The Aalto School of Arts, Design and Architecture (ARTS) is a Nordic leader in higher education for design, fashion, games, media, architecture, film, art education and fine art. We produce world-class research e.g. in design, fashion, digital media and visual culture, art education, urban planning and architecture. Our graduates innovate in and beyond their fields, drawing on over a century of tradition of our institution, a humane and forward-looking approach, and the latest technologies.  

The Department of Design is a community of creative and responsible researchers and design experts. We educate front-line design professionals and visionaries for established, changing and emerging fields of design. (Department of Design | Aalto University) 

The Fashion/Textile FUTURES research group explores new perspectives on sustainability and approaches the field of fashion, clothing and textiles in multi-faceted ways. A strong research focus is on systemic sustainable transformation in fashion and textiles industry, business, design and consumer behaviour especially in the circular economy context, but group members’ research activities and strengths also encompass material-based research, aesthetics and creativity studies, practice-based research, and strategic fashion and textile management.

Project Employee to CELLFIL project
CELLFIL, CELLulose lyocell FILaments as a scalable solution for circular textile production -project is EU Horizon funded project which runs 2024-2028
Textile and fashion industry has huge environmental impacts and new sustainable materials and practices are needed to make a sustainable transition in this sector.  A paradigm change towards a circular textile economy can only be achieved by introducing bio-based, biodegradable, and circular raw materials suitable for the industry.  Sustainable, widely versatile, durable, but attractive and fully recyclable textile is needed for industrial use. In CELLFILL project this aspect will be investigated and Lyocell filament yarn (LFY) will be developed together with industry partners adidas, Conti-Tech (technical products & textiles) and Matur Fompak Int (automotive textiles). Lenzing AG, the Austrian global innovator and leader in cellulosic fibers textiles will lead the project. Aalto ARTS’ responsibilities in the project are to investigate consumers’ and end users’ acceptance, expectations and demand aspects with lyocell filament yarns in sustainability context.

Your role and goals

We are looking for a Project Employee for CELLFIL project with a background in textile - or fashion design and strong understanding on textile materials. Master degree in textile or fashion design is demanded. Interest and experience in user-centered research and/or textile material development is considered an advantage for this position. Experience from collaboration with companies and industry is also seen as a benefit for this position. We also wish that you have an interest towards academic research.
Your task will be assisting in user centered research, organizing workshops with partners and consumers and documenting activities, collecting data, taking care of the daily communication with project partners, taking part in the dissemination work and other project related tasks. The position is fixed-term and will be filled first for one year but extension is possible. The starting date is in September 2024. The position will require relocation to Finland for candidates not already living in the country.

Ready to apply?

To apply, we kindly ask you to submit the following application materials through our recruitment system on 5th June 2024  (Eastern European time UTC +2) at the latest. If you are already an employee, please search internal jobs and apply using your Workday profile.
The following application materials should be submitted in English (in the pdf format):

• Cover letter (max two pages)
• Curriculum Vitae

More information:

Associate Professor Kirsi Niinimäki, kirsi.niinimaki(at)aalto.fi
Fashion/Textile FUTURES https://www.aalto.fi/en/department-of-design-/fashiontextile-futures
In recruitment questions, please contact HR Partner Katju Helminen, katju.helminen(at)aalto.fi

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