Job Description
We are collaborating with a leading global fashion company to fill a 12-month maternity cover for a creative designer. This role focuses on womenswear, with an emphasis on athleisure, outerwear, and performance wear. The designer will play a key role in shaping innovative collections that blend style with functionality, ensuring the brand remains at the forefront of fashion trends while catering to the diverse needs of modern women.
Main Responsibilities Will Include:
- Researching trends and key items seasonally.
- Prepare relevant and creative research on themes, colours and fabrics based on the seasonal brief.
- Initiate original design sketches/technical specs for all the styles following the seasonal brief.
- Research and maintain knowledge of relevant trends
- Putting together mood and trend boards.
- Working closely with the Sales Team and the Head of Design to range build seasonally
- Keep up to date records of all design and development for each style, fabrication details and print.
- Put together spec sheets and technical packs for the designs.
- To follow range plans and critical paths and ensure that all deadlines are respected and strictly
- adhered to.
- Attending fit session and implement changes into specs and tech packs. Communicate the changes
- to the relevant suppliers.
- Being responsible for the delivery of the development samples within given timeline
- Responsible for supplying the content creation of seasonal catalogues.
- Travel to different locations when needed for meeting with clients, brands owner, collaborators.
Person Specifications:
- Minimum 2 experience in Outerwear, Athleisure and performance wear design role
- In-depth knowledge of garment construction technique with a good understanding of patterncutting.
- Extensive background in fit, fabric development, finishes, and construction details.
- Advanced knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, and Microsoft packages.
- Experience in research and initial board ideas, through to design development and Tech Packs
- Knowledge of trends and researching new trends within relevant market.
- Ability to produce excellent accurate and detailed specifications, both freehand and CAD
- Flexible/ adaptable in a fast-paced environment
- Highly self-motivated and proactive, with excellent communication skills.
