Womenswear Designer

Role: Womenswear Designer

Location: – Manchester Area, United Kingdom (On-site)

Salary| £30,000 DOE

Role Summary:

We are seeking a creative and talented Womenswear Designer to join our team. The ideal candidate will be fashion obsessed with the ability to demonstrate a keen sense of taste and aesthetic judgement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creating authentic womenswear designs from concept to final product
• Focusing on enhancing the details, fabrication and construction of timeless silhouettes and co-ords, ensuring everything is truly original and tasteful
• Create technical drawings and specifications for production
• Sending weekly requests to suppliers i.e., fabric and trim
• Managing the organisation of the fabric and trim library
• Attend weekly fit sessions giving input into design details whilst assisting the garment technologists with any CADs needed on the back of changes for fit comments
• Preparing monthly release CAD boards for display
• Preparing design and sign-off meeting note packs
• Undertake and compile competitor shop reports and seasonal/monthly trend reports
• Complete inspiration research

Requirements:

• Completed Fashion Design qualification (degree level)
• Minimum 3 + years’ experience in a similar role
• Experience working for/with high-end tasteful retailers is essential
• Exceptional levels of taste and aesthetic judgement is essential
• Confident using Adobe Software (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
• Highly organised with good time management skills
• Willingness and flexibility to adapt ways of working to meet brand requirements and deadlines
• A confident individual with the ability to individually present work to a wider team

Salary: Competitive

Employee Benefits

• Annual Bonus Scheme
• Holiday Accrual Scheme
• Employee Discounts
• Pension retail discounts
• BrightExchange Hub
• On-Site Gym (Head office, Manchester)
• On-site Lavazza (Head office, Manchester)