Role Title: Designer- Footwear
Department: Design
Reports To: Design Manager
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Working Arrangements/Pattern: Full Time, 35 hours (hybrid working 3 days in the office)
Working Location: FatFace HQ, Havant
About us
Who are we?
For over 30 years, we’ve travelled, we’ve laughed, we’ve grown. We believe life is for living and more fun with those we love. We are Made for Life.
Our mission statement:
Crafting clothes for life’s everyday adventures. Today, tomorrow and always.
Our Product formula:
Considered style. Trusted Quality. B Corp certified.
We are proud to have featured in the Sunday Times top 10 best places to work 2025 and best places to work for women 2025.
Equality and inclusion isn’t an aspiration but the standard. We promote and drive equality within our workforce to ignite an inclusive foundation for us all to build from and truly connect with our customers, colleagues, and communities alike. You play a key part in creating an environment free from prejudice, racism, sexism, harassment, bullying and any other form of marginalisation in our workplaces.
Role Summary
To work in conjunction with other category designers, Garment technologists and buyers to create a collection for a category and to follow the product through to Final Production Standard sample stage.
Role Responsibilities
- Responsible for the design of multi products for all phases and seasons
- Research and develop new fabrics/leather in line with trend and brand direction.
- Create colour palette for the range.
- Illustrate product to presentation and specification pack standard.
- Create Specification Packs to forward to suppliers for development of samples.
- Present ranges to team and CEO for sign off and adjustments.
- Adjust and design print/graphics applicable to products.
- Brief Print & Graphic Design with range direction and focal points as appropriate.
- Research themes and directions for following collections.
- Create and present trend packs, Mood Boards, and forecasts for following seasons.
- Follow development of samples through fit meetings to sealer stage
- Align self to companies social and environmental mission and champion any actions that you can directly impact at all times’
Skills and Experience
- Degree or equivalent in Fashion based subject.
- Experience at Designer level.
- Experience of Accessories (Bags, Footwear & Belts)
- Presentation Skills
- Ability to communicate with externals and Senior Management.
- Good research skills.
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
Role Competencies
- Knowledge of footwear & bags construction, treatments, and materials
- Good knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator)
- Ability to draw products clearly and accurately.
- Understanding of colour stories and levels
- Ability to convey designs from paper to 3D design.
- Good Knowledge of Factory processes
- Creative and able to convey vision of Fat Face Brand
- Demonstrate knowledge of trend within the marketplace
- Articulate current and future trends for category.
Key Contacts and Relationships:
External:
Internal:
- Design team.
- Buying Team
- B&M Management
- CEO
Accountable for Resources:
- Brand Image – delivering the Brand ID and maintaining Brand integrity.
- Profitability of the category range and continued growth of successful core range.
FatFace Benefits:
Financial & Protection Benefits
- Sick pay allowances
- Critical Illness Income protection/ Death in service (for salaried colleagues)
- Pension scheme – with net deduction and salary sacrifice options
- Dental insurance (colleague funded)
Discounts & Perks
- 60% off FatFace products
- 25% discount at Next stores (across full price products)
- O2 phone discount
- Discounted gym membership
- Cycle to Work scheme (for salaried colleagues)
- EV vehicle scheme (for salaried colleagues)
- Perkbox – our online platform offering:
- Day-one access
- Exclusive brand discounts
- Wellbeing content
- Home workouts and more
Health & Wellbeing
- Specsavers eye care scheme
- Eye tests and contributions to glasses
- Free period products
- EAP support 24/7 via UNUM, Retail Trust, and Fashion & Textiles Support
Learning & Development
- THRIVE – our learning management system:
- Day-one access
- 1,000s of learning resources
Time Off & Leave
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Sabbatical leave (in line with service)
- Enhanced family-friendly policies – including enhanced maternity leave
- Flexible Working Opportunities – flexible working requests can be made from day one of employment and are considered on an individual basis.
Additional Perks