Senior Womenswear Designer

Reports to:

Co-founder/CEO

Job Overview:

Supporting Womenswear Design Manager with the end-to-end design process for womenswear and coaching of the wider team to deliver outstanding results.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Supports the design process, including:

• Researches and creates moodboards to identify new trends for the up coming collections
• Hold design meetings (when design lead is on annual leave) & regularly presenting to the teams
• Attend sign off meetings with design lead presenting product to co-founders & other stakeholders
• Organise and attend design & factory trips
• Designing and developing samples on trips
• Develops ideas for all product categories
• Working with the design lead identifying best sellers / slow sellers – coming up with ideas for move ons / re colours / identifying missed opportunities etc
• Sources fabrics and trims with factories
• Create sketch technical drawings and CADs
• Advising the junior members of the team with technical advice
• Work out print placements and set up tech packs for factory
• Brief freelance designers
• Chase through new branding with factories
• Work closely with senior designer on the menswear department
• Works with the social team to collate new ideas and feedback on design ranges for further dev