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 childrenswear.
• 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.