Women's Mid-Senior Knitwear Designer
Leading High Street Fashion Supplier
London - Hybrid role
Full Time / Perm
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Women's Mid-Senior Knitwear Designer with a leading high street supplier, working within a lovely design team to help take them to the next level. Fantastic career development!
Knitwear Designer Key Responsibilities
Design and Trend
* Create strong trend-driven, innovative and commercial knitwear collections for both customer account/s and range collections, identifying opportunities to maximise sales.
* Conduct continual trend and competitor research, store visits, and report insights to ensure collections remain relevant, exciting and innovative.
* Present designs to customers, plan and attend meetings, and incorporate feedback into follow up work to meet customer expectations.
* Oversee the design process, meeting critical deadlines to ensure quality.
Technical Expertise
* Strong understanding of knit construction, yarns, gauges & production.
* Develop detailed CADs and tech packs to ensure designs are technically sound and meet quality standards.
Travel
* Participate in UK and international shopping/sourcing trips and yarn fairs, to gather inspiration and trends along with development trips,
Skills & Experience Required
* Experience in knitwear design with a strong commercial trend portfolio.
* Illustrator and CAD software, creating detailed tech packs.
* Excellent communication, presentation, and customer relations skills.
A great opportunity for a Women's Mid-Senior Knitwear Designer, don't delay, apply today