Senior Designer

WHISTLES; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount up to 70%

25 days holiday entitlement

Financial and Wellbeing assistance

Virtual GP service

Job summary

Whistles, part of the TFG London group, is seeking a Senior Designer to work across Outerwear, Tailoring and Casual Separates. The role reports to the Design Director and collaborates with the wider Design team to shape seasonal direction and concepts.

You will lead the end-to-end design process from trend research and concept boards through to production, partnering with factories and suppliers while coaching the Design Assistant and coordinating with the Technical team on fabrics and trims.

Qualifications

• Experience in fashion design process from concept to production.
• Strong sense of trends and commercial direction.
• Ability to collaborate across design and buying teams.
• Experience coaching junior designers.

Responsibilities

• Lead design process from trend establishing to production.
• Propose commercial design concepts and mood boards.
• Collaborate with Design and Buying teams to set seasonal direction.
• Coach the Design Assistant and work with Technical team on fabrics, trims and costs.
• Develop full product ranges with Buying team and stay aligned with global trends.

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

Every exceptional customer moment starts with our people

At TFG London, we believe that it's our team who bring our house of brands to life. All our colleagues across Hobbs, Phase Eight, Whistles, and Inside Story play a vital role in our success story and that story is only getting more exciting!

We are looking for Senior Designer to join us on a permanent contract, working across our Outerwear, Tailoring and Casual Separates.

Reporting into the Design Director and partnering with the wider Design team you will demonstrate the ability to elevate and move our brand forward, creating a seasonal strategic design brief across our Outerwear and Separates categories as detailed above.

Key accountabilities for the role include:

• Being involved in the whole design process from establishing trends and commercial direction to seeing the products right through to production
• Proposing commercial concepts for design stories, producing mood boards based on key trends for each category
• Collaborating with the wider Design team and Buying team to ensure a unified style direction each season
• Coaching the Design Assistant on the department and celebrating their successes
• Working closely with our Technical team through the design and development process, partnering with factories and suppliers to source fabrics, trims and prices

This is a broad role which will see you work collaboratively with the Buying team, planning and building the full product ranges together. We will need you to keep fully abreast of the key global trends and anticipate those which are relevant to the Whistles customer, ensuring the best development of seasonal creative concepts.

We are looking for a Senior Designer who possesses previous experience within an Established Designer role working to create a rich variety of designs for Outerwear, Soft Tailoring and Separates. We would need you to demonstrate excellent hand drawing skills alongside digital skills including the fluent use of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. The ability to remain calm under pressure with a can-do approach is key. Acute sensitivity to colour and shape and a creative flair within your portfolio is a must.

What's in it for you

It's not just what you can do for us. Throughout We will give you the tools and the time to develop your career in the direction you want to go. Alongside that, we have some great benefits which include:

• Generous colleague discount up to 70%
• 25 days holiday entitlement per annum
• Financial and Wellbeing assistance
• Virtual GP service - unlimited access 24/7

TFG London Inclusion and Diversity statement of commitment:

At TFG London and across all our brands we are committed to creating an inclusive culture that welcomes, develops and celebrates a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, cultural references and ideas and opinions within our business.

We are working together to ensure our environment is one where difference is not only respected but encouraged and celebrated and people can bring their authentic, unique selves to work, where their contribution is valued, ability enhanced, and perspective appreciated.