Designer - Friends like These
Designer - Friends like These
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Location Head Office Tottenham Court Road London
Working style Hybrid
About Friends like these
Friends Like These is for the go-getter - shes strong feminine and always on the move so we offer her a gorgeous wardrobe line-up she can bank on every time.
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a talented Designer to join our passionate and creative Friends like These Team. You will lead the process of design and development of the department building a balanced comprehensive offer with required pricing structure and margin. Offer newness combined with commerciality and a strong affinity for fast fashion influenced by the latest catwalk and trend predictions. If youre innovative driven and thrive in a fast-paced environment this is the role for you.
You will..
- Contribute to the design development and delivery of feminine trend led knitwear and jersey products
- Work closely with the Design and Buying teams to create best selling styles
- Present new product ranges to management and buying teams
- Create mood and trend boards seasonally plus colour palettes and print research
- Liaise with factories and suppliers on a daily basis ensuring smooth relationships and quality sampling
- Identify new opportunities for trends and sourcing through strong relationships and collaboration with your Buying team suppliers and factories
- Delegate work to shared Design Assistant
- Attend inspirational trips across Europe
- Travel overseas to develop product and range build
- Produce concepts trends and storyboards
- Understand pricing-margins- design to price point
- Liaise with production on all order approvals and costing issues
Your Talent
- Experienced in knitwear and jersey is essential
- Eye for colour trends and fashion
- Previous design experience from high street fashion retailer/supplier
- Able to drive and influence product vision and direction
- Excellent free-hand fashion illustration skills
- Excellent technical garment drawing skills
- Demonstrates an awareness of the retail industry
- Demonstrates accountability to deliver within role and drive the right results
- Helpful and approachable always willing to extend help
- Demonstrates an awareness of trends and impact of potential threats and opportunities
- Proactive vibrant and spirited and rises to challenges
- Ability to manage own time and work to deadlines
- Excellent attention to detail
- Thinks above and beyond role
- Strong communication skills (communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in
- writing)
- Strong interpersonal skills
What we can do for you
- 25% off a huge selection of Next Lipsy GAP and Victorias Secret products & 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Hot deals and exclusive offers from over 3500 retailers through Perks At Work
- We recognise hard work with our company performance-based bonus
- Life Assurance
- Join our Next Sharesave Scheme
- Digital GP Service for help at home
- Lesson the impact with our Annual Travel Card Loan
- Never miss a package and with Direct to Desk delivery
- Bag a bargain at our sample sales
- Hybrid & flexible working across the business to support your work-life balance
- Learn develop and grow with our personal development plans
- Enjoy more time with friends and family with Early Bank Holiday finishes
- Join in the fun with our year-round office events
Diversity & Inclusion
At Lipsy Group we recognise that our differences are what make us who we are. We want people to want to work for us and be their true selves. We are dedicated to attracting and developing a talent team and recognise that all unique backgrounds and experiences contribute to our future success.
We want to create an inclusive and inspiring environment where individuals feel valued and respected and where people can achieve their full potential and be their very best whoever they are.
Wellbeing
We believe that wellbeing is having the opportunity to achieve your full potential cope with day to day pressures be productive and thrive in all aspects of your life. We encourage a culture that promotes and enables us all to achieve positive wellbeing by focusing on mental physical and financial health.
Employment Type
Full-Time
