broad range of skills and whom must be organised, outgoing, adaptable and have the ability to work under pressure, time manage effectively and prioritise tasks.

You will work closely within a small team and your responsibilities will include:

• Prepare, pack and dispatch orders
• Assist with the day-to-day running of the office and general administration
• Customer service within our retail showroom
• Assist with updating website content
• Data entry

We are looking for a candidate who would be able to commit for the medium to longer term.

Experience highly desirable
Start: Immediate
Salary: £13 - £15 000 pro rata
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Closing Date: Friday 22nd May

MADE-BY and Organic Exchange are searching for a joint Eco Fabric Manager. This person would be responsible for building up knowledge and a network around sourcing sustainable materials for the textile industry that includes fabrics, yarns, interlinings, trims, etc. Please find attached the job profile for more detail information.

Tasks:

• Keeping up to date with the developments in the field of sustainable
  textiles and making this information available centrally
• Supplying information around materials, prices and suppliers to
  MADE-BY and Organic Exchange officers and their customers
• Building and managing a network of suppliers of sustainable
  materials including organic cotton suppliers
• Initiating developments with sustainable materials suppliers on the
  basis of market demand out of the MADE-BY/Organic Exchange circle
• Introducing and linking supply chain parties to each other within the supply chain support programs of MADE-BY and Organic Exchange customers in order to facilitate the building of sustainable supply chains
• Participating in Organic Exchange Europe and MADE-BY staff meetings
   

• At least 6 years of experience within textile buying/sourcing/production,
  textile technology or other relevant areas
• Knowledge of and experience with sustainability, preferably in textiles
• Understanding of certification systems and logistic processes
• Excellent communication skills, builder of bridges
• Entrepreneurial spirit and independent worker
• Pragmatic, result oriented, walks the talk, service oriented
• Fluency in English and preferably one other major European language
• A relevant Masters degree in textiles, engineering, supply chain
  management or similar level

Offer:

• An international position with a base at or reporting to the MADE-BY
  office in Amsterdam
• A challenging and rewarding full time job with two young, dynamic
  and internationally operating organisations
• Terms and conditions of employment are up to market standards

Interested?

Send your CV and motivation letter before April 6th to:
Mark Huis in ‘t Veld, managing director MADE-BY, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Prins Hendrikkade 25 1012 TM Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
For further information concerning the tasks, please contact:
Esther Verburg +31 (0)20 5230666.

Also see our websites
www.made-by.org and www.organicexchange.org