Menswear Designer

Manchester Office Based with Flexible hours

Department:

Creative / Design

Reports To:

Head of Menswear and Creative Director

The Couture Club is a contemporary men's and women's fashion brand rooted in modern luxury, street-inspired design, and strong brand storytelling. We pride ourselves on creating elevated apparel that blends trend-led graphics with timeless brand identity. Creativity, attention to detail, and authenticity are at the core of everything we do.

As Menswear Designer, you will be the driving force behind our seasonal collections, translating cultural shifts and high-level creative vision into market-leading products. Reporting to the Head of Menswear and Creative Director, you will support the end-to-end design process — from initial concept and range building to final production and wholesale delivery.

• Trend & Cultural Analysis: Interpret global cultural shifts and emerging menswear trends to ensure The Couture Club is leading in the menswear market
• Market Awareness: Maintain a deep understanding of our aspirational peers and direct competitors to identify white-space opportunities
• Brand Alignment: Collaborate closely with the Head of Product to ensure every garment aligns with the brand’s DNA and overarching seasonal vision
• Creative Mindset: Bring a proactive, can-do attitude, encouraging an environment of innovation and high-level creative problem-solving

• Silhouette & Construction: Have rounded experience of working within different categories and understanding different fabrications and garment construction, constantly bringing newness to silhouette and analysing current blocks for improvements
• Franchises & Jersey: Jersey is a key element of our menswear range. Experience with in jersey is vital in pushing our jersey franchises and ranges forward, including the ability to brief and collaborate with our in-house graphic designer in reimagining our jersey logos and bringing innovation to wash, shape and fabrication
• Fabrication & Quality: Source and select premium materials, demonstrating an understanding of weight, compositions, and durability to maintain our premium market positioning
• CAD & Tech Packs: Produce industry-leading CADs and comprehensive tech packs that minimise error and ensure a high first-time sample hit rate
• Fit & Garment Tech: Lead fit sessions in collaboration with Garment Tech, refining proportions to achieve innovative and commercial silhouettes

• Range Building: Responsible for the architecture of the menswear range, ensuring a balanced mix of core staples, seasonal drops, and high-fashion statement pieces
• Commercial Awareness: The ability to read trade data and sales performance to inform future developments, ensuring creativity is always balanced with commercial viability
• The Full Lifecycle: Oversee the journey of a garment from the initial tech pack stage through to its launch, with accountability for the range
• Sign-off Ownership: Manage the calendar for design reviews and director sign-offs, ensuring the collection meets all deadlines

• Overseas Development: Confidently lead development trips to overseas factories to oversee sampling, troubleshoot production issues, and source new innovations
• Supplier Partnerships: Build and maintain collaborative relationships with suppliers to ensure we are seeing and developing the newest products and fabrics
• Team Management: Manage and mentor junior design members, ensuring their growth and ensuring the output of the team meets the brand’s high standards
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Build strong relationships within the product team to ensure effective collaboration across design, buying and production

• Experience: 3–5 years of design experience within a premium menswear brand
• Agility: Proven experience working in a drop model and understanding the concept of designing in collections
• Communication: The ability to communicate design vision to both internal stakeholders and external suppliers
• Experience at a premium or contemporary brand with a graphics-led…