Location: Leicester

Type: Permanent

Industry: Ladieswear

Job Ref: TGM1550

The Company

A fantastic opportunity for a Junior Designer with a jerseywear background to join an established  supplier of ladieswear to various high street retailers. Creative, young, trend setting, styling fashion background is needed.

The Role:

• Designing multi product ladieswear (dresses, tops, t-shirts etc).
• Building and maintaining customer accounts.
• Attending and assisting with design/customer meetings to develop ranges.
• Trend research.
• Production of design specifications suitable for factories to understand.
• Monitoring and evaluating sources of inspiration in the industry and wider markets leading to product opportunities ensuring they are incorporated into the ranges.
• Regularly review competitors.
• Working with buying and merchandising to build the range and understand customer requirements.

Skill Requirements:

• Ladies jersey background is essential.
• Creative, young, trend setting, styling fashion background (i.e. Miss Selfridges) is needed.
• Commercially driven with a natural eye for trend, detail, key shapes and colour.
• Knowledge of the manufacturing process and raw materials to develop samples and ranges effectively and to cost.
• Ability to fully understand customer requirements.
• Excellent CAD skills.
• Proven ability to work to tight deadlines.