Job Title: Midweight Womenswear Designer
About the Business
Our client is a contemporary fashion brand rooted in modern luxury and street-inspired design. Operating within the premium fashion market, the brand is recognised for blending trend-led graphics with a strong and consistent brand identity.
With a clear creative vision and ambitious growth plans, the business works to a dynamic drop model, launching seasonal collections and statement pieces that resonate with a culturally aware customer base. Collaboration, innovation and commercial awareness sit at the core of the organisation’s approach to product development.
Location: Manchester
Working Pattern: Hybrid 4/1
Salary: £28,000 - £35,000
Ideal Experience Required: 3–5 years
The Role
As Midweight Womenswear Designer, you will support and contribute to the creative direction of seasonal collections, translating cultural insights and high-level vision into commercially successful product ranges. Reporting to the Senior Womenswear Designer, you will be a part of the end-to-end design process from initial concept through to production and wholesale delivery.
This is a hands-on role requiring a balance of creativity, technical expertise and commercial awareness. You will play a key role in shaping the womenswear range architecture, driving innovation across core categories, and ensuring the brand remains competitive within the premium market.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Design and Product Development
- Design across multiple womenswear categories with strong knowledge of silhouette, construction and fabrication.
- Contribute to the development of key franchises and seasonal ranges, collaborating with in-house graphic design where required.
- Source and select premium fabrics, understanding weight, composition and durability to maintain market positioning.
- Produce high-quality CAD drawings and detailed tech packs to support strong first-time sample approval rates.
- Lead fit sessions alongside Garment Technology, refining proportions and improving existing blocks.
Strategic Range Management
- Support the development of a balanced womenswear range, incorporating core staples, seasonal drops and fashion-led statement pieces.
- Review trade and sales data to inform future developments, ensuring creativity remains commercially viable.
- Oversee the lifecycle of garments from concept through to launch.
- Support design review timelines and sign-off milestones to ensure adherence to the critical path.
Supply Chain and International Development
- Support overseas development trips where required to manage sampling and resolve production challenges.
- Build and maintain collaborative supplier relationships to ensure access to relevant fabrics and product developments.
Key Skills and Experience
- 3–5 years’ design experience within a premium womenswear brand.
- Experience operating within a drop model and seasonal collection structure.
- Strong understanding of multi-category womenswear development.
- High level of technical proficiency in CAD and tech pack creation.
- Deep knowledge of fabric sourcing, garment construction and fit development.
- Commercial awareness with the ability to interpret sales data.
- Confident communicator with experience working with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
If you are a Midweight Womenswear Designer seeking the opportunity to contribute to seasonal direction and shape a premium womenswear range within a fast-moving, culturally aware brand, this role offers creative ownership and meaningful impact.
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