Join a team designing girlswear collections for some of the biggest licensed brands, with products featured across leading high street stores and online retailers. This is a hybrid position based in London or Leicester.
THE COMPANY
Our client is one of Europe's largest suppliers of licensed apparel and accessories, partnering with leading high street and online retailers across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
THE ROLE
As Senior Girls Wear Designer, you will be responsible for leading the design and development of trend-led licensed apparel collections across younger and older girls wear categories. Working closely with customers, licensors, suppliers and internal teams, you will turn brand assets into successful collections.
Key responsibilities:
- Research seasonal trends, colours, graphics and competitor activity.
- Create fresh girls wear designs using licensed character artwork and brand guidelines.
- Develop graphics and prints, including placement artwork, typography, all-over prints and trend-driven design concepts.
- Lead product development from concept to production, working closely with suppliers and development teams.
- Produce accurate CADs, artwork and technical specifications, ensuring all design files are production-ready and commercially viable.
- Present concepts, mood boards and seasonal ranges to customers and internal stakeholders.
- Create commercially relevant designs that align with customer briefs, budgets and retail needs.
- Support and mentor junior designers, providing creative guidance and helping maintain quality and consistency across collections.
- Manage multiple projects and seasonal deadlines, ensuring work is delivered on time.
THE PERSON
You should have relevant experience in girls wear, children's wear, licensed apparel or graphic-led fashion design, with a strong portfolio that demonstrates original graphics, print development and commercially successful collections. Experience working with licensed brands and translating character artwork into apparel designs will be highly beneficial.
Advanced Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills are essential, alongside a strong understanding of garment construction, fabrics, print techniques and apparel production processes. You should be confident creating CADs, technical specifications and production-ready artwork, as well as presenting ideas to customers and stakeholders.
It is important that you have a strong understanding of the UK retail market and are comfortable designing for diffrent age groups, particularly across younger and older girls wear. Experience working with overseas suppliers and licensed children's brands would be advantageous.
WHAT TO EXPECT
- Searchlight only advertises active roles
- Your details will be sent directly to the Consultant who is handling this role
- We aim to respond to candidates within 14 days.
If this role isn’t quite right, but you would like us to have your CV on file, please send it to sroffice@searchlight.global.
Searchlight strives to promote equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
To learn more about Searchlight, see: https://searchlight.global/
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