Urban Outfitters - WW Designer, Intimates

Urban Outfitters Europe; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible start and finish times

Bring your dog to work

Employee wellbeing programs

Private Medical Insurance

Employee discount: Up to 40% off URBN

Volunteer day / charity fundraise

Job summary

Urban Outfitters Europe is seeking a highly creative and technical Intimates Designer to elevate the brand's lingerie range in London. You will translate blue-sky ideas into balanced, commercially viable intimates, with mastery of fit, construction, and price architecture.

You will drive viral yet market-ready concepts across lingerie, jersey sleepwear, and woven lounge pieces, while collaborating with suppliers and the buying team to meet tight timelines and margins.

Qualifications

• True understanding of lingerie technicalities, including fit and construction.
• Experience designing across knitted/jersey and woven categories.
• Excellent CAD skills in Illustrator and Photoshop, plus hand-drawing ability.
• Ability to balance aspirational design with pricing architectures and margins.
• Broad knowledge of global suppliers and direct development communication.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage tight timelines and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Spot fast-moving micro-trends and translate them into aspirational yet commercial intimates concepts.
• Bridge high-level design ideas into actionable ranges across lingerie, jersey sleepwear, and lounge pieces.
• Produce factory-ready technical packs with precise specs, lace, and hardware details.
• Collaborate with Buying to design within pricing structures and margin targets.
• Communicate with local and global suppliers to guide development and approvals.

Skills

Lingerie mastery

Multi-product versatility

Design & illustration

Commercial savvy

Sourcing & supplier know-how

Execution & timelines

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

Urban Outfitters started out as a single boutique in 1970s Philadelphia with creativity and uniqueness at its core. 50 years on, and over 60 stores across Europe later, we’ve become a destination for emerging design, unexpected styling, One-Of-A-Kind vintage and homeware that makes you want to hit the share button.

We speak to a social community of over 10 million forward-thinking individuals, bringing together a nostalgia for the past with an enthusiasm to shape the future. The UO community are culturally aware, they shape the music scene, they live a digitally native life and they wear style trends before anyone else. At our core, we empower our customers and staff to express themselves, unapologetically, living life in a way that’s truly authentic to them.

We are always excited to bring new talent into the room, especiallyif you share our values:

Progressive — we move with the mood

Creative — we champion limitless minds

Inclusive — we open our platforms to all communities

Responsible — we work to reduce our impact on the environment

Compassionate — we care for each other beyond the 9 to 5

Sound like you, why not join us ?

Role Summary

We are looking for a highly creative and technical Intimates Designer to join our team. You must demonstrate a deep alignment with Urban Outfitters as a trend leader, with the vision and know-how to elevate the brand's intimates category to the next level.

You have a knack for taking "blue-sky" creative thinking and translating high-concept, viral underwear/loungewear trends into a balanced, well-rounded commercial range. Crucially, you possess a deep mastery of lingerie fit and construction, paired with a sharp understanding of how to engineer designs that hit our target price architecture and customer.

What You'll Be Doing

• Viral Trend & Concept Direction: Spot fast-moving social micro-trends, viral silhouettes, print/colour directions, and street-style aesthetic shifts, translating them into aspirational yet commercially viable intimates concepts for the UO market.
• Aspirational to Commercial Translation: Bridge high-level "blue-sky" design ideas into actionable, commercially grounded ranges across multi-product categories (lingerie, jersey sleepwear, and woven lounge/layered pieces).
• Technical Design & Tech Packs: Execute precision and accuracy from concept to final product, producing factory-ready technical packages complete with precise specs, seam callouts, lace placement, elastic tension details, and hardware specs.
• Costing & Architecture: Work closely with Buying to design into specific pricing structures and margin targets. Intelligently engineer styles through smart fabric yields, component selection, and construction methods without sacrificing aesthetic value.
• Supplier Communication & Development: Communicate directly and effectively with local and global supplier bases to guide product development, troubleshoot fit/construction issues, and streamline sample approvals.

What You'll Need

• Lingerie & Intimates Mastery: True understanding of lingerie technicalities, including complex fit, pattern engineering, wire/boning work, and specialized stretch construction.
• Multi-Product Versatility: Deep expertise designing across both knitted/jersey fabrications and woven categories.
• Design & Illustration Skills: Exceptional CAD skills in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, paired with strong hand-drawing/sketching abilities to convey intricate garment details quickly.
• Commercial Savvy: Demonstrated ability to build aspirational products that align with strict pricing architectures and target margins.
• Sourcing & Supplier Know-How: Broad knowledge of global supplier bases with hands-on experience in direct development communication.
• Communication & Execution: Highly organized self-starter capable of managing tight timelines and competing priorities with confidence.

The Perks

• Work-life balance:
• Flexible start and finish times
• Bring your dog to work
• Wellbeing:
• Employees Assistance program to support with mental, physical and financial health
• Fully equipped free gym and on-site wellness room in Brick Lane and 50% discount off external gym memberships
• Private Medical Insurance
• Employee Discount:
• Up to 40% off at all URBN Brands
• Community:
• One paid day to either volunteer or fundraise for a charity of your choice
• Travel:
• Cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan
• Continued Development:
• We offer structured support within the business alongside continued learning and development

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URBN is an Equal Opportunities Employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We provide equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy, marital status, religion, race, or disability. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.