Assistant Designer, Womenswear

Reiss Limited; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic fashion environment as an Assistant Designer in Womenswear, where your creativity will help shape seasonal collections. You'll support the design process from initial concept to final product, collaborating with various teams to ensure that designs reflect the brand's aesthetic. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to grow your skills in trend research and CAD creation while working closely with fabric and technical teams. If you're passionate about fashion and eager to contribute to innovative designs, this is the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Company Pension

Generous Employee Discount

Company Bonus Scheme

Health & Wellbeing Perks

Qualifications

• Experienced in Womenswear and Menswear design.
• Strong creative skills with trend awareness.

Responsibilities

• Support the design process from concept to product realization.
• Create and update color palettes and trend boards.
• Collaborate with teams to source materials.

Skills

Fashion Design

CAD

Sketching

Trend Research

Visual Communication

Attention to Detail

Job description

What’s the role about?

As an Assistant Designer within our Womenswear Design team here at Reiss, you'll contribute to the development of seasonal collections across categories including Outerwear, Leather, Tailoring, Denim, and Trousers. From initial concept to final product, you’ll support the creative process through trend research, CAD creation, and collaboration with key teams across fabric, product development, and technical design. This is a great opportunity for a creative and driven individual to grow within a dynamic fashion environment, helping shape designs that reflect and elevate the Reiss aesthetic.

Who you are

• An experienced fashion designer with a background in Womenswear and Menswear.
• Highly creative with a strong sense of style, trend awareness, and market relevance.
• Proficient in sketching and CAD, with solid visual communication skills.
• Confident in researching and translating seasonal concepts into innovative ideas.
• Self-motivated and well-organized, with a team-first mindset.
• Clear communicator with strong attention to detail across design and process.

What you’ll be doing

• Support the end-to-end design process, from seasonal concept research to product realisation.
• Create and update colour palettes, trend boards, and mood directions in line with brand identity.
• Collaborate with the fabric team to source and research appropriate materials.
• Prepare sketches, CADs, and visual packs for internal reviews and presentations.
• Assist in creating detailed spec packs and technical design documentation.
• Work closely with the technical team to meet prototype expectations and timelines.
• Coordinate with product development to ensure seamless style placement with factories.
• Adhere to seasonal calendars and critical paths to ensure timely delivery of collections.

What we’ll do for you

• Provide you with a competitive salary
• Company pension
• Generous employee discount
• Company bonus scheme
• Health & Wellbeing perks
• Plus, many more

If you want to start your story at Reiss as our Assistant Designer in Womenswear, don’t miss out - apply now!

#WeAreReiss

We recognize the importance and power of diversity within our business and, as such, we ensure that our people processes are fair, transparent and promote equality of opportunity for all candidates.

It is our pledge that candidates will not be discriminated against on the grounds of gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, marital status, age, race, colour, ethnic background, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion, religious or similar belief. Every individual will be treated with respect.

We know that some people won’t apply for a role unless they feel they meet all of the requirements listed. We want you to know that finding people who will add to our inspirational culture and have a learning mindset is incredibly important to us. Even if you feel you don’t tick all the boxes, we’d still like to hear from you.