Design Manager

IN THE STYLE; Swinton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

In The Style is looking for a passionate Design Manager to shape the brand's product handwriting. This role involves leading a creative team, managing design processes, and ensuring alignment with fashion trends. Strong communication, leadership, and trend awareness are critical for success in this fast-paced environment. As a Design Manager, you'll directly influence seasonal product directions while enjoying benefits like a competitive salary, generous holiday allowance, and employee discounts.

Benefits

Salary up to £60,000

25 days holiday + Kind days

40% Discount on ITS clothing

Qualifications

• Passionate, self-motivated, creative, and inspirational.
• Strong commercial awareness of designs, fabrics, color palettes, target cost prices.
• Strong managerial skills to lead and inspire design team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design team, ensuring continuous progression through appraisals and performance management.
• Oversee design process, ensuring deadlines are met.
• Guide the Design team in creating seasonal trend packs and mood boards.

Skills

Team Leadership

Trend Awareness

Communication

Commercial Awareness

Time Management

CAD Proficiency

Tools

Adobe programs

Job description

We are currently seeking a talented and passionate individual to join our team as a Design Manager at In The Style.

About the Role: As a Design Manager, you will play a crucial role in shaping the product handwriting of In The Style. You will demonstrate commerciality, pace, and agility while leading our creative team. Your management experience will be key in identifying and implementing strategies to enhance team productivity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership: Lead the design team, ensuring continuous progression through appraisals, performance management, and best practices.
• Design Process Management: Oversee the design process as part of the critical path, ensuring deadlines are met.
• Trend Awareness: Stay up-to-date with emerging fashion trends in prints, fabrics, colors, and shapes, providing consistent product direction and handwriting.
• Trend Pack Leadership: Guide the Design team in creating seasonal trend packs and commercial mood boards for collaboration and wholesale partners, demonstrating a clear trend direction for the brand.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work collaboratively with leadership roles across Buying, Tech, Merchandising, and Marketing to achieve organizational goals.

Your Responsibilities:

• Develop commercial and trend-led ranges, ensuring deadlines are met.
• Source seasonal prints and fabrics through our supply base and print houses.
• Lead range builds to demonstrate trend vision to buying, merchandising, marketing, and collaboration partners.
• Maintain strong workflow management to mitigate risks to the critical path in a fast-paced environment.

Required Skills and Behaviors:

• Passionate, self-motivated, creative, and inspirational.
• Proficient in design and visualization through CAD (Adobe programs).
• Strong commercial awareness of designs, fabrics, color palettes, target cost prices, and critical path timings.
• Proactive approach with excellent organization and time management skills.
• Strong communication and networking skills with internal teams and external collaboration partners.
• Ability to influence others with trend knowledge and designs, including in celebrity talent selection meetings.
• Strong managerial skills to lead and inspire the design team, acting as a role model across product teams.

What you'll get in return

• Salary up to £60,000
• 25 days holiday + Kind days
• 40% Discount on ITS clothing

If you or someone you know is passionate about fashion design and ready to make a significant impact at In The Style, I would love to hear from you.