Overview
A senior dress designer/design manager is sought to join our Womenswear design team on a Part-Time FTC (3 days a week), reporting to the Lead Womenswear Design Manager.
Responsibilities
- Spot the latest dress trends, communicate them with confidence and clarity to the design and buying teams and key leadership stakeholders, and translate these into commercial designs that customers will love.
- Set the print direction and collaborate with a specialised dress print designer to develop original artworks that customers will want to buy.
- Work closely with Design, Buying, Merchandising and Technical teams to ensure ranges are commercial and balanced.
- Compile accurate technical brief packs and work with suppliers to achieve irst sample, right sampleD.
- Ensure sample comments are fed back to suppliers in a timely manner.
- Understand best and worst lines to influence seasonal strategy and product opportunities.
- Push design cost and fashionability constraints forward while problem-solving.
- Own the design critical path and support trend, development and production critical paths to ensure business deadlines are met.
You will need
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop. PowerPoint and 3D design software (CLO) is a bonus.
- Comprehensive understanding of garment construction, fabrics and printing techniques.
- The ability to create detailed technical brief sheets with excellent attention to detail to communicate design vision to the team and supply base.
- A team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to build relationships and collaborate.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to manage the full design and development process from trend research and sample development through to range-building and fits.
- Proven experience designing ladies dresses for the UK market.
- Strong commercial and market awareness with innovative thinking in research.
- Proven experience delivering new and innovative designs to fast-paced deadlines with a high hit rate.
This role is based in our head office 2-3 days per week (Tuesday – Thursday), with occasional flexibility to work from home.
What’s in it for you?
- Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
- Private medical insurance
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year e2 a0of service) at full pay, followed by statutory leave options
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and mental wellbeing support
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