Head of Design - Premium Home Textiles (Bedding & Bath)

House Of Fashion Associates

Warrington

On-site

GBP 65,000 - 95,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

House Of Fashion Associates is seeking a Head of Design for premium home textiles (bedding and bathroom) to lead a small team from our Manchester head offices. The role requires hands-on leadership and a strong background in premium bedding/bath textiles.

You will work with retailers such as John Lewis and Harrods, drive range development across UK and export markets, source fabrics globally, and present at trade shows. Travel will be required to overseas suppliers and fairs.

Qualifications

Strong CAD skills specifically in AVA, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
Excellent drawing skills and a flair for using colour creatively.
Excellent presentation skills: creating strong visual presentation material and the ability to speak confidently about design concepts.
Ability to manage a busy workload, strong organisational skills are a must as is the ability to juggle competing demands within the role
The ability to work to deadlines is essential
Strong interpersonal skills for dealing with everyone from overseas suppliers through to key customers
Diligent and organized approach to maintaining records of approvals and developments
Passion for textiles and a desire to keep learning about this exciting product area
Commercial acumen with ability to understand pricing architecture for target business.
Previous experience in a commercial environment, preferably Retail or Brands.
Willingness to undertake global travel.
Experience of planning and dressing trade fairs is an advantage
Experience of using Microsoft Office programs
Educated to degree level
Minimum 6 years’ experience in home textiles with experience in PREMIUM home textiles bedlinen bathroom
Be hands on within the business and role

Responsibilities

Working with retailers such as John Lewis, Harrods, and many more.
This is a hand on role and managing a small team.
Working closely with the Head of Product/directors to ensure efficient bulk production of products.
To build a relevant, growing and profitable home textile business portfolio into all targeted trade channels, in existing & new categories/geographies.
Sourcing fabrics and techniques through supplier visits overseas and global trade fairs.
Dressing trade shows and showrooms in the UK and abroad.
Assisting the Marketing team by providing information on the inspiration behind designs and collections to create product copy.
Assisting the Product Development team by providing CADs of packaging requirements such as insert cards and care labels.
Creating exciting bedding and bathroom designs and colourways in CAD form.
Presenting confidently to customers and internal stakeholders.
Working closely with key customers on exclusive designs to their brief and their timetable.
Working on own brand portfolio from.
Working on designs for both the UK and varied export markets.
Following design trends and adapting them to our product areas, in order to generate compelling trend resources.
Briefing suppliers in detail to allow them to produce samples to their exact specification.
Managing the development of samples from key suppliers.
Adhering to the business’ critical path for each project.
Approval of factory submissions from strike offs/lab dips through to full samples.
Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of new design and production techniques and textile technology.