Men's Knitwear Designer

Tagged Resources client seeks an experienced Men’s Knitwear Designer with a strong understanding of commercial design, garment construction and the technical aspects of knitwear development to join their design team in Manchester.

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative, commercially minded designer to develop seasonal collections across several of our in-house brands, while working closely with UK and global contract customers.

The role of Men's Knitwear Designer:

• Develop seasonal stock collections across several in-house brands.
• Work from customer briefs to create and present relevant collections that meet their style, colour and commercial direction across both UK and global contract customers.
• Create accurate technical packs for initial sample development, including colourway options and amendments through to production.
• Create profiles for ordered styles on our PLMS database to enable orders to be raised by the Merchandise team.
• Liaise closely with our China and Bangladesh offices and work collaboratively with Senior Management, Sales, Garment Technologists and Merchandisers.
• Monitor market and high-street trends, translating them into commercially relevant knitwear collections.
• Support the wider design and product development process as required.

What Tagged Resources is looking for:

• Can combine strong creative ability with excellent technical knowledge and commercial awareness.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar men’s knitwear design role.
• Strong creative design skills and an excellent understanding of garment construction.
• Excellent Adobe Illustrator/CAD skills.
• Strong communication skills and proven experience working with global suppliers.
• Sound technical knowledge of stitch techniques, knitting times, yarn counts and gauges.
• Strong commercial awareness, with a good eye for interpreting and adapting high-street trends, colour and key seasonal directions.
• Exceptional organisational skills and excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a wider team.
• A current CV and portfolio demonstrating relevant men’s knitwear experience.

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Please be aware the duties listed above are an interpretation of the role and do not form any part of your employment contract. Please ask the interviewer any questions about the role that you wish to clarify.

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