Senior Knitwear Designer

Senior Knitwear Designer
Full-Time (4 days in office, 1 day from home)
Kingston-on-Thames

Crew Clothing Company was founded in Salcombe in 1993. Today Crew
is a great British brand, and our success lies in our authentic passion for
producing great looking, well made clothes. We now have more than 130 stores and a thriving website, and the business continues to grow.

Our people are at the heart of our company. With a passion for
exceptional service, and a love for our product, our team is dedicated to
offering the best customer experience – nothing is too much trouble.

Purpose of the role:
To be an integral part of the
Crew design team, responsible for knitwear product design of the
brand, overseeing the delivery of the
range in partnership with the brand product / buying teams.
To work within the Management
Team to deliver the design strategy and develop ways to build the brand,
strengthen market position and increase profit.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Works
  as an integral part of the Crew design team, operates as a strategic
  designer, demonstrating best practice.


• Builds
  effective relationships and Influences effectively at all levels to
  inspire and debate key issues in order to get the best commercial results


• Demonstrates
  full ownership and responsibility for the knitwear and jersey ranges.


• A
  brand ambassador who represents the brand externally with credibility,
  confidence and professionalism, ensuring positive outcomes for the brand
  in terms of profile and authority.


• Can
  work on ad hoc projects

• Offers
  advice and helps find solutions to the junior members of the team Acts as the driving force


• Provides strong and consistent product, balancing
  the range to include development of seasonal key looks, fashion items and
  essential pieces appropriate for the Crew customer


• Works closely with design director, HOFs and
  B&M to generate and communicate key product and brand ‘handwriting’, continuously critiques and develops new ideas to
  move the brand forward to stay ahead of the competition


• Displays an in-depth, customer-focused knowledge of
  market and trends


• Contributes to the successful management of
  product-focused aspects of key events such as range sign off, SMS


• Continually
  drive improvements and ensure maximum efficiency and high performance


• Design
  within a price architecture to deliver best value

Key Skills & Experience:

• Excellent
  creative flair with the ability to drive knitwear and
  predict forthcoming moods, trends, themes


• Creative
  thinker with the ability to develop the full potential of the department
  from projects and to take advantage of new developments


• Combines
  a creative, innovative approach with commercial ideas


• Self-starter
  


• Strong
  team player


• The
  proven ability to drive performance of external as well as internal teams


• Enthusiasm,
  energy and determination to achieve results


• Excellent
  interpersonal skills – being able to quickly establish effective
  relationships at all levels (internal and external) with gravitas and
  strength


• Strong
  and convincing presentation skills – able to get ideas across quickly and
  effectively and gain relevant buy-in and support


• Strong
  technical skills – from idea generation to collation to output of work


• Working
  within budget guidelines