Menswear Designer (Formal & Soft Tailoring

We’re looking for a talented Menswear Designer who shares our passion for tailoring to design and product develop innovative, commercial ranges of formal and soft tailoring for key retailers and etailers.

The Role;

• Design seasonal and trend led in house collections in line with customer design aesthetic
• Identify emerging trends and potential gaps in the customer product range, capitalise on gaps by proposing appropriate fabrics and styling options
• Work closely with in house account management teams to provide customer with continuous and excellent service and help the business progress
• Carry out fabric and trend research on an ongoing basis, present findings to in house teams and customer
• Extensive fabric and trim sourcing according to customer briefs and emerging trends
• Preparing and leading customer development days, actioning development samples according to brief
• Raising and updating design tech packs and checking samples against them.
• Managing developments, working closely with suppliers and production sites, regularly updating customer on sample progress though sample trackers and ensuring samples are delivered in time for range build and sign off meetings
• Liaising daily with mills, factories and customer buying teams, establishing close professional relationships on all sides

Required Skills & Experience

• Educated to degree standard.
• Five years plus relevant experience in menswear design (in particular formalwear, soft tailoring, jackets, trousers, shirting etc and working with fast fashion retailers)
• Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator) and Microsoft Office
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• A confident, proactive approach capable of working effectively in a team under pressure in a demanding fast paced environment
• Ability to interact effectively with suppliers and colleagues at all levels.
• You must have “full right to work” in the UK , as we are unable to assist with sponsorships.