Midweight Textile Designer

de Le Cuona; Reading; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Bonus Scheme

Company Pension Scheme

Exposure to Industry Events

Bespoke Projects and Exclusive Cre at

Job summary

de Le Cuona is seeking a Midweight Textile Designer to take ownership of the fabrics side of our Windsor studio. You will drive fabric development from concept to launch, exploring weave structures, yarns, colour and texture to shape the next chapter of our woven collections.

You bring 3+ years in a textile design role within luxury interiors, with hands-on woven experience and strong CAD/Adobe skills. This role offers a collaborative, small-team environment in Windsor with excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• Typically 3+ years in a textile design role within a UK design studio, ideally luxury interiors or furnishing fabrics.
• Hands-on woven design experience; weaving knowledge is essential.
• Strong understanding of weave structures, yarns, fabric composition and manufacturing processes.
• Experience taking fabrics from concept to launch and working with mills or manufacturers.
• Advanced Photoshop and Illustrator skills; portfolio of woven work.

Responsibilities

• Own fabric development projects from concept through sampling, production and launch.
• Design original woven fabrics, exploring weave structures, yarns, colour, texture and finishes.
• Give mills, suppliers and artisans clear creative and technical direction.
• Collaborate with Marketing on launches, photoshoots and special projects.

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Illustrator

CAD

SAP

Job description

If you’re a creative textile designer with a love of weave, this is an outstanding opportunity to take ownership of the fabrics side of an internationally recognised luxury brand’s design studio.

Perhaps you’re in a larger studio where you only get to contribute to one part of the process.

You’ve got more ideas than you’re able to use, and you’re ready for real ownership, creative freedom and the chance to make a visible impact.

Let’s take you back to 1992…

A Story Woven in Discovery

Born in South Africa with an adventurous spirit and a passion for discovery, our founder Bernie de Le Cuona set out to find the world’s finest natural fibres and artisans. The result was de Le Cuona: linens unlike anything seen before, wonderfully soft, beautifully textured and enriched by a colour palette inspired by Africa’s landscapes.

Today, with showrooms in London and New York, de Le Cuona is more than fabric. It’s a lifestyle defined by refined creativity, authenticity, comfort, beauty and soul.

We’re now looking for a talented Midweight Textile Designer to join our Windsor studio and help shape the next chapter of our woven fabric collections.

The Role at a Glance

Midweight Textile Designer

Competitive Salary + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Windsor, Berkshire | Fully Office-Based | Parking Available | Direct Rail Links from Richmond, Putney & London Waterloo

Full Time – Permanent | Monday to Friday, 9am–6pm

Reporting to: Design Manager

Sector: Luxury Interiors | Premium Textiles | Woven Fabric Design

Your Background / Skills: Woven Textile Design, Weave Structures, Fabric Development, Furnishing Fabrics, Collection Development, Yarns & Natural Fibres, Colour & Texture, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, CAD, Mill Collaboration.

Product / Service: Award-winning luxury textiles and accessories, responsibly crafted from the world’s finest natural fibres, including flax, wool, silk, hemp, cashmere and alpaca, plus a bespoke interior tailoring service.

• Pure, Best Plains collection, Homes & Gardens, 2021
• Bernie de Le Cuona named one of the 50 Most Influential People in British Luxury, 2020
• Showstopper Award, World of Interiors, 2020
• Fabric of The Year, Elle Decoration Russia, 2019
• Art of Design, VERANDA, 2010

Your Role in the Story

Our studio is small, close-knit and full of ideas. It’s three of us: our Design Manager, an accessories designer, and you. Just as our accessories designer owns accessories, you’ll take ownership of fabric development and run with it, freeing our Design Manager to focus on management, strategy and planning.

Weave sits at the heart of what we do. You’ll take fabrics from first inspiration through to sampling, production and launch, experimenting with structure, yarn, colour and texture, and working closely with specialist mills and artisans to bring your ideas to life. Our look is distinctive and quietly confident, so you’ll channel your creativity into the de Le Cuona aesthetic, pushing boundaries while staying true to who we are.

With two collection launches a year, plus bespoke projects and exclusive collaborations with other luxury brands, there’s plenty of variety. If you want to get involved in sourcing, supplier meetings or presenting collections to our sales team, the opportunity is there.

What success looks like:

• Designing original woven fabrics, exploring weave structures, yarns, colour, texture and finishes.
• Owning fabric development projects from concept and research through sampling, production and launch.
• Giving mills, suppliers and artisans clear, confident creative and technical direction.
• Managing timelines, sampling, specifications, deliveries and studio documentation, including SAP and launch trackers.
• Researching trends, archives and innovations, including at UK and international trade shows, and spotting gaps in the range.
• Sourcing innovative yarns, fabrics, trims and materials.
• Presenting concepts using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and CAD.
• Partnering with Marketing on launches, photoshoots and special projects.
• Bringing energy to the studio, and stepping in confidently when the Design Manager is away.

About You

You’re a passionate, imaginative designer who understands how woven cloth is made and gets a buzz from seeing ideas become finished products. You’re as comfortable managing the practical detail as you are pitching new ideas, and in a small team you bring a genuine can-do attitude.

You’ll bring:

• Typically 3+ years in a textile design role within a UK design studio, ideally in luxury interiors or furnishing fabrics.
• Hands‑on woven design experience. If your background is mainly print, time in a weave studio is essential.
• A strong understanding of weave structures, yarns, fabric composition and manufacturing processes.
• Experience taking fabrics from concept to launch and working directly with mills or manufacturers.
• Advanced Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator skills.
• A portfolio showing original ideas and launched or finished woven work.
• Excellent organisation and the ability to juggle multiple projects.
• Willingness to travel in the UK and internationally, and the right to work in the UK.

Highly Desirable

• Woven furnishing fabric experience with a recognised interiors or textile brand.
• Experience across both print and weave, for example within a larger textile house.
• Experience with SAP or similar systems.

What’s on Offer

• Company Bonus Scheme
• Company Pension Scheme
• Exposure to Industry Events, Specialist Mills and Luxury Sector Networking
• Bespoke Projects and Exclusive Creative Collaborations
• A Collaborative Creative Studio in the Heart of Windsor

This is your chance to own the fabrics side of a celebrated luxury studio, where your ideas shape entire collections, not just one stage of the process, and all without the London commute.

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