Designer - Menswear Outerwear

The Barbour; Jarrow; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Staff Discount

Staff Shop

Healthcare Cash Plan

25 days holiday

Training & development

Onsite parking

Staff wellbeing

Hybrid & flexible working

Early Friday finish

Wellbeing support

Job summary

The Barbour is seeking a Designer to join the Menswear Outerwear team at our South Shields head office on a temporary maternity cover basis. You will design and develop seasonal menswear outerwear in line with critical path deadlines and Barbour brand DNA.

You will create products with attention to features, price points and margins, and present ranges to sales teams and distributors. Collaboration with technical and manufacturing teams will be essential to deliver samples on time.

Qualifications

• Degree in clothing and fashion design (desirable).
• Experience in designing in applicable clothing brands.
• Knowledge of product development from concept to consumer launch.
• Branded clothing industry experience, especially younger men’s market.
• Knowledge of garment construction and fit across categories.
• Experience designing, developing and presenting products.
• Understanding Barbour brand positioning, heritage and competitors.
• Experience creating clothing for multiple global markets.
• Excellent working knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop.

Responsibilities

• Create products considering features, price points, margins and intro dates, aligned with Barbour trends.
• Deliver products in line with seasonal objectives and target markets.
• Design ranges following the Barbour brand DNA and seasonal briefs.
• Work to a seasonal critical path for product launches.
• Conduct market visits and range reviews to grow sales in key markets.
• Create accurate technical specifications for manufacture.
• Prepare presentation and branding packs for range direction.
• Progress product lines by creating mood and colour boards.
• Drive design development of shapes, fabrics and new colours with the development team.
• Collaborate with technical and manufacturing teams to develop prototypes and selling samples.
• Source new suppliers and work with manufacturers on seasonal concepts.
• Provide product information to Marketing and E Commerce teams.
• Prepare product lines and presentation packs for sales launches.
• Present ranges to the sales team and distributors.

Skills

Fashion design experience

Garment construction

Product development

Menswear design

Brand positioning

Presenting products

Education

Degree in clothing and fashion design

Tools

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Designer to join our Menswear Outerwear team here at our Head Office in South Shields on a temporary maternity cover basis. This role will be responsible for the design and development of seasonal ranges of Menswear Outerwear in line with critical path deadlines.,

Responsibilities

• Create products taking into account features, price points, margin and intro dates, and with reference to market trends and relevance to Barbour.
• Deliver product in line with the seasonal objectives for each category and target markets.
• Design ranges in line with the Barbour brand DNA, following the seasonal brief
• Work to a seasonal critical path for product launch.
• Through regular market visits and range reviews with key representatives, demonstrate an
• understanding of the key markets in which to grow sales.
• To create an accurate, detailed technical specification for each product suitable for global
• manufacture.
• To create appropriate presentation & branding packs to communicate the range direction
• Have the ability to progress product lines and ranges by creating comprehensive mood and
• colour boards in line with the Barbour brand DNA.
• Drive design development of key shapes, fabrics and relevant new colours with the fabric
• development team for each season.
• To work closely with the technical team and manufacturing base, to create prototype and
• selling samples to the required fit and specification, in line with the critical path deadlines.
• To investigate and propose potential new suppliers where necessary and work directly with
• manufactures to develop new seasonal concept prototypes.
• To provide accurate information on all products to the Marketing and E Commerce teams.
• Prepare all product lines and product presentation packs for sales launch.
• Have the ability to present all ranges in detail to the sales team and distributors
• To manage special, make up packages for key accounts adhering to the business-critical path and process
• To design and develop collab collections in line with the internal critical path.
• To undertake any other reasonable activity, as may be required by senior management.

Qualifications

• Hold degree in clothing and fashion design (desirable).
• Experience in Designing in applicable clothing brands.
• Have knowledge of product development from concept to consumer launch.
• Have proven experience in the branded clothing industry and especially useful the younger man's clothing market.
• Must have knowledge of garment construction and fit across a range of categories
• Established experience of designing, developing and presenting products
• Demonstrate an understanding of the Barbour brand positioning, it's heritage and
• competitor brands
• Experience in creating clothing for multiple global markets
• Excellent working knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop packages

Benefits

• Discretionary Company bonus scheme
• Staff Discount
• Staff Shop
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• 25 days holiday as standard increasing with length of service plus bank holidays
• Access to training and development activities to support your career development
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised canteen
• Operate hybrid & flexible working
• 4pm finish on a Friday
• Wellbeing support