Senior Textile Designer s Finest Luxury Textiles & Fabrics

If you're a creative textile designer with a love of weave, this is an outstanding opportunity to take ownership of the fabrics side of an internationally recognised luxury brand's design studio. Perhaps you're in a larger studio where you only get to contribute to one part of the process. You've got more ideas than you're able to use, and you're ready for real ownership, creative freedom and the chance to make a visible impact.

Let's take you back to 1992... A Story Woven in Discovery Born in South Africa with an adventurous spirit and a passion for discovery, our founder Bernie de Le Cuona set out to find the world's finest natural fibres and artisans. The result was de Le Cuona : linens unlike anything seen before, wonderfully soft, beautifully textured and enriched by a colour palette inspired by Africa's landscapes.

We're now looking for a talented Senior Textile Designer to join our Windsor studio and help shape the next chapter of our woven fabric collections.

Senior Textile Designer

Competitive Salary + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Windsor, Berkshire | Fully Office-Based | Parking Available | Direct Rail Links from Richmond, Putney & London Waterloo

Full Time - Permanent | Monday to Friday, 9am-6pm

Reporting to:
Design Manager

Sector:
Luxury Interiors | Premium Textiles | Woven Fabric Design

• Woven Textile Design
• Weave Structures
• Fabric Development
• Furnishing Fabrics
• Collection Development
• Yarns & Natural Fibres
• Colour & Texture
• Adobe Photoshop
• Illustrator
• CAD
• Mill Collaboration

Award-winning luxury textiles and accessories, responsibly crafted from the world's finest natural fibres, including flax, wool, silk, hemp, cashmere and alpaca, plus a bespoke interior tailoring service.

Our studio is small, close-knit and full of ideas. It's three of us: our Design Manager, an accessories designer, and you. Just as our accessories designer owns accessories, you'll take ownership of fabric development and run with it, freeing our Design Manager to focus on management, strategy and planning. Weave sits at the heart of what we do. You'll take fabrics from first inspiration through to sampling, production and launch, experimenting with structure, yarn, colour and texture, and working closely with specialist mills and artisans to bring your ideas to life.

Our look is distinctive and quietly confident, so you'll channel your creativity into the de Le Cuona aesthetic, pushing boundaries while staying true to who we are. With two collection launches a year, plus bespoke projects and exclusive collaborations with other luxury brands, there's plenty of variety. If you want to get involved in sourcing, supplier meetings or presenting collections to our sales team, the opportunity is there.

• Designing original woven fabrics, exploring weave structures, yarns, colour, texture and finishes.
• Owning fabric development projects from concept and research through sampling, production and launch.
• Giving mills, suppliers and artisans clear, confident creative and technical direction.
• Managing timelines, sampling, specifications, deliveries and studio documentation, including SAP and launch trackers.
• Researching trends, archives and innovations, including at UK and international trade shows, and spotting gaps in the range.
• Sourcing innovative yarns, fabrics, trims and materials.
• Presenting concepts using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and CAD.
• Partnering with Marketing on launches, photoshoots and special projects.
• Bringing energy to the studio, and stepping in confidently when the Design Manager is away.

You're a passionate, imaginative designer who understands how woven cloth is made and gets a buzz from seeing ideas become finished products. You're as comfortable managing the practical detail as you are pitching new ideas, and in a small team you bring a genuine can-do attitude.

• Typically 5+ years in a textile design role within a UK design studio, ideally in luxury interiors or furnishing fabrics.
• Hands-on woven design experience. If your background is mainly print, time in a weave studio is essential.
• A strong understanding of weave structures, yarns, fabric composition and manufacturing processes.
• Experience taking fabrics from concept to launch and working directly with mills or manufacturers.
• Advanced Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator skills.
• A portfolio showing original ideas and launched or finished woven work.
• Excellent organisation and the…