Midweight Textile Designer - World's Finest Luxury Textiles & Fabrics

RecruitmentRevolution.com; Reading; Vor Ort; GBP 42.000 - 65.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

de Le Cuona is seeking a Midweight Textile Designer to own fabric development from inspiration through sampling to production. You’ll collaborate with mills and artisans to realise the de Le Cuona aesthetic in luxury interiors and furnishings.

You’ll bring 3+ years in woven design, strong weave knowledge, and advanced Photoshop/Illustrator skills. Expect occasional UK/international travel and a small, creative team environment with two annual collection launches.

Qualifikationen

• 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; time in a weave studio is essential.
• 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 Photoshop and Illustrator skills.
• A portfolio showing original ideas and launched woven work.
• Excellent organisation and ability to juggle multiple projects.
• Willingness to travel in the UK and internationally, and the right to work in the UK.

Aufgaben

• Design original woven fabrics, exploring structures, yarns, colours, textures and finishes.
• Manage fabric development from concept and sampling through to production and launch.
• Provide creative and technical direction to mills, suppliers and artisans.
• Oversee timelines, specifications, deliveries and documentation, including SAP and launch trackers.
• Research trends, innovations and range opportunities through archives and trade shows.
• Source innovative yarns, fabrics and materials.
• Present concepts using Photoshop, Illustrator and CAD.
• Support Marketing with launches, photoshoots and special projects.

Kenntnisse

Woven textile design

Weave structures

Fabric development

Furnishing fabrics

Collection development

Yarns & natural fibres

Colour & texture

Adobe Photoshop

Illustrator

CAD

Mill collaboration

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Illustrator

CAD

Jobbeschreibung

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.
• Pedigree:
• 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:

• Design original woven fabrics, exploring structures, yarns, colours, textures and finishes.
• Manage fabric development from concept and sampling through to production and launch.
• Provide creative and technical direction to mills, suppliers and artisans.
• Oversee timelines, specifications, deliveries and documentation, including SAP and launch trackers.
• Research trends, innovations and range opportunities through archives and trade shows.
• Source innovative yarns, fabrics and materials.
• Present concepts using Photoshop, Illustrator and CAD.
• Support Marketing with launches, photoshoots and special projects.

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.