Apparel Designer

Overview

Footasylum is looking for a highly motivated and passionate Apparel Designer to join Footasylum's in-house “Own Brand” Design team at Footasylum’s Head Office in Rochdale. Footasylum is home to multiple brands across men’s, women’s, kid’s, and accessories.

The successful candidate should have a minimum of 2/3 years’ previous experience working within a Highstreet fashion role. This should be supported with a relevant portfolio.

This role gives a great opportunity to the right candidate to work on Footasylum’s “own brands” such as Zavetti Canada, KWD, Alessandro Zavetti, and many more, with excellent progression opportunities.

Footasylum is a rapidly growing team of diverse talented individuals with a passion for all things fashion. Footasylum's aim is to help create an environment where you can achieve, progress, and develop. You will be supported in your journey, and Footasylum will celebrate your progression with you.

Responsibilities

• Research & contribute to the creation of seasonal collections collaboratively with Brand Manager / Buyer - including researching customer profile, new trends, high street competitors with a focus on commerciality for brand awareness and regional awareness of brand-consumer.
• Work with the Senior Design team to help create a design strategy for each brand/season, trend overviews, and design collections. You'll take ideas from the initial design concept and demonstrate advanced understanding of clear concise technical CAD design specifications, creating within specified time frame.
• Working closely with Footasylum's “own brand” Buyers/brand managers and Product developers to participate in fit sessions.
• Full understanding of Children's safety standard guidelines and feedback to the team.
• Working with factories in Turkey, China, Pakistan and building strong relationships and assisting on branded development and production trips (may include weekends).
• Travel to both UK stores and overseas on development trips for inspiration (may include evenings and weekends).
• Maintaining planners and PO’s to ensure orders are sent and the development and production overviews are up to date.
• Attend weekly trade meetings and feed back to the teams.
• Monitoring and supporting the Junior Designers to deliver clear concise technical CAD design specifications, checking Tech packs before sending.
• Self-motivated and have good time management with the ability to adapt.