Junior Designer (Tailoring) - Friends Like These

Location | Head Office, Tottenham Court Road, London

Working style | Hybrid

About Friends like these.

Introducing Friends like these…, the London-based fashion brand that’s elevating the everyday, with signature silhouettes, statement prints and new-season stories

Role Purpose

Drive the process of design and development of the tailoring department, building a balanced, comprehensive offer with required pricing structure and margin. Offer newness combined with commerciality and a strong affinity for fast fashion influenced by the latest catwalk and trend prediction

Role Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for the design, development and delivery of relevant and trend led product for a certain product area
• Presenting new product ranges to management and buying teams
• Creating mood and trend boards seasonally, plus colour direction
• Travelling to India and China to develop product and range build
• Highlight key items, details and fabrications
• Understanding pricing-margins- design to price point
• Working closely with buying and merchandising to build department strategy
• To continually aim to develop yourself, asking your Line Manager for support and guidance.
• Collaborate with the Design Manager and Design team to build seasonal trends and concepts for the brand.
• To complete any other duties as reasonably requested by the company to ensure the continuous development of the business

Role Requirements:

• Eye for colour, trends, and fashion
• Previous design experience from high street fashion retailer/supplier
• Excellent hand sketching and technical garment drawing skills
• Demonstrates an awareness of the retail industry
• Demonstrates accountability to deliver within role and drive the right results
• Helpful and approachable, always willing to extend help
• Demonstrates an awareness of trends and impact of potential threats and opportunities
• Proactive, vibrant and spirited and rises to challenges
• Ability to manage own time and work to deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail
• Thinks above and beyond role
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to be privy to highly confidential information and ensure it remains so
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Passion for your dedicated brand