Knitwear Designer

We are recruiting for an experienced Knitwear Designer with a passion for true fast fashion knitwear to join a well-established supplier to a wide portfolio of UK retailers & brands. This opportunity offers in-house sampling facilities for you to see your designs develop from concept to sample!

Knitwear Designer - The Role

• You will identify and translate the must have trends for fast fashion ladies/mens knitwear
• Liaise with customers, attend presentations as and when required
• Understand garment construction and production constraints
• Produce detailed tech packs and liaise with suppliers & factories confidently
• Develop new trims and fabrics with fads and fast fashion in mind
• Identify and update bestsellers to drive repeat business

Knitwear Designer - The Candidate

• Minimum of 2-3 years commercial knitwear design experience
• Excellent knowledge of yarns, knit gauges and structures.
• Highly creative and trend driven with a true connection to knitwear design.
• Excellent CAD skills ideally with Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Must be able to work in a fast paced fashion environment.
• Good understanding of garment construction and in particular knitwear manufacturing methods.
• Able to work on their own - take initiative and work as part of a team.

CVs without accompanying relevant artwork will not be considered.

Please submit via email a CV and a covering letter in a word document format stating current salary, together with separate examples of your design work in a PDF format (max. 5MB) to -

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We regret that due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our vacancies, if you do not hear from one of our consultants within 5 days then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this role.

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