Senior Ladieswear Jersey And Nightwear Designer

Tagged Resources Ltd; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable fashion supplier based in the UK seeks a Senior Ladieswear Jersey and Nightwear Designer to join their close-knit team. Responsibilities include designing multi-category women's apparel, creating seasonal ranges, and collaborating closely with management and factories to ensure accurate designs. The ideal candidate will bring at least 5 years of design experience, strong communication skills, and proficiency in tools like Illustrator and Photoshop. A passionate designer looking for a supportive environment will thrive here.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience as a Senior Designer in a similar role.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced design environment with tight deadlines.
• Organized and tidy workspace management.

Responsibilities

• Design multi-category Jersey womenswear and nightwear ranges in a team.
• Create seasonal ranges within budget guidelines.
• Collaborate with senior management and team members for design inspiration.
• Communicate effectively with factories to ensure design accuracy.

Skills

Advanced skills in Illustrator

Advanced skills in Photoshop

Strong verbal communication skills

Problem solving skills

Ability to design multi-category Jersey womenswear and nightwear ranges

Job description

Company Overview

An established and leading Fashion Supplier requires a Senior Ladieswear Jersey and Nightwear Designer to join their growing team. You will have experience in designing various products including women's Casual, Formal & heavyweight jersey and women's nightwear. You will encompass duties from design to photoshoots/editing and work within a team environment.

Environment

A small, busy, friendly team who work together on various projects, be it seasonal collections, MTO products for certain customers, or new projects. Our environment is very close and friendly, and we want people who like to feel at home when at work.

Responsibilities

• Capacity to design, in a team, multi-category Jersey womenswear and nightwear ranges.
• Creation of seasonal ranges in line with brief and budget. We believe in evolution, not revolution.
• Work closely with senior management and relevant team members to inspire buyers and build strong, long-term relationships.
• Work closely with directors/sales team to understand the budget and how to strategically design into the customer's price point.
• Sound knowledge of garment construction and ability to produce professional design packs with annotations to provide factory correct understanding.
• Maintain email correspondence with fabric mills, production agents, factory representatives through the sampling stages, and record vital information to pass to the sales team/production manager as needed.
• Understand sales and cost-effective design.
• Communicate with factories to ensure correct understanding is being relayed across in design packs from customer vision to samples factory will produce.
• Responsible for arranging and attending meetings as necessary.
• Taking part in design discussions, meetings and presentations.
• Talking through new conceptual ideas and making them into commercial designs which has the impact to be selected by the customer.

Qualifications

• Senior Designer with a minimum of 5 years similar / relevant experience.
• Share new ideas and developments with the team from comp shops or provided by customers and strive for maintaining our core identity while evolving product.
• Manage your workspace, be tidy and organized.
• Adheres to all compliance requirements i.e. health & safety, security and ensures safe use of all IT systems and equipment.
• Confident in a fast-paced design environment working to deadlines.
• Advanced skills in Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Highly organized with problem solving skills.
• Attend inspirational shopping trips/factory visits.
• Strong verbal communication skills.

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