Womenswear Soft Wovens Designer

Location: South East London

We are recruiting for a leading supplier working with major supermarkets and large UK retailers, who are looking for a Softs Wovens Designer across womenswear to join the team. Based in London, this is a customer-facing role suited to a commercially driven designer with a feminine, trend-led handwriting and the confidence to present ideas clearly and persuasively to key retail accounts.

You will play a central role in delivering trend-right, highly wearable soft woven ranges that meet the needs of high-volume retail environments and align with customer briefs and trading strategies. Main Responsibilities will include:
Design and develop commercially focused soft woven ranges tailored to supermarket and large retail customers, aligning with briefs, target price points and volume requirements Present ranges, concepts and design updates to key retail customers with confidence, adapting presentation style to different stakeholders Translate trends into feminine, accessible product, ensuring designs are highly commercial, scalable and suitable for large-volume production Maintain strong commercial awareness across bestsellers, competitor activity and retail performance to inform relevant and profitable design decisions Work closely with internal teams to ensure designs are delivered on time and in line with customer expectations, supporting the full product lifecycle Contribute to short lead development where required, ensuring speed to market while maintaining a consistent feminine aesthetic and quality

Person Specification:

Proven experience designing soft wovens within a supplier environment, ideally working with supermarkets or large UK retailers, with a strong understanding of high-volume retail requirements Confident and credible in customer-facing situations, with the ability to build relationships and influence key retail partners A feminine, trend-aware design handwriting with the ability to interpret trends into commercially successful product Neat, feminine and highly considered handwriting, with excellent attention to detail across all presentation work Highly organised, proactive and comfortable working at pace across multiple accounts, reacting to the fast-moving nature of supermarket and large retail business Experience working with short lead times is advantageous