Joules Senior Designer - Menswear in Leicester

Ready to start your Joules Journey? Step into the role of a Senior Menswear Designer! Discover an exciting opportunity to take on an integral role here at Joules Head Office. Your focus will be mainly on wovens areas including shirting, tailoring and bottoms. You will be utilising your exceptional taste level to create designs that are representative of the latest trends whilst reflecting the Joules brand in order to meet the expectations of our customers.

The rest of your day to day in the role:

• Plan and create a vision for your product area, making proposals for newness.
• Create mood boards to reflect key design influences and the overall vision for your department, in order to sell the looks, moods, colours etc to the product teams.
• Motivate your team to ensure they maximise performance levels.
• Identify new areas of potential business and put forward proposals to your Line Manager and product teams.
• Collaborate with Buying and Technology to ensure the prototypes reflect your designs and meet the required standards.
• Use your knowledge of existing and potential suppliers to assist with the evaluation of the supplier base in relation to the production of your product range.
• Work with technology to assess the most effective method of producing your design prototypes and make recommendations to your Line Manager and product team.
• Delegate tasks effectively to ensure the workload is appropriately and fairly distributed amongst the team.
• Regularly review the effectiveness/impact of your designs through regular contact with the stores and with the product teams and leverage this knowledge to inform future proposals.
• Manage resources and workload in order to achieve efficiently your department’s business plan. This will involve controlling set budgets, prioritising workflow and conducting regular team reviews to ensure deadlines and targets are met.

To really shine within the role of a Senior Menswear Designer you must be able to work flexibly and at pace with a passion for the Fashion industry and a clear understanding of lifestyle brands. However, what we value most here at Joules is your ability to really align with who we are. So, if you:

• Have a keen interest in the fashion and retail industry
• Want to be part of a team who loves getting stuff done
• Have a genuine team spirit
• Are fearlessly creative with ideas to share
• Are not afraid to fail and grow
• Have a genuine positivity for the future of our brand and all we can achieve
• Are adaptable and can embrace change
• Can work collaboratively and are always ready to give it your all
• Enjoy celebrating success

Then look no further, the role of Senior Menswear Designer at Joules was made for you!

From a technical and operational perspective, it would also be advantageous if you have:

• Hold a Degree or HND in fashion or textiles or have extensive, equivalent experience.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Organisational skills and strong time management.
• Enthusiasm for and dedication to the Joules brand.
• Strong Commercial awareness.
• Willingness and high level ability to liaise with colleagues, suppliers and all relevant stakeholders.

This is a full time role based at our Market Harborough, Leicestershire Head Office whereby you must be willing to be present in the office 5 days per week.

Please note that applications not accompanied by a cover letter and portfolio are unlikely to be progressed. We highly recommend that your application includes the following:

• Design Portfolio: Have you demonstrated your technical skills as well as your own unique handwriting? Have you considered who the Joules customer is? Have you researched and considered the latest trends in the product category you are interviewing for? Does your moodboard reflect this? Showcase your strongest designs, focusing on quality over quantity!
• Cover Letter: Demonstrate your knowledge of the Joules brand. Which Designers and Brands inspire you, why? What makes you, you? In true Joules fashion, we love to know how you spend your time off!