Design Manager - Jersey

We are recruiting on behalf of a highly successful and growing fashion company for an experienced Design Manager to join their London-based team. This is a key leadership position, responsible for driving the creative direction and product strategy across multiple fashion categories, while managing and developing a talented design team. You will bring a strong commercial mindset, exceptional trend awareness, and extensive experience within a fast-paced fashion environment.

This role would suit a proven design leader with a passion for product innovation, team development, and delivering commercially successful collections for major retail customers. Main Responsibilities Will Include:
Leading, mentoring, and developing a team of designers across multiple product categories. Driving seasonal trend research, range planning, and collection development across. Overseeing the design and development process from concept through to final product. Creating commercially relevant collections that align with customer requirements and market opportunities. Working closely with product development, sourcing, technical, and merchandising teams to ensure a seamless product lifecycle.

Presenting design concepts, trend direction, and seasonal collections to customers and internal stakeholders. Identifying new product opportunities through market analysis, trend forecasting, and competitor research. Building and maintaining strong relationships with key retail customers and international partners. Supporting business growth through innovative product development and customer-focused design solutions. Undertaking international travel as required.

Person Specification:

Previous experience as a Design Manager or Senior Designer with a vast amount of experience within fashion design. Previous experience managing, mentoring, and developing design teams. Strong product development experience across jersey, knitwear or related fashion categories. Experience working across womenswear, menswear, and/or children swear. Excellent understanding of trend forecasting, fabric development, garment construction, and product innovation. Strong commercial awareness with the ability to translate trends into profitable product ranges.

Confident presenting to customers, Buyers, and senior stakeholders. Excellent communication, organisational, and leadership skills. Passionate about product, innovation, and delivering market-leading collections.