Designer Sleepwear/Nightwear Mid Level (4 years experience across Nightwear Design)
Making sure you fit the guidelines as an applicant for this role is essential, please read the below carefully.
Salary to be discussed, Bonus, Career Progression
Hybrid days Office 4 days ( 1 days remote) flexible hours
Greater London. South London
Exciting opportunity with one of the leading suppliers to the fashion high street. They are actively looking to recruit an experienced Ladies Jersey and Woven’s Nightwear Designer to manage their own Accounts You will already cover all aspects of Ladies sleep a nightwear specialist in your career to date with ideally supplier, to the UK high street and supermarkets candidates from a high street retailer will be considered.
You will be presenting CADs to buyers and producing technical packs as well as managing samples for your meetings.Also contributing new ideas and working with Senior Designer and wider Nightwear Team of Designers and Account Managers
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
* In depth trend research from catwalk to high street competitors.
* Create commercial designs which focus on the buyer’s needs.
* Build strong relationships with the buyers through presentation of designs.
* Constant communication with the overseas office to ensure the handover of designs and samples requests are communicated to the highest level.
* Create in-depth tech packs and specifications of all design that are to be samples
* International travel for design inspiration
* Take full ownership in growing your category ability to work with account managers to drive this already successful area forward.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
* Supplier or high street fashion retailer at Designer or Junior Designer level working for mid-market brands retailers and supermarkets.
* Must have a good creative, yet commercial eye.
* High level of confidence in verbal presentation that will instigate new sales and install trust with the buyers.
* Must be innovative and able to problem solve, be adaptable as well as work in a fast paced and pressured environment.
* Able to work as part of a team as well as showing own initiative.
* Good understanding of business strategy and its needs.
* Worked with both China and Bangladesh.
* Strong experience with both fabric and trim sourcing.
* Print experience is desirable but not essential.
* High level of Adobe CAD skills
Please submit current examples of design and trend work from your portfolio
First interviews are taking place so please send your updated CV to
jan@neilsonfashionrecruitment.co.uk
I’m happy to talk Nightwear (Sleep) Designer’s up to 7.30pm or after 10am at weekends.