Summary: The Senior Women's & Girlswear Designer will lead the design and creative direction for a fashion brand, focusing on luxurious multi-product seasonal collections. This role demands a strong understanding of girlswear and youth design, along with the ability to manage the design process from concept to completion. The ideal candidate will be creative, commercially minded, and thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining strong collaboration and communication skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive the design and creative direction for the brand from a girlswear perspective, creating luxurious and fashion-forward ranges for a global market across multi-product design categories.
• Management of critical path deadlines from creative concept to completion.
• Source, develop and select high-quality fabrics/handlooms that meet design and production requirements.
• Produce detailed technical specifications and sketches.
• Conduct fit sessions and sample reviews with the technical team.
• Present collections to senior management and stakeholders.
• Analyse market/sales data and consumer feedback to inform design decisions.
• Constant communication and relationship building with factories, mills, and in-country teams, working closely with production, technical, and merchandising teams.

Key Skills:

• At least 5 years of experience at a 'Designer' Level within girls or women's clothing.
• Proven track record of designing successful and commercially viable collections for teens and women's.
• Excellent technical drawing and sketching skills.
• Highly proficient in CAD software (e.g. Adobe Suite).
• Good knowledge of fabrics, textiles, and production processes.
• Experience of designing graphics and/or print would be a bonus.

Salary (Rate): 45000

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: Fashion