Senior Designer / Design Manager - Fashion

Job Description:

The Company:

A fantastic opportunity for a Senior Designer / Design Manager to join a clothing supplier working with high street retailers. We are looking for someone with strong CAD skills and a young handwriting style. The ideal person will have a passion for all things fashion and have great people skills to manage and a lead a small team. The role would suit some who is currently working as a Senior Designer/ Manager or a Designer looking to take the next step in their career.

The Role:

• Designing a commercial range of Knitwear alongside the Ladies wear design team
• Managing a team of 4
• Creating and producing commercial Ladies knitwear designs.
• Extensive market research and comp shops.
• Keeping up to date with fashion trends including colours and shapes.
• Developing ranges.
• Working within the Design Team to meet briefs.
• Maintaining the company identity and developing their product portfolio.
• Delivering products on budget.

Skills Required:

• MUST have previous experience in a management role.
• MUST have a young handwriting style.
• MUST have strong CAD skills - Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Advantageous to have worked with retailers including Next, River Island, Miss Selfridge .
• Creative flair and good colour sense.
• Commercial awareness.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines.
• Good organisational skills.