Marimekko is a Finnish lifestyle design company renowned for its original prints and colors. The company’s product portfolio includes high-quality clothing, bags and accessories as well as home décor items ranging from textiles to tableware. When Marimekko was founded in 1951, its unparalleled printed fabrics gave it a strong and unique identity. In 2025, the company's net sales totaled EUR 190 million and comparable operating profit margin was 17.1 percent. Globally, there are over 170 Marimekko stores, and online store serves customers in 39 countries. The key markets are Northern Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and North America. The Group employs about 490 people. The company’s share is quoted on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. www.marimekko.com

We are looking for an experienced, collaborative and proactive

Studio Manager

to join our dynamic RTW & B&A Design team at Marimekko’s HQ in Helsinki.

As our Studio Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth coordination, planning, and day-to-day operations of the RTW & B&A Design team. This hands-on role combines operational ownership, team leadership, and cross-functional collaboration, requiring close partnership with both internal and external stakeholders to support the successful delivery of the design process.

This is both a coordinating and team leadership role, where you will support the team’s work according to the Master Process schedule while also acting as the formal line manager for the RTW and B&A Design team members. The role ensures that the team has the structure, processes, capabilities, and support required to deliver high-quality design work efficiently and effectively.

This is a full-time and permanent position, in which you will report to the Design Director, RTW and B&A, and Chief Creative Officer.

Main responsibilities:

• Responsible for the people leadership and development of Marimekko’s Design RTW and B&A team
• Foster a culture of learning, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement
• Own and coordinate team’s calendar(s)
• Drive continuous improvement across design processes and ways of working
• Build strong partnerships with internal stakeholders to ensure effective collaboration and alignment

In order to succeed in the role, we are looking for someone who has

• 4+ years of experience acting as the formal people manager, preferably for a design team
• Strong organizational skills, an eye for detail and ability to perform under pressure
• A team player with a positive can-do attitude
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Finnish language skills are considered an advantage.
• Strong experience and understanding of the fashion and design industries

At Marimekko we encourage people to be themselves and value diversity. We believe in fairness and doing things together, using common sense and finding joy in our work. If you connect with these values and have the right background, we might be able to offer you a unique opportunity to work in an exciting, international environment with one of the most iconic lifestyle brands.

If all this sparks your interest and you feel like you are the one, we are looking for, please send your application including your CV and cover letter via our career site at http://company.marimekko.com/careers. We will start the interviews already during the application period so please, let us hear from you as soon as possible but no later than on 16.08.2026.

Marimekko's culture and working environment are founded on equality, inclusion and cherishing diversity. Marimekko welcomes and encourages everyone regardless of their national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion or other personal characteristic to apply. Recruitment is always based on business need, and the candidates are evaluated on relevant knowledge, skills and experience as well as motivation. Marimekko is ranked as the 7th Most Attractive Employer in Finland amongst business professionals according to Universum’s ranking.  Marimekko is also the 5th most attractive employer in Finland amongst business students. Read more about the Universum’s ranking on their website.