HEAD OF DESIGN - TEXTILES - BEDROOM & BATHROOM / PREMIUM BRAND

House Of Fashion Associates; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

House Of Fashion Associates is seeking a Home Textiles Head of Design to lead our premium bedding and bathroom collections. You will work hands-on, manage a small team, and collaborate with retailers such as John Lewis and Harrods to deliver innovative concepts.

The role requires 6+ years in premium home textiles, strong CAD skills (AVA, Illustrator, Photoshop), and a flair for colour and presentation. Travel to overseas suppliers and trade shows will be expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years’ experience in home textiles (premium bedding and bathroom).
• Hands-on leadership with small team management.
• Experience with premium brand textiles for UK/European retailers.
• Willingness for global travel and showroom/dressings.
• Able to translate trends into product concepts and CADs.

Responsibilities

• Lead design development for bedding and bathroom products.
• Manage a small design team and coordinate with Product & Marketing.
• Collaborate with retailers and suppliers for sample development.
• Present design concepts to customers and internal stakeholders.

Skills

CAD AVA

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Drawing skills

Color & presentation

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Microsoft Office

Deadline driven

Strong commercial sense

Education

Degree level education

Tools

AVA

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Microsoft Office

Job description

HEAD OF DESIGN - PREMIUM TEXTILES BEDDING AND BATHROOM

MANCHESTER - HEAD OFFICES

Our client is a very successful and well established premium Textiles brand selling into UK and European retailers. They are now looking to recruit a HOME TEXTILES HEAD OF DESIGN

(bedding / Bathroom ) to join their growing business. Candidates must have a strong background of working in Premium brand Textiles in Bedding / Bathroom and be hands on in their current role.

The role :

• 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

SKILLS

• 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