Accessories Designer

dSb Recruitment Consultancy Ltd.; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 19,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare

Flexible hours

Job summary

dSb Recruitment Consultancy Ltd. in the United Kingdom is seeking a creative Accessories Product Designer to lead trend-led socks/hosiery development from concept through production. You will collaborate with brands, customers and internal teams to deliver commercially strong ranges.

Join a team that values fashion-forward thinking, strong technical skills, and effective supplier relations. Hybrid working and flexible hours are available for the right candidate based near Nottingham.

Qualifications

• Experience designing socks / hosiery with an update portfolio to showcase your work
• A strong understanding of fashion trends, colour, shape and product development
• The ability to take a brief and develop a commercially relevant product range
• Strong technical understanding, including specifications and construction
• Excellent attention to detail
• Confidence presenting ideas and ranges to customers
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective supplier relations
• The ability to manage multiple developments and deadlines

Responsibilities

• Researching emerging trends across product, colour, fabric, packaging and technology
• Creating and presenting trend & design boards for seasonal ranges and key brands
• Designing and developing commercial socks ranges from initial briefs through to approved product
• Sourcing new products and identifying opportunities to develop and grow ranges
• Attending customer meetings and presenting seasonal ranges, new products and development
• Producing technical specifications and patterns, ensuring designs meet supplier and production requirements
• Working closely with suppliers and technical teams throughout the development process
• Reviewing samples and providing clear feedback and approval
• Managing sampling and developments against critical paths and key customer deadlines
• Supporting the development and approval of new packaging

Skills

Trend awareness

Presentation skills

Communication

Design development

Job description

Are you a creative Accessories Product Designer with a strong eye for trend, colour and commercial product?

Working with a market leader in the supply of essential wear to global retailers, who are looking to add a talented Socks/Hosiery Designer to their Design & Development team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a designer who loves creating commercial, trend-led product and wants the freedom and responsibility to take designs from initial concept through to development and production.

You’ll become a key design expert across your allocated brands and product areas, developing exciting new sock/hosiery ranges that meet customer, brand and commercial requirements

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Your role will includ

• e:Researching emerging trends across product, colour, fabric, packaging and technolo
• gyCreating and presenting trend & design boards for seasonal ranges and key bran
• dsDesigning and developing commercial socks ranges from initial briefs through to approved produ
• ctSourcing new products and identifying opportunities to develop and grow rang
• esAttending customer meetings and presenting seasonal ranges, new products and developmen
• tsProducing technical specifications and patterns, ensuring designs meet supplier and production requiremen
• tsWorking closely with suppliers and technical teams throughout the development proce
• ssReviewing samples and providing clear feedback and approva
• lsManaging sampling and developments against critical paths and key customer deadlin
• esSupporting the development and approval of new packagi

ng
You’ll work closely with the Design Director, Product Development Manager, technical teams, suppliers and customers to bring commercially strong product to mark

et.

You'll ideally

have: Experience designing socks / hosiery with an update portfolio to showcase your

work A strong understanding of fashion trends, colour, shape and product develo

pment The ability to take a brief and develop a commercially relevant product

range Strong technical understanding, including specifications and constru

ction Excellent attention to d

etail Confidence presenting ideas and ranges to cust

omers Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective supplier relation

ships The ability to manage multiple developments and dead

lines
What's on

• offer?Salary - £32
• s bankOptional Private Heal
• thcareFlexible hours – the business is open to discussing hours and hybrid working around the right can

didate
Candidates must be based in the UK and accessible to the Nottinghamshire area and have full right to work in

the UK.