Dobson Welch Recruitment Specialists
Women's Wear Designer
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Womenswear Designer
Location: London
Salary: to £45k + bens
We are working with a growing successful fashion business in central London to add a Mid weight Womenswear to their design team of over 20 and work on a key premium womenswear brand of theirs. The brand works with more premium market (think Reiss, Me&Em) but at a slightly lower price point.
The Role
- Leading the design and product development of a key in womenswear house brand covering multi product
- Dealing with its 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.
- Help present seasonal collections to buyers from the UK and Poland.
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Must Haves to be Shortlisted
- We are looking for a Mid weight Womenswear designer looking to move to senior in the next 12 months
- Womenswear Design experience must be recent (UK experience) and ideally supply background
- First class communications 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 to 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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