Based to the West of Birmingham, we are recruiting for an experienced Senior Designer from a multi apparel background. You will be responsible for designing innovative and fit for performance ranges; creating new concepts for both target accounts and existing customers’ incorporating womens and menswear, outerwear, tailoring to softs to accessories.
Our client is a leading bespoke corporate clothing provider; who design, manufacture and supply uniforms to blue-chip brands, retailers and organisations.
Senior Apparel Designer – The Job Outline
- Liaise with Customers / Account Managers to develop multi product collections. Create ideas for complete corporate clothing wardrobes to include womens & menswear, outerwear, to softs to accessories.
- Monitor product performance and use data to direct future developments.
- Undertake trend research, customer, and trend analysis; from catwalk to social media - presenting customer research and buying trends.
- Participate in new target customer/tender presentation meetings.
- Aid in development of the design growth strategy and sales plan in line with the Critical Path.
- Ensure selected fabrics are suitable to the project and/or a corporate clothing standard, on brand, the best quality for the price bracket and consolidated across ranges where possible.
- Work closely with Product Development team in technical handovers, fabric/lap dip approvals and fit meetings.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of price architecture, margins and market pricing. Ensuring costs are closely monitored and projects are delivered within budget parameters of each individual client requirement.
- Create product specification and technical packs and attend garment fit sessions.
- Ability to travel to attend customer meetings, wearer trials, factory visits and fabric sourcing trips.
Senior Apparel Designer – The Person Specification
- The ideal applicant will have a minimum of 5 years commercial apparel design experience and ready to step up to senior level with accountability. Fashion Design Degree or similar.
- Multi apparel design background is preferable ie. tailoring to softs to sports.
- Additional graphic/print skills would be advantageous.
- A good technical understanding of garment design, fabrication and fit.
- Strong CAD, excellent Photoshop, and Illustrator skills.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal). Confident presentation ability to present their work, and influence key decision makers.
- Self motivated, with a proactive, ‘anything is possible’ attitude to work
- Ability to prioritise own work/and manage deadlines
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- Own car and ability to travel to clients’ offices for meetings/presentations.
To apply please send CV and folio work to k.barksby@peoplemarketing.co.uk quoting our reference 12924MM:, or call the office for more details.
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