Knitwear Designer
| Ref: | MON12022 |
| Salary: | Competitive |
| Department: | Design |
| Location: | Notting Dale Village (London W11) |
| Position type: | Permanent |
| Hours / Duration: | 37.5 hours per week |
Our story began with one man and his vision that started on a hippy commune in Ibiza, 1970, and finished with an overland trip east, through Afghanistan and India. Now found in West London, we’re creating vibrant products, and sharing endless discovery.
We are built on a way of working that we are proud of, where values and ethics go hand in hand.
We are looking for a Knitwear Designer to lead and drive the knit department in developing and designing original ranges in line with overall Monsoon Accessorize brand strategy for the season which is in line with the handwriting and business objectives.
We are looking for an exceptional, best in class designer to join the team and drive new brand awareness with contemporary design focusing on colour, pattern and attention to detail.
What will you do as a Knitwear Designer?
- Trend research and Sourcing - Identify and present seasonal trends as appropriate for the Monsoon Accessorize brand including key fashion shapes, colours and pattern for the season.
- Contribute to and oversee strong and new reference material including industry knowledge and research for the department to use throughout the season.
- Compile strong reference material, including researching, catwalk trend and compiling mood boards and colour palettes.
- Source new seasonal yarns and update current yarn range.
- Ensure identified trends are completed through to sign off stage.
- Create unique, in-house collections which deliver newness and commerciality.
- Producing/creating design specs with detailed technical knitwear knowledge.
- Ownership of the knitwear category and deliver new collections for department.
- Daily communication with international suppliers on any technical enquiries.
- International travel will be required.
- Responsible for critical path planning of design time for Knitwear category and meeting deadlines.
- Presenting ranges to management and internal teams.
- Create pattern and stitch artworks including embroidery designs.
- Working closely with buying and wider design team to achieve ‘the look’ within price ranges.
- Working with the technical team, involved in 1st fit sessions, and any additional sessions required to develop the best product for our customers.
What will you need to succeed as a Knitwear Designer?
- Established Junior Designer or Designer with creative and technical ability to design knitwear collections, across all catagories.
- Understanding technical yarn capabilities including gauges, stitch, quality and sustainability.
- Passionate and enthusiastic.
- Self-motivated with an ability to work under own initiative.
- Confident and articulate communicator with an ability to build strong working relationships.
- Ability to deliver to tight timescales and work under pressure
- A good eye for knitwear product, colour and trends.
- Highly organized, and detailed orientated.
- Confident in presenting collections/concepts.
- Ability to demonstrate and understanding of ‘brand handwriting’
- CAD Skills- Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator
- Quick and accurate ability to hand sketch designs or Illustrator
- Confident with pitching ideas and presenting to wider teams
What will we offer you in return?
- Competitive salary
- 23 days holiday with the option to purchase additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Bonus day off each year after 6 months service
- A pension that you will automatically be enrolled in after 3 months
- Private Healthcare
- Life assurance (subject to participating in the pension scheme)
- A flexible working approach
- Early pay day Friday finish
- A generous staff discount with up to 50% discount on our products
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Additional discounts such as Westfield discount, Taste card membership etc
Please note all applications should include a portfolio and CV to be considered for the role advertised.
If this all sounds great and you feel you are who we are looking for, let us know and apply today!
At Monsoon Accessorize we don’t focus only on what we do, we also care about how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and an environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people and are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will also consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
We provide reasonable accommodations as needed to people with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at careers@monsoon.co.uk to request discuss any specific requirements.