Nightwear Designer - 12 month FTC

As the nightwear designer you will oversee the whole collection including wovens, jersey, and accessories. You will support the Design Manager in delivering TWC Clothing strategy together with the BMDT teams, helping to develop ways to build the Brand image, strengthen TWC market position, and increase profits through your designs. You will have an excellent eye for quality and luxury with a sharp awareness of relevant fashion trends and an understanding of how to influence TWC customer in a timely manner.

Contribution & collaboration to the seasonal concept bringing your department’s design direction and ensuring it co-ordinates and delivers the Design team’s vision. Ensure new product opportunities and trends are addressed and, working with the buying teams, ensure they are commercially and appropriately developed for TWC customer.

What you'll be doing:

• Gather trends and inspiration for product ranges and create design product spec packs for nightwear.
• Constantly developing the range working closely with the buying and technical teams and suppliers to translate your designs into commercially viable products advising on construction, details, or artworks.
• Ensure the range evolves and continues to meet the demands of TWC customer.
• Ensure all designs are executed and meet your departments’ critical path dates.
• Sourcing from the supply base and building relationships with suppliers.
• Travelling and researching directional and comparative trend and product direction.
• Reacting to sales information and designing commercially relevant ranges.
• Identifying & sourcing new yarns or components for new sample development to drive new product and range development for the customer.
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of the market, supplier base, competition, and customer requirements across your departments in particular.

What skills & experience you’ll need:

• Strong experience as a nightwear designer with an international brand ideally at TWC level of the market (entry luxury).
• Strong sketching and CAD skills.
• Strong track record with creative & commercial success and experience working within a retail BMDT team.
• BA degree in Fashion/Textiles design.

What will make you brilliant at this role:

• Commercial handwriting and understanding of TWC brand, style, and customer and the ability to design stand-out pieces from our competitive set.
• Ability to work within a team building relationships based on shared values and respect.
• Good verbal and visual communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately with colleagues, suppliers, and others at all levels.
• Excellent sketch & spec skills to understand garment production.
• Computer skills ideally to include Photoshop, Illustrator, CAD.
• Appetite for design influences and a strong eye.
• An original thinker.
• Able to work under own initiative & the flexibility to do a variety of tasks.
• Strong enthusiasm for TWC as a brand.
• Ability to work under pressure and with strong personalities.

What we’ll offer you:

• Discount - Up to 50% discount and access to regular Sample Sales.
• Holiday - 25 days rising to 28 with length of service.
• Holiday Buy – opportunity to buy up to 5 days holiday.
• Pension Scheme - enrolled in our Group Personal Pension schemes upon joining the business.
• Bonus - In addition to our competitive salaries, all our employees are entitled to join a discretionary bonus scheme (based on policy eligibility).
• Perkplace Benefits Platform – offering a variety of discounts across well-being and lifestyle.
• Wagestream Money Management app - access to Wagestream gives you power over your pay and supports financial wellbeing.
• Continued Development – We offer structured support from our own in-house Learning and Development Hub.
• Salary Sacrifice scheme for Electric vehicles (dependent on grade and meeting policy eligibility).
• Private Healthcare with additional Babylon Digital Healthcare (based on contract duration).
• Life Assurance.

Additional Benefits:

• Fruit basket daily.
• Tea and coffee provided.
• Working from Home - option to work from home on Mondays and Fridays.
• Social - Christmas party/social events throughout the year.
• Seasonal Sample Sales.
• Volunteer Day - with a charity of your choice.
• Great Location - Close to transport links - over ground Shepherds Bush station / underground White City & Wood Lane stations. Westfield shopping centre with shops, restaurants, bars, cinema, and gyms.

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