Head of Womenswear

We are seeking a highly creative and commercially minded Head of Womenswear to lead the development of innovative, high-performance product for the Craghoppers brand. In this key role, you will shape and deliver compelling womenswear ranges that blend style, functionality, and sustainability - ensuring every design reflects our brand identity, meets the highest standards of quality, and is delivered in line with critical calendar milestones.

• Collaborate with the buying and product teams to ensure products meet strategic direction and price targets
• Create concepts, fashion sketch ideas, shape silhouettes, and explore fabric and trim choices that push the collection forward.
• Research trends, references, and cultural shifts to keep the collection directional, relevant, and commercially aware ensuring product align with the brands strategy
• Excellent understanding of the market, key trends and our competitors offering
• Create working designs to establish handwriting for each season ensuring performance and function is considered
• Our Customers’ requirements are identified and met through working closely with relevant areas of the business
• Work within Branding guidelines ensuring product is synonymous with Craghoppers identity yet maintains a creative and directional flair.

• Trend-led commercial seasonal colour palettes are created that are relevant to our market
• Your knowledge of colour trends is always fresh and you keep the team updated on your research
• Responsible for buying colour standards & creating palettes in PLM.
• Generate print and graphic direction and artwork where required.

• Drive the creative process from research through to final design: mood boards, sketches, colour stories, silhouettes, CADs, and refinement for all categories across womenswear (outerwear, midlayers, jersey, legwear and accessories)
• Work alongside a skilled technical and product development team who will evolve your ideas into fully functional product using CLO 3D design software
• Work in CLO 3D to ensure designs are coloured up ready for development
• Create and maintain seasonal range plans in illustrator and PLM
• Work with Buying team to select and develop new fabrics where appropriate
• Communicate clearly with Buying and Product Development to ensure changes are clear through development cycle

• Bring clarity and inspiration to presentations, communicating your vision with confidence
• Ensure strategy reviews are prepared to a high standard
• Collaborate with menswear designer ensuring men's and women’s products are consistent across the ranges
• Collections are presented confidently at internal and external meetings
• Corporate calendar deadlines are adhered to
• Mentor design assistants, contributing to a strong creative culture

• New artwork is designed and developed in line with the brand’s plans and themes
• Handwriting is kept consistent

• Design qualification to degree level.
• Brand Awareness and product relevance
• 7+ years experience relevant experience in Design at a Senior level for a branded company designing across multiple category areas with significant outerwear experience.
• Experience range planning, with sales analysis and managing SKU count.
• Technical spec building, strong graphic skills, technical knowledge of clothing, People Management, presentation skills.
• A refined fashion handwriting and strong eye for shape, proportion, and detail.
• Strong sketching, illustration, and CAD abilities.
• Confident, collaborative, and comfortable working with product developers and technical specialists.
• Portfolio demonstrating contemporary fashion design with strong outerwear pieces.
• Computer literate, full understanding of Adobe Illustrator, Indesign, CAD software and Excel, Centric PLM or relevant alternative, CLO 3D Design.

• Profit Share Bonus:
  Enjoy a discretionary bonus based on the company's success.
• Future-Proof Pension:
  Secure your retirement with our comprehensive pension plan.
• Annual Leave: 25 days starting annual leave entitlement
• Loyalty Rewards:
  Earn an extra day off for every 3 years of…