Designer - Boyswear & Menswear

Morrisons; Coalville; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK family lifestyle brand is seeking a Boyswear and Menswear Designer to join their design team in Coalville on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role involves delivering cohesive clothing ranges, collaborating on trend research, and managing multiple design projects while coaching an assistant. Ideal candidates will have a fashion design qualification and relevant design experience along with strong communication skills. This position offers a generous employee discount, holiday entitlement, and flexible working hours.

Benefits

15% colleague discount

Generous holiday entitlement

Flexible working hours

Company pension contributions

Perks with over 850 retailers

Free parking onsite

Qualifications

• Must obtain a fashion design qualification.
• Has an eye for detail and passion for product.
• Reliably works in a team with a hands-on attitude.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cohesive, trend-appropriate ranges.
• Cooperate with the Design team on Kidswear trends.
• Prepare and present designs to various teams.

Skills

Fashion design qualification

Eye for detail

Team player

Time management

Multi-tasking ability

Communication skills

Customer awareness

Proficient in Illustrator

Proficient in Photoshop

Relevant design experience

Education

Fashion design qualification

Tools

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

Nutmeg, which is part of the Morrison’s group, is a family lifestyle brand that launched in 2013 and is now sold in all of our Morrisons stores and online. Nutmeg’s aim is to offer our customers great value products to love, live and feel good in. All of our products are affordable, thoughtful, great quality and are designed to work better for people’s lives.

We are looking for a Boyswear and Menswear Designer to join our Nutmeg Design team at Nutmeg's head office in Coalville on a 12 month fixed term contract.

What will I do as a Designer at Nutmeg?

• Deliver cohesive, trend appropriate ranges on the Boyswear and Menswear clothing product areas.
• Collaborate with the Design team across total Kidswear Trend, by collating and presenting research and inspiration per season, and by regularly creating and maintaining moodboards for the department.
• Create and maintain seasonal colour palettes.
• Complete tech packs, and manage multiple deadlines to ensure timely delivery of the seasonal collections.
• Coach and develop the boyswear and menswear design assistant.
• Travel opportunities: to build supplier relationships as well as inspirational shopping.
• Prepare for design meetings as well as being able to present to the leadership team and wider teams, talking through key shapes, colours and trend directions.

About you

What skills and experience do I need to be a success in this role?

• Fashion design qualification.
• Eye for detail and passionate about product.
• Reliable team player with a ‘hands on’ attitude.
• Great time management and organisation skills.
• Ability to multi-task and manage several projects simultaneously.
• Boyswear or menswear relevant design experience.
• Communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrate good customer awareness.
• Proficient in Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Previous experience with a clothing retailer or supplier.

About us

Nutmeg has been trading for 11 years and has grown from a Children’s clothing retailer to doing Womenswear and most recently Menswear. The Nutmeg team focuses on listening to our customers to put the best ranges in stores based on trends, seasonality, store demographic and event calendars, and the merchandising team plays a key role in all of these decision making processes. You will work on a team of 8 people including Merchandising, Buying and Design to develop and land several ranges a season. The environment is fast paced with a focus on getting results quickly that inspires our customers to keep on coming back to us.

Some of the benefits you can expect as follows:

• 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family member.
• Generous holiday entitlement.
• Flexible working hours.
• Company pension contributions.
• Perks with over 850 retailers.
• Free parking onsite.