Knitwear Designer

Womenswear Designer Leeds About the Role We’re looking for a talented and creative Womenswear Designer to join a passionate Design Team on a maternity cover contract. You’ll work closely with the Womenswear Buyers, Head of Design, and Founder to continually grow and evolve our clients' womenswear collections — bringing fresh ideas that stay true to the distinctive brand handwriting. This role requires a high level of graphic and print ability, along with a strong eye for colour, detail, and silhouette. You’ll need proven strengths in designing dresses and jackets, excellent Photoshop and Illustrator skills, and the confidence to work directly with suppliers — from concept through to sample sign-off. It’s a hands-on, fast-paced role that calls for both creativity and commercial awareness, as well as the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines while keeping customers at the heart of everything you do. Key Responsibilities • Research and interpret emerging trends, using this insight to enhance seasonal collections. • Create design themes that reflect current trends while maintaining brand handwriting and brand territories. • Design across key womenswear product areas, including dresses, jackets, graphic tops, and nightwear. • Develop graphics, embroideries, and prints, ensuring they align with brand identity. • Work collaboratively with the buying team to deliver cohesive, commercially viable ranges. • Source and develop new fabrics, trims, and finishes to elevate product quality and innovation. • Produce detailed tech packs and work closely with suppliers to ensure accurate development. • Attend and contribute to sign-off meetings and seasonal range reviews. • Build and maintain strong supplier relationships, attending local and international development trips as required. • Work cross-functionally with other departments to align on seasonal direction, timelines, and customer insights. • Uphold and enhance the brand identity through every design you create. About You You’ll be an experienced designer with at least three years’ experience in womenswear design, ideally within a lifestyle or fashion brand. You’ll combine creativity with strong technical understanding and a commercial mindset, always balancing innovation with customer appeal. You’ll be a confident communicator, highly organised, and able to manage your own workload effectively in a collaborative team environment. Experience Essential Criteria • Minimum 3 years’ experience as a womenswear designer. • Proven ability to design dresses, jackets, graphic tops, and prints. • Strong Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills. • Strong knowledge of current and future fashion trends. • Ability to create seasonal themes that reflect and enhance the brand identity. • Experience in developing graphics, embroideries, and prints. • Experience working with suppliers on product development. • Ability to produce detailed, accurate tech packs. Desirable Criteria • Experience of working within a lifestyle or branded fashion environment. • Experience of collaborating closely with buyers. • Experience in designing nightwear. • Understanding and sourcing of new fabrics and trims. • Previous experience of working with Far East suppliers. • Proven ability to manage timelines and workload effectively.

Lingerie Designer Leicester Ready to land your dream role? My client supplies some of the most well-known names on the UK high street. A rare opportunity has arisen for a talented designer to join their team. This is a unique opportunity to join a thriving and ambitious business, offering excellent potential to drive your career forwards. You will: Research key trends, styles, shapes, colours, prints and fabrics appropriate to the in-house brands, complete comp shops and attend key trade shows. CAD and re-colour new and existing ranges Consider marketing opportunities with marketing team on new products Develop a strong working relationship with the team Be aware of critical path dates that affect your department, initial sketch through to correct concept samples, salesman samples and photography Understand the brands block shapes, size range and size splits Attend internal Fit meetings working closely with the technical team to improve product knowledge and ensure the fit and aesthetic of each style consistently reaches the highest standards of fit and quality. Whenever necessary attend customer presentations/meetings, and work with the team to prepare for these key meetings. Attend internal design meetings. Design and develop styles/ranges to a brief, understanding target prices and product types Thorough follow up of design development with the team in FE, including weekly conference calls, ensuring reactive feedback to confirm the right execution and comprehension Utilise FE sourcing facility to engineer product development Work to a creation process when developing new CADs or re-colouring existing designs Maintain a professional and confidential approach to the business If this sounds like it could be for you, we’d love to hear more.

Senior Import/Wholesale Merchandiser Manchester A fantastic opportunity has become available for a Senior Merchandiser to join a well-established client based in Manchester. This is a senior role looking after the company’s biggest accounts. Working with key accounts and reporting to the Production Manager, you will be responsible for: Costing brand specific product ranges with suppliers (based in Bangladesh, Pakistan & China). Margin calculations maintaining the company directive. Raising detailed POs to suppliers. Maintaining & updating critical paths specific to the orders. Liaising with suppliers on submissions dates (lab dips, fit samples, labelling/trims, pre-production samples, production samples). Liaising with customers regarding delivery updates & sampling requests (submissions/photo samples). Arranging shipments with our nominated forwarder ensuring delivery is kept on time. Booking goods in with the end customer’s warehouse upon arrival. Informing the accounts team of details needed for invoicing. Analysing sales reports from your key account to identify any potential for re-sales or missing categories to boost trade. Reporting findings back to the MDs & design team. Attending buying meetings Skills required: Excellent time management Microsoft product experience (excel, word etc). Confidence in speaking with retailers and suppliers on both email & phone. A good understanding of the wholesale side order process from initial costing to delivery. Knowledge of shipping would be an advantage. Extensive experience in a similar role. Benefits: Excellent transport links to site. Work from home Fridays Auto enrolment into the workplace pension scheme after probation period (optional opt in/out available). Close knit team working together in an open plan environment giving insight into all aspects of the business. Growing company increasing turnover greatly year on year. Working hours are: Mon - Thurs 8.30am-4.30pm (office based) Fri - 9am-3pm (working from home)

Senior Merchandiser / Account Manager / Buyer Manchester Our client, a dynamic company, is seeking a Senior Merchandiser / Account Manager / Buyer to join their team based in Central Manchester. This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate with a strong background in Merchandising, Account Management and Buying to play a key role within a close-knit company. They foster a collaborative working environment and are looking for a proactive individual to contribute to their growth and success. Key Responsibilities A pivotal role for a key team member who oversees the Merchandising side of the business One junior to oversee and another senior to work alongside and guide / support as needed. Working with a team of 5 designers, 2 garment techs, one senior merch and one junior merch as the wider team, outside of logistics / finance etc. Reporting to the directors. To nurture and manage various customer accounts from concept to delivery. Engage with customers to hold regular meetings, take seasonal briefs and maintain / grow current business. Work with design and tech team to create concept to be presented to customers. Oversee production of collection and brief out to supply base in conjunction with design and tech teams, while controlling CP for seasonal development. Negotiate prices with suppliers. Monitor and manage sample trackers / sample development leadtimes. Present collections to customers in conjunction with directors / design team. Place POs and manage Order Summary. Maintain and manage CP with regular communication with suppliers and customers on a weekly basis. Carry out product review meetings with directors, design and tech teams on a daily / weekly basis. Ensure goods are made to required standards alongside tech team with regards to factory audits, compliance, product testing, AQL reports etc. Working with logistics team to ensure packing lists, shipping schedules, product approvals are in place and correct. Nurturing and managing supply base to balance production volumes and brands between supply base to maximise efficiency and skill across supply base. Building relationships is vital to this role, whether with internal team, supplier side or with customers. Ideal Candidate Proven experience as a Merchandiser, Account Manager, or Buyer within the apparel sector. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and market trends. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively. Managing multiple projects is key so applicants must have exceptional management skills and an eye for detail. If you have the relevant experience and are looking for a rewarding opportunity in Manchester, we would love to hear from you.