Location: Manchester

Type: Permanent

Industry: Ladieswear and Menswear

Job Ref: TGN5364

The Role:

• Carry out trend and competitor research, creating mood boards and regular shopping reports.
• Working independently and with designers
• Creating detailed tech packs to send to factories, regular contact with factory partners to ensure clear understanding and smooth production
• Working on a range of licensed character Ladies/ Men’s Nightwear
• Prioritise work and meet deadlines.
• Identify trend in fabrics, colours, print and shapes, developing into new collections, covering a wide range of licensed product.
• See concept designs through to production, working closely with buyers and factories to ensure the brief is met.
• Work closely with technologists and merchandisers, to ensure products fit and find solutions to any problems in production.
• Attending customer meetings
• Design to customer briefs and amend as buyers’ requests.
• Creating exclusive designs, with awareness of cost and factory restrictions.
• Thorough understanding of the current market and research of retailers.
• Managing day to day workload to ensure deadlines are met for samples and designs.
• Develop new products with the factories from research, requesting new fabrics, embellishments and techniques.
• Reasonable travel, regular comparative shopping in the UK and overseas.
• Working on our biggest retail accounts, being able to take on a high level of responsibility
• Working closely with licensed style guides, creating strong bespoke AOP’s

Skills Required:

• Experience in Licensed Apparel
• BA in fashion design or similar, industry experience
• Strong adobe illustrator & photoshop skills
• Strong presentation, communication and organisation skills
• Ability to work well individually and successfully as part of a team.
• Confident and passionate about design
• Creative and on trend adaptable Handwriting ability
• Experience in factory and customer facing roles.
• Strong fabric and print knowledge
• Ability to adapt Handwriting to meet different customer requirements.