Senior Menswear Designer - Knit & Jersey

Posted 22 September 2023
Salary £60000 - £68000 per annum + excellent benefit package
LocationLondon
Job type Full Time
Discipline Design
Reference4375_1695372800

Job description

I am currently partnered with a very exciting premium menswear brand who are recruiting for a senior menswear designer across Knit and Jersey With at least 5 years' experience, with brand or retail experience you will need to be inspiring, creative with great attention to detail who can create great design concepts and ideas who thrives in a fast paced challenging environment working within a great team . Experience of manufacturing both near and far east would be highly desirable for this role.

Main responsibilities will include:

  • Creating and developing original initial menswear design ideas and concepts
  • Creating and developing mood boards and original inspiration themes for the seasonal collections
  • Provide support in presenting the collection at all stages to senior management.
  • Ensure critical path deadlines are maintained.
  • Sending sample priority/ updated critical paths to the factory and chasing for samples.
  • Working alongside production to ensure the expectations of the final product are met.
  • Ability to prioritise and manage multiple deadline and cope with heavy workloads and strict deadlines.
  • Confident, clear and enthusiastic when presenting ranges to management.
  • To be a problem solver. Find issues immediately and sorting the problems out with the manufacturers.

Person specification:

  • Creative and able to draw upon different inspirations to create luxury designs.
  • Previous brand or retail background within menswear knit and Jersey essential
  • Menswear Designer with at least 3- 5 years of experience designing knit and jersey
  • Forward thinking and not afraid to challenge
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
  • Strong attention to detail.