Ladies Nightwear/Sleep Designer Contract 12 months
Surrey
Salary to be discussed
Hybrid 3 days office 2 remote /flexible hours
Exciting opportunity with one of the leading suppliers to the fashion high street. They are actively looking to recruit an experienced Ladies Nightwear Designer with young handwriting.
You will already cover all aspects of Ladies sleep, a nightwear specialist in your career to date with ideally a supplier, to the UK high street candidates from a high street retailer will be considered.
You will be presenting CADs to buyers and producing technical packs as well as managing samples for meetings. Also contributing new ideas and working with Nightwear Team.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- In depth trend research from catwalk to high street competitors.
- Create commercial designs which focus on the buyer’s needs.
- Build strong relationships with the buyers through presentation of commercial designs.
- Constant communication with the overseas office to ensure the handover of designs and samples requests are communicated to the highest level.
- Create in-depth tech packs and specifications of all design that are to be samples
- International travel for design inspiration
- Take full ownership in growing your category ability to work with account managers to drive this already successful area forward.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- Supplier or high street fashion retailer as Sleep Designer
- Must have a good creative, yet commercial eye.
- Able to work as part of a team as well as showing own initiative.
- Worked with both China and Bangladesh.
- Strong experience with both fabric and trim sourcing.
- Good knowledge of the UK sleepwear market and key competitors
- Print experience is desirable but not essential.
- High level of Adobe CAD skills
You must have UK experience as a Ladies nightwear sleep designer with the right to live and work in the UK to be considered.
Please submit current examples of design and trend work from your portfolio
First interviews are taking place so please send your updated CV to jan@neilsonfashionrecruitment.co.uk
- Call will be arranged outside of working hours evenings and weekends
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