Menswear Designer in Falmouth

Salary: up to £42k depending on experience

Location: Cornwall – relocation allowance available of 5% the offered salary

Portfolio: Please provide a copy of your portfolio as part of your application, either by attaching a document or including a link within your CV/ cover letter.

At Seasalt, creativity is in our DNA. We began in 1981 in a small shop in Penzance, crafting workwear for local mariners and artists. Today, we’re a modern lifestyle brand with over 80 shops across the UK and Ireland, 400+ wholesale stockists, and a growing global presence. We may have grown, but we’ve always stayed true to our roots with Cornwall’s artistic influence and maritime heritage woven into every garment.

As a certified B Corp and winner of Drapers “Best Place to Work” in 2024, we’re proud to balance our culture with long term growth. It's an exciting time to join us as we build on our distinct creative handwriting, brand differentiation, and expanding both internationally and in the UK.

As part of our womenswear Design team, you will create considered, elegant and commercially successful collections that align with Seasalt’s modern yet timeless aesthetic. The role requires a deep understanding of effortless sophistication, high-quality craftsmanship, and functional yet refined design. Through a balance of creativity, commercial awareness, and sustainable innovation, the Designer will craft pieces that resonate with the brand’s discerning customer.

Please note that this is a full-time, permanent role which is required to be based in Cornwall, working flexibly from our Head Offices (minimum of 3 days per week) and from home.

You'll help us by:

• Developing seasonal collections that embody a refined, intelligent and wearable aesthetic in line with the brand’s handwriting.
• Translating mood boards, cultural influences and trend research into edited and clear ideas to produce cohesive, elevated and contemporary menswear designs, with a focus on jersey, leveraging the suppliers where possible.
• Designing for menswear with a strong awareness of fabric, fit, drape, and silhouette and proportion to ensure effortless wearability for the customer, reflecting the brand’s signature aesthetic.
• Sourcing and developing premium, sustainable and profitable fabrications, textures, and finishes that align with the brand’s ethos of quality and longevity.
• Ensuring fabric choices enhance functionality of the designs, supported by technical.
• Exploring innovative techniques that reduce waste, optimise material usage, and enhance circularity.
• Creating precise technical drawings, design packs and specifications for design development samples.
• Working closely with the supply base to refine design, fit, proportion and detailing, ensuring a seamless handover to Technical.
• Leading during fittings and development sampling, ensuring each garment meets the highest standards of design, quality and craftsmanship.
• Partnering with the Design, Buying and Merchandising teams to balance creativity with commerciality, ensuring a cohesive visual narrative that will appear across campaigns.
• Presenting and articulating design concepts to key stakeholders, ensuring alignment with the brand vision, including branding considerations where appropriate.
• Communicating clearly with suppliers and internal teams, ensuring smooth workflow and efficient problem-solving in line with the critical path and updating PLM (Product Lifecycle Management).
• Managing and developing high-performing Assistants, fostering creative excellence, clear ideas and effective decision making.

The skills you'll be sharing with the team:

• Strong academic background in creative subjects and English.
• Proven Experience in similar design roles.
• Proven knowledge of design methodologies.
• Creative, considered and a keen eye for detail.
• Knowledge of trend forecasting.
• Construction knowledge.
• Ability to successfully realise designs in 2D and into 3D.
• Proven proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop for fashion design.
• Proven experience in menswear within fashion retail.
• Proven experience in leading, managing, and developing team members to achieve department goals.
• Strong ability to motivate, coach, and support individuals to meet team objectives.
• Previous experience in overseeing day-to-day operations, ensuring team members are meeting performance standards, and addressing any issues that arise.
• Excellent communication skills.
• A proactive growth mindset, continuously developing skills, embracing feedback, and adapting positively to new challenges to enhance creative and commercial impact.

Why we hope you’ll love working with us:

The success of Seasalt is down to the skill and hard work of our team. We don't just want to attract the best and brightest people to come and work with us, we want you to stay and grow with us.

As well as doing everything we can to support your development professionally, we believe encouraging personal growth is just as important. So you can fulfil your passion and purpose, not just at work but in life, we offer a range of benefits that are designed to enhance your career and wellbeing:

• 34 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing with length of service
• Attractive 50% employee discount
• Flexible benefits allowance to personalise your benefits package
• Private Medical Scheme including 24/7 virtual GP
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme through Retail Trust with 24/7 support
• Pension plan with generous 7% employer contributions
• Life assurance programme
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Flexible working opportunities with our hybrid working approach
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Do Good Things with our two days per year paid volunteering opportunities
• Employee networks to develop and provide support to our people, including the Inclusion & Belonging Network
• 100s of savings on top retailers and gym memberships through our discount hub

At Seasalt we have a brilliant team of people – they're what make Seasalt a fantastic place to work. We love to celebrate uniqueness and are committed to making Seasalt a place where everyone feels they belong. As an inclusive employer, we want to invite a diverse range of candidates to apply for our roles.

We aim to work flexibly where possible and value a range of perspectives - diversity of thought helps us to grow – so please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come to work every day. We're happy to help with any adjustments to our recruitment process and beyond. Just drop us an email at careers@seasaltcornwall.co.uk

Closing date for applications is 28th May, however our roles can close earlier so we would recommend applying as soon as you are able.