Fashion Designer

As a Fashion Designer in the fast-paced socks department, you will be working in a team of five with designated customers to design trend inspired socks for sportswear, daywear, trainers and loungewear. Reporting to the Design Manager.

The Role

• Designing a wide range of socks working both to customer briefs and to present the latest looks inspired by designer trends, in-season products, trend intelligence, market knowledge and conceptual design.
• At the beginning of each season contribute to the innovation range to showcase the latest looks and trends.
• Ongoing seasonal trend research and shop reports.
• Attend customer meetings with the sales team and buyers.
• Creation of detailed tech packs working with the technical team to maintain accuracy for the factories.
• Manage workload and prioritise CAD's and tech packs in line with the critical path.
• Work closely with the offshore offices in Turkey and China to source suitable sock, hosiery and knitwear specific yarns.
• Submission approval of lap dips and strike-offs.
• Follow each design to production handover.
• Work with the design team on innovation projects for example; push a sock to its limits with each designer taking a technical feature, breaking it down, learning about it and coming back together to pool knowledge and drive ideas and newness.
• Seasonal travel to key cities for research and to trade fairs and design forums (when possible).
• Attend meetings with the wider global technical team to understand the latest technical innovations, particularly from sports.

Essential Skills

• Fashion Designer with a Degree in Textiles, Knitwear, Graphics or Fashion Design.
• Around 3-5 years of experience ideally including socks, hosiery, knitwear or accessories.
• Understanding the technical parameters of sock design and performance.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment capturing trend influences and converting them into commercial designs.
• Proficient use of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work to critical path deadlines.
• Enthusiastic team player, able to interact at all levels internally and externally.
• Ability to take ownership and resolve issues with proven problem-solving skills.
• Creative thinking for business growth.
• Passion for designing great product.