A fantastic opportunity for a Senior Knitwear Designer to join a clothing supplier who supply to the 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. Hybrid options available.
The Role:
* Designing a commercial range of Knitwear alongside the Ladies wear design team
* 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 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
Salary description
£45000.00 - £50000.00 per year