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Junior / Midweight Menswear Designer

2 months ago


London, United Kingdom PICANTE Full time
PICANTE is founded by Jude Taylor and Saam Zonoozi. Born from the love of food, friendship and travel, The fashion and lifestyle brand PICANTE has gone on to become a cult London-based label featured in publications including Vogue, HYPEBEAST, HighSnobiety, Complex, and GQ.

Alongside their mainline collections, the brand is on a mission to connect people through the ritual of food by collaborating with iconic restaurants and putting a luxury spin on merchandise.

PICANTE is currently recruiting for a industry leading junior / mid-weight menswear designer to work directly with the founders to design collections. From range planning to initial concepts to final designs, handing off tech packs and fabric assortments through to production. Whilst liaising with production and factories to ensure the critical path is met.

THE ROLE:

As a Menswear RTW designer you will be responsible for the design, creation, development and completion of each collection. Managing the full life cycle of each collection from design, product development, garment construction and production, through to styling and aftercare. You will work with the development team and in-house studio, working with external suppliers and freelancers, and working directly and reporting in to the company's directors.

The ideal candidate will have a clear understanding of the brand, it's key product and future product goals. You will be responsible for developing initial design ideas and developing concepts into collections that reflect the design vision and fulfils quality, fit, margin and critical path expectations.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

Ideating and designing menswear product.nDeveloping initial brand designs and concepts into final designs.nCreating initial tech packs and adjusting technical drawings as required.nComing up with new graphic designs.

Work closely with external product development team to:

Launch prototypes and full samples.nSourcing of fabrics and trims including fabric testing, strike-off and lab dip approvals.nCreate and maintain costings.nWork with external pattern cutters and sample machinists and ensure the critical path is maintained for each style.nManage the critical path for all samples with factories.nVisit new and existing factories to launch styles, monitor developments and maintain positive relationships.nLiaise closely with suppliers throughout development and mitigate any technical issues.nWork with new and existing suppliers.nEnsure all samples adhere to price and margin objectives.nCoordinate and attend all reviews and fittings feeding comments back to the relevant pattern cutters or factories.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

Degree in FashionnTech pack developmentnCAD illustrationsnAdobe Creative SuitenGraphic / illustration skills would be greatnFigma would be greatnExcelnExceptional organisation skills with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.nExcellent time management with the ability to multi-task and prioritise.nExcellent problem-solving and negotiation skills.nStrong knowledge of pattern and garment construction and finishing.nExcellent eye for detail.nCommitted to achieving excellent quality.nHands-on, positive team player with the ability to act quickly in a fast-paced environment.nFlexible to work through expansion and change adhering to processes.

THE CANDIDATE:

The ideal candidate must have exceptional design, product development and production experience working within RTW for a luxury or premium fashion brand. You must possess excellent fabric knowledge, numerical, garment construction and pattern cutting skills with experience working with suppliers, You must be a confident communicator with the ability to work with colleagues at a director level.

THE BITS YOU WANT TO KNOW:

Salary in line with experience.n5 days a week / 1 day WFH.nGreat team.nFree clothes.

PICANTE is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.

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