Dobson Welch Recruitment Specialists
Senior Womenswear Designer
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Senior Womenswear Designer / Design Lead
Location: London - Office based
Salary: up to £57k DOE + benefits
We are working with a growing, successful fashion business in London to add a Senior Womenswear Designer / Design Lead to their design team of over 20, working on a key premium womenswear brand. The brand is very much a casual Gen Z brand, mainly jersey product covering fashion and lifestyle sportswear.
The Role
- Leading the design and product development of a key womenswear brand covering multiple products
- Overseeing a small team
- Ensuring commercial relevance and strong market performance
- Managing the full design lifecycle, from initial research and concept development, final technical packs to final SMS samples
- Developing cohesive product ranges across multiple categories while maintaining aesthetic and quality standards
- Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, including product development, buying, merchandising, licensors, and international suppliers
- Sourcing seasonal fabrics, trims and collaborating with Far East Asian and South Asian mills, factories, and suppliers
- Overseeing fabric, trim, and print development to deliver value-driven, on-brand collections
- Ensuring all designs meet cost targets and production timelines across diverse global markets
- Helping present seasonal collections to buyers from the UK and Poland
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Must Haves to be Shortlisted
- Senior Womenswear Designer with some management experience
- Recent Womenswear Design experience (UK experience) and ideally a supply background or experience in young fast fashion
- Solid Jersey experience and a strong portfolio in hand
- First-class communication skills (verbal and written)
- Must be dynamic and have a "can-do attitude", you will be asked sometimes to work on other brands so being flexible is key
- London based (or commutable within an hour) and eligible to work in the UK
- The role is office-based, no WFH but there is flexible working hours
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