Men’s Ready to Wear Designer

Job description

Men's Ready to Wear Designer

To start: April 2018

Location: London

This role requires effective collaboration with all team members to ensure the creation of an inspired men's ready to wear collection. You should be familiar working in a fast paced environment, finding creative solutions with excellent technical expertise.

Job Description

• Follow the main collection, from design through to development for all men's ready to wear product categories (excluding Knitwear)

• Responsible for the day to day follow up with product development teams, ensuring deadlines are respected

• Undertake research and produce sketches on Photoshop and Illustrator for Design reviews

• Prepare technical packs (including garment description for development)

• Creative development and draping on stand

• Undertake technical design aspects as well as participate and lead in fittings

• Support and oversee the work of placement students

• Work closely on seasonal developments directly with the in-house atelier

• Effective management of deadlines

• Responsible for maintaining a quality consistent, consolidated look across the MRTW category

• Work with merchandising teams to consider and incorporate commercial needs

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Experience and Knowledge

• An ‘all-rounder' interested in all aspects of the design process (creative, draping and tests on stand, textile development, fittings, and follow up)

• Previous experience working in a design role for a contemporary, high end brand

• Excellent experience in developing, organisation and sampling, working with developers internationally

• Collection range knowledge relating to sales and working with merchandising

• Market awareness of high-end contemporary product internationally as well as design influences – street/youth culture, fashion/design/culture history

• Exceptional technical knowledge

• Excellent computer skills (Photoshop, Illustrator and Excel)

• Adaptable, fast and proactive, with a high level of attention to detail

• Excellent communication skills

• Strong portfolio demonstrating technical drawings (Illustrator), sketches and colour mock-ups (Photoshop)