Senior Designer - Womenswear Tailoring

Location: South East London

We are working with an established fashion business to recruit an experienced Senior Tailoring Designer to join their team. This is an exciting opportunity for a fashion-forward, commercial and contemporary Designer who has a strong understanding of tailoring but brings a modern, relevant approach to the category. We are specifically looking for someone with a strong and distinctive design handwriting who understands soft, contemporary tailoring.

You will be working across a varied portfolio of high-profile fashion and retail accounts you will need to understand how to interpret emerging trends and translate them into commercially relevant product for different customer profiles. Main Responsibilities Will Include:

- Designing contemporary, fashion-forward tailoring ranges across multiple key customer accounts.

- Researching and interpreting seasonal trends, translating these into relevant and commercially viable product.

- Creating product that balances strong fashion direction with customer requirements, price points and commercial considerations.

- Working hands-on throughout the full design and development process, from initial concept through to final product.

- Demonstrating a strong understanding of fabrics, construction, fit and garment development within tailoring.

- Working closely with internal teams, customers and suppliers to develop ranges and respond to briefs.

- Adapting design direction and product handwriting to suit the needs of different customers and market levels.

- Presenting ranges, concepts and new product ideas confidently to customers.

- Identifying opportunities to evolve and grow the tailoring category.

- Managing and mentoring a Junior Designer, providing creative direction and supporting their development.

- Keeping up to date with emerging trends, competitor activity and wider market developments.

Person Specification:

- Previous experience within fashion design, with significant experience in tailoring.

- Previous experience working within a fashion supplier and/or retail environment.

- A strong fashion eye with a contemporary, trend-led and commercial approach.

- Experience designing soft, modern tailoring rather than purely traditional or classic tailoring.

- Excellent technical understanding of tailoring, including garment construction, fit and development.

- Strong fabric knowledge and an understanding of how fabric choice influences silhouette, construction and commerciality.

- A hands-on designer who is comfortable getting into the detail and being involved throughout the development process.

- Confident, collaborative and commercially aware, with the ability to build strong relationships internally and with customers.