Are you a Sportswear Designer ready to be part of a well-known brand?
I am partnering with a growing Fashion Licensing Business who is looking to strengthen its Design team in their Watford offices.
You will solely focus on their apparel selection, and help to drive newness through their trend focused offerings.
The right person will have experience in designing sports and lifestyle apparel.
Sportswear Designer- The Role:
* Researching trends and key items seasonally.
* Prepare relevant and creative research on themes, colours and fabrics based on the seasonal brief.
* Initiate original design sketches/technical specs for all the styles following the seasonal brief.
* Research and maintain knowledge of relevant sportswear trends and history to advise on silhouettes, finishes and suitability of fabrics etc.
* Putting together mood and trend boards.
* Working closely with the Sales Team and the Head of Design to range build seasonally and helping on the daily workload wherever needed.
* Keep up to date records of all design and development for each style, fabrication details and print.
* Put together spec sheets and technical packs for the designs.
* To follow range plans and critical paths and ensure that all deadlines are respected and strictly adhered to.
* Attending fit session and implement changes into specs and tech packs. Communicate the changes to the relevant suppliers.
* Being responsible for the delivery of the development samples within given timeline and for their organisation and storage within the office space.
* Responsible for the content creation of seasonal catalogues.
* Attend customer meetings and work on SMU style design briefs.
* Travel to different location when needed for meeting with clients, brands owner, collaborators.
Sportswear Designer- The Person:
* 2 years’ minimum industry experience
* Great communication and organisational skills.
* Flexible approach to be able to adjust to changing needs of the business.
* Used to working under pressure and in a fast pace environment.
* Self-motivated, able to manage own workload and be a team player.
* Confident communicator and highly organised.