Assistant Designer

Assistant Designer Staffordshire Our client is a family-owned licensed apparel business with a passion for creating high-quality, trend-led products across a diverse portfolio of global brands. With a hands-on ownership team and a collaborative culture, they value creativity, accountability, and long-term partnerships with licensors, retailers, and employees. Working closely with Designers, Senior Designers, and Lead Designers, you will provide essential support to the design team, helping to keep the design process running smoothly from concept through to sampling. This role is ideal for someone at the start of their design career who is eager to learn, highly organised, and ready to build their skills within a fast-paced, collaborative studio environment. Key Responsibilities Design Support & Documentation Prepare and maintain design packs, ensuring all artwork, specifications, and information are accurately compiled and up to date. Assist Designers with the creation of licensed kidswear collections, supporting with artwork, graphics, and technical details as directed. Pick and confirm pantones for designs, ensuring accuracy and consistency across collections. Support the design team with concept approval amends and buyer amends on sampling. Act on feedback to develop your design skills and build your understanding of commercial design. Sampling & Factory Coordination Send buying sample requests to factories, ensuring all necessary details and deadlines are clearly communicated. Log and track sample requests, monitoring progress and flagging any delays or issues. Respond to factory queries in a timely and professional manner, escalating where necessary. Coordinate the receipt and distribution of samples to relevant internal teams. Collaboration & Communication Work closely with your Account teams to ensure alignment on timelines, priorities, and deliverables. Maintain open and constructive communication with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth project delivery. Participate in weekly team meetings, providing updates on progress and raising any challenges. Contribute to a positive, collaborative working environment where ideas are shared openly.

Designer - Ladieswear Altrincham Role Overview: Ladieswear Designer (jersey & woven multi product) is responsible for managing the design process from concept to production, ensuring that collections are innovative, on-trend, and meet the highest quality standards. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical understanding of garment construction, excellent multi-disciplinary design skills, and a proven track record of developing successful products. This role works cross-functionally with key departments, including sales, merchandising and garment technology, to drive commercial success as well as supporting and mentoring more junior members of the design team. Your Responsibilities: Research and identify current and emerging trends, including styles, colours, yarns, and techniques. Lead the development of original designs, including sketches, technical drawings, and specifications. Create seasonal collections that align with the brand's aesthetic and target market. Select appropriate techniques for each design. Liaise confidently with overseas offices on sampling & sourcing to meet customer deadlines Approve final line-ups, ensuring product range aligns with customer needs and commercial objectives Evaluate market trends, consumer behavior, and competitor activity to drive future design strategies and direction Oversee collection planning, ensuring design workstreams align with critical path and business priorities Mentor and develop junior designers, providing guidance on both creative and technical aspects Collaborate with senior members (Account managers, Head of Design and Garment Tech) to align creative direction React strategically to trade and performance feedback, driving quick-turn updates or edits to enhance sell-through Regularly attend customer meetings to present design concepts & samples & communicate with buying teams to ensure we are fulfilling their objectives Your talent: 5+ Years experience, preferably working on the supplier side, however not essential Previous multi-disciplinary design experience Adobe Illustrator proficient Strong construction knowledge with practical understanding of cost drivers and a commercial eye when selecting fabrics Comfortable leading conversations & presenting trends to customers Portfolio examples of tech packs / artworks Experience liaising with overseas offices to manage sample development. Willing to travel UK & overseas

Import Merchandiser Manchester We are looking for an Import Merchandiser to support our clients' buying and merchandising operations. Working closely with overseas suppliers and internal teams, you will oversee orders from placement through to delivery, monitor production progress and coordinate shipments to ensure products arrive on time and meet quality standards. Responsibilities Manage purchase orders from placement through to final delivery, ensuring all order details are accurate and up to date Liaise with overseas suppliers to track orders, resolve shipping queries and maintain strong relationships Manage critical paths, track production milestones, including sample approvals, bulk production, quality inspections, shipment and final delivery. Check and approve supplier invoices and packing lists, ensuring accurate documents and timely payments Monitor stock level quantities and identifying discrepancies as required. Coordinate production and deliveries to meet marketing campaigns, product launches and key dates for in house brand development Create and maintain seasonal Excel trackers and reports Actively reviews supplier capacities and fabric planning About You Confident user of Microsoft Excel and fast adopter of customer 3rd party portals Experience working with Far East production teams Proven critical path and delivery schedule management experience Previous experience in Menswear and Kidswear is desirable Excellent communication and relationship-building skills Positive, proactive team player with a desire to learn and develop

Garment Technologist Ladieswear and Menswear – Multi Product Greater Manchester Our client is regarded as one of the leading suppliers of men’s and women’s private label and branded products to high street retailers and wholesalers worldwide. They use market intelligence gathered from across the globe, to develop on trend and commercially viable products for the men’s and women’s fashion apparel markets across the globe. We are seeking an experienced Garment Technologist to join their team. Duties include: • Create size specs / amend specs. • Carry out grading on specs provided by customers / align grading across collections. • Review samples alongside Designer / Developer / Account Manager. • Liaise with customer and factories to relay / discuss comments. • Set parameters for testing on each customer / inhouse brand in relation to base fabrics and finished garments / trims. • Relay all testing info to suppliers • Liaise with Account Manager to ensure testing is aligned with Critical Path • Review and submit to customers as required. • Keep on top of supplier compliance status to ensure all audits are up to date. • Submit to customers to keep records up to date.