Location: London
Job Reference No: D016
Recruiting Consultant: Dani
Details
We’re partnering with a highly successful, design-led retailer to recruit a Senior Ladies’ Knitwear Designer for an exciting opportunity within a fast-paced and collaborative menswear team.
This is a role for a confident, trend-driven designer who combines creative vision with commercial awareness, and who thrives on bringing innovative knitwear concepts to life from initial research through to production.
Role Overview
- As Senior Ladies’ Knitwear Designer, you will play a key role in shaping the direction of the ladies’ knitwear collection, delivering commercially relevant designs that feel current, premium, and on-brand.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading in-depth trend research, identifying emerging colours, yarns, stitches, silhouettes, and seasonal themes.
- Translating trend insight into strong, wearable knitwear concepts with a clear commercial focus.
- Conducting regular market and competitor analysis to ensure the range remains fresh, relevant, and competitive.
- Producing high-quality CADs and design packs that clearly communicate design intent.
- Working closely with Far East suppliers, sending clear and accurate tech packs and managing development through sampling to final sign-off.
- Collaborating cross-functionally with buying, product development, and technical teams to deliver ranges on time and to cost.
About You
- Proven experience as a Ladies’ Knitwear Designer, ideally at Senior level or ready to step up.
- Strong technical knowledge of yarns, stitch structures, gauges, and garment construction.
- A commercial mindset with the ability to balance trend-led design with customer appeal.
- Confident working with overseas factories and managing multiple styles through development.
- Highly organised with excellent communication, presentation, and time-management skills.
- Passionate about menswear and excited to help shape a modern, successful knitwear offer.
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Senior Ladies Knitwear Designer employer: Danielle Ward Recruitment
Join a thriving fashion company as a Childrenswear Designer, where creativity meets opportunity in a vibrant work culture. With a focus on employee growth and development, you will have access to unique benefits such as regular trend research trips and the chance to collaborate with international factories. This role not only allows you to express your design flair but also positions you within a supportive team that values innovation and excellence in the fashion industry.
