Apparel Designer

Apparel Designer

Watford

£30,000 to £32,000 ( depending on qualifications/experience)

Full Time Office Based - Monday to Friday

One to One Personnel is proud to be working with our global brand client who is looking to hire an Apparel Designer to join their team at their head offices based in Watford.

To be considered for this role you must have a minimum of 2 years’ Apparel Designer/Industry experience.

Requirements

• 2 years’ minimum industry experience
• Great communication and organisational skills
• Flexible approach to be able to adjust to changing needs of the business
• Used to working under pressure and in a fast paced environment
• Self-motivated, able to manage own workload and be a team player
• Confident communicator and highly organised

Roles and Responsibilities

• Researching trends and key items seasonally.
• Prepare relevant and creative research on themes, colours and fabrics based on the seasonal brief
• Initiate original design sketches/technical specs for all the styles following the seasonal brief
• Research and maintain knowledge of relevant sportswear trends and history to advise on silhouettes, finishes and suitability of fabrics etc
• Putting together mood and trend boards
• Working closely with the Sales Team and the Head of Design to range build seasonally and helping on the daily workload wherever needed
• Keep up to date records of all design and development for each style, fabrication details and print
• Put together spec sheets and technical packs for the designs
• To follow range plans and critical paths and ensure that all deadlines are respected and strictly adhered to
• Attending fit session and implement changes into specs and tech packs. Communicate the changes to the relevant suppliers
• Being responsible for the delivery of the development samples within given timeline and for their organisation and storage within the office space
• Responsible for the content creation of seasonal catalogues
• Attend customer meetings and work on SMU style design briefs
• Travel to different location when needed for meeting with clients, brands owner, collaborators

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
• Additional days holiday between Christmas and New Year if the Directors decide to close the business
• Standard working hours 9 to 5:30 - 30 min lunch = 40 hours a week
• 1-day WFH after probation and training at the company’s sole discretion (non-contractual)
• Workplace Pension Scheme
• 60% Discount on our products that we have on Ecommerce
• Sample sales 2+ times a year
• Short Leave - with pre-approval from Line Manager to take up to 2 hours off without deduction from holiday allowance
• Statutory sick pay
• Annual pay review and/or bonus at the Directors discretion

If you have all the skills above and feel this is the role for you, please do not hesitate to contact us at 121 Personnel on or forward your CV to