Design Manager Womenswear (Jersey)

ASDA; Lutterworth; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major retail company is looking for an experienced Design Manager for their Womenswear category. This role involves leading a design team, managing product development, and ensuring designs meet market needs and trends. Applicants should have significant experience in fashion design, particularly in womenswear, and a solid understanding of CAD software. The position offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and extensive benefits including a discretionary bonus and employee support services.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

Company Car allowance of £5,700

15% colleague discount in store and online

Free wellbeing services

Excellent parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Significant experience in retail or supply base fashion design.
• Strong track record of innovative designs.
• Womenswear experience required.

Responsibilities

• Create and develop a commercial and trend-led range.
• Lead the design team, managing and coaching junior designers.
• Ensure timely delivery of samples and product development.

Skills

Fashion design experience

Strategic mindset

Confidence with suppliers

Ability to influence stakeholders

Innovative approach

Broad knowledge of CAD software

Experience managing junior designers

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

Design Manager Womenswear (Jersey)

Location

George House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Product Development - SF

Closing Date

29 January 2026

We are looking for an experienced Design Manager for our Womenswear - Jersey category. Working closely with and supporting your Commercial team, you will be researching and developing exciting new ranges, executing the latest trends that will appeal to the George customer and supporting on general design requirements.

Your Role

You’ll be accountable for creating and developing a commercial and trend led range which meets customer and market requirements. As a Design Manager you will lead the design team, inspiring, managing and coaching the departments Junior and Assistant Designer. You will confidently lead the critical path to ensure timely delivery of samples and take full accountability for the Womenswear product development from initial concept through to final product ensuring alignment with seasonal trends and brand direction. Ensuring quality, style and value is consistently delivered across the ranges.

"Let’s find out about you"

• Significant experience within either a retail or supply base fashion design environment and a strong track record of researching and producing innovative designs in line with customer needs
• Strategic mindset
• Confidence working with UK and overseas suppliers/ factories to develop multi category products;
• Womenswear experience required.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the business.
• An innovative approach and desire to drive a more digital way of working and the agility to flex your style, research and creativity across all product areas – juggling multiple critical paths
• A broad knowledge of CAD software (including Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator) as well as a strong critical path understanding will be key
• Experience of managing and coaching junior designers

Please attach or include a link to your Design portfolio as part of your application

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• Company Car allowance of £5,700
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves