Job Description
We're partnering with a leading, design-led fashion business to recruit a Senior Knitwear Designer to drive the womenswear knitwear category. This is a high-impact role with full creative ownership, shaping knit direction from initial concept through to signed-off samples, delivering product that is both trend-right and commercially strong.
Based in Manchester, you'll join a collaborative, close-knit design team and play a key role in defining seasonal knitwear strategy. You'll bring confidence in presentation, a strong technical grounding, and the ability to balance creativity with commercial decision-making.
This role offers hybrid working.
Main responsibilities will include:
1. Owning end-to-end knitwear design across seasonal and in-season drops, from research and concept development through to SMS, specs, and pre-production.
2. Defining cohesive colour, yarn, and stitch stories by translating trend, street, and social insights into wearable, commercial product.
3. Creating detailed, accurate tech packs and artwork to drive first-time-right sampling and speed to market.
4. Leading fit sessions in partnership with Technical, refining blocks, measurements, and constructions to achieve consistent, flattering fits.
5. Briefing, collaborating, and problem-solving with mills and factories to deliver quality, cost-effective product.
6. Confidently presenting con...