Menswear Designer and Product Developer

Fashion & Retail Personnel; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Fashion & Retail Personnel in Birmingham is seeking a menswear product developer and designer to lead the end-to-end design and development of multiproduct menswear collections. You will research trends, create mood boards, select fabrics and trims, cost products, and produce CADs and tech packs for factories, while chasing samples, approving lab dips, and shaping labels and branding.

There is also travel overseas to present at customer meetings with a major retailer, and the role requires a

Qualifications

• Strong CAD skills and detail-driven
• Good understanding of menswear trends and fabrications
• Enjoys working in a team environment

Responsibilities

• Design and develop menswear multiproduct collections
• Research trends and produce mood boards
• Collaborate with design, production and technical teams
• Select fabric and trims and manage costings
• Create CADs and detailed tech packs for factories
• Chase samples and approve lab dips
• Design labels and branding; maintain supplier relationships
• Travel overseas to present at customer meetings with major retailers

Skills

CAD

Trend research

Mood boards

Fabric knowledge

Costing

Tech packs

Lab dips

Supplier management

Teamwork

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

An opportunity due to growth has arisen to join a lovely business as a menswear product developer and designer.

Working closely with a longstanding team across design, production and technical, you will design into the menswear multiproduct collections. Day to day you will be responsible for researching trends; producing mood boards; collaborating with the team to develop ideas for new ranges; selecting fabric and trims; product costings; creating CAD's and detailed tech packs for the factories; chasing samples; approving lab dips; designing labels and branding; and maintaining good relationships with suppliers and ensuring the highest quality final product.

There is also the opportunity to travel overseas and present at customer meetings for a big retailer. The role will suit candidates with strong CAD skills and are detail driven; have a a good understanding of menswear trends and fabrications; and who enjoy working as a team. If you are looking for a role with full responsibility of designing and developing product, this is an excellent role.