Role: Menswear Designer
Location: Manchester
Role Summary:
We are seeking a creative and talented Menswear Designer to join our team based in Manchester, UK. The ideal candidate will be fashion obsessed with the ability to demonstrate a keen sense of taste and aesthetic judgement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for creating authentic designs from research and concept presentations through to final product along side the CEO.
- Focusing on enhancing the details, fabrication and construction of timeless silhouettes and co-ords, ensuring everything is truly original and tasteful
- Create technical drawings and specifications for production
- Manage sourcing requests to suppliers i.e., fabric and trim
- Managing the organisation of the fabric and trim library
- Partner with Production and Product Development on supplier allocation, costing obstacles , and quality adherence.
- Attend weekly fit sessions giving input into design details whilst assisting the garment technologists with any CADs needed on the back of changes for fit comments
- Preparing monthly release CAD boards for display
- Preparing design and sign-off meeting note packs
- Undertake and compile competitor shop reports and seasonal/monthly trend reports
- Complete inspiration research
Requirements:
- Completed Fashion Design qualification (degree level)
- Minimum 5 + years’ experience in a similar role
- Experience working for/with high-end tasteful retailers is essential
- Exceptional levels of taste and aesthetic judgement is essential
- Confident using Adobe Software (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
- Highly organised with good time management skills
- Willingness and flexibility to adapt ways of working to meet brand requirements and deadlines
- A confident individual with the ability to individually present work to a wider team