Okay, now I would never usually wish for job adverts to go on this blog but this one I think is a bit different!  We are looking for a person to run/manage our soon to open Design Studio, which will be located in the Northern Quarter of Manchester. This space will be a living, evolving place where apparel designers will work, and artists and designers will gather to learn and share information and inspiration. A portion of the space will be dedicated to an exchange where all things football will be curated, displayed, and sold: Memorabilia, collectables, ephemera, media, one-off apparel pieces, and the hard-to-find. And the third part of the space will be a gathering place for design and craft guild projects, and special events.

The design studio will have strong links with this blog and I am really looking forward to when it is all up and running.  Below is a more of a description of the person we are looking for, rather than the job itself.  If you think this is you then drop me a mail at blog@umbro.co.uk and I will pass your details onto the relevant person.

• First and foremost, a deep love of and passion for  the game of football
• Living in, or with history and roots in  Manchester
• An understanding of design
• Some business experience
• Coordinating the staff and the day to day running  of the space
• Understanding and pursuing community  outreach
• Strong roots in modern culture; music, art,  design
• Always on top of trends
• A ton of energy
• Always thinking about a fresh creative approach,  always searching for the unexpected, always reaching

The person will have to be multi dimensional, multi faceted with a keen ability to keep things together, move things forward, push things to change and evolve; with one eye always on the big picture, but a grass roots ability to handle the day to day.  I doubt if this person exists in resume readable form, but rather just IS.  We’ll be talking more about our plans for the Design Studio here on the blog in the coming weeks.