ASSISTANT WOMENSWEAR DESIGNER

Our client is a successful online menswear brand experiencing phenomenal global growth, and now looking to recruit an experienced Assistant ladieswear Designer to join their team in Manchester. The successful candidate will have at least 1 years experience working for a ladieswear online brand or supplier and a passion for ladies streetwear design.

THE ROLE

• Creating accurate and concise tech packs for suppliers, ensuring that all design details are explained clearly in order to maintain a high level of quality and accuracy on finished samples across a variety of product areas and making relevant changes following fit sessions
• Assisting the Ladieswear Senior Designer helping to build commercial and trend focused ranges in reaction to buyers’ briefs across all product areas and presenting these to directors in sign offs
• Assisting with the creation and development of new graphics across Ladieswear, and working together with senior designers to create cohesive designs across ranges
• Take ownership of designs in reaction to trade reports
• Working with the Buying team to update bestselling products across ladieswear
• Researching into new trends, catwalks and ideas for new product areas and collating information into trend reports to present to directors and senior members of the team regularly
• Providing administrative support to the design team.
• Managing critical paths, sample trackers, chasing suppliers for new developments, keeping fabric swatch libraries updated and organised and ensuring that samples arrive on time in order to meet deadlines
• Assisting with e-commerce photoshoots for upcoming products and taking ownership of styling the garments with a specific customer in mind

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