Womenswear Designer

**Job Title**:Womenswear Designer

**Salary**:£35,000 - £45,000

**Role location**:19 Mossop Street, London

**Flexible working**:Our flexible working policy enables office teams in roles that can work remotely, to work one day a week from home, Tuesday to Friday.

**THE BAMFORD COLLECTION IS A GROUP OF CONSCIOUSLY MINDED LIFESTYLE BRANDS COMMITTED TO NOURISHING AND NURTURING PEOPLE AND PLANET.**

Daylesford, Bamford, and our hospitality group are part of an extraordinary group of businesses, based at Daylesford Organic farm in the heart of the Cotswolds.

**Daylesford - **The seed that grew into Daylesford Organic was sown over forty years ago when Carole Bamford recognised the importance and benefits of organic farming. What began as a simple passion for real food and a desire to feed our children better has grown into Daylesford as we know it today, one of the most sustainable farms and food retailers in the UK. A year after opening, Daylesford began making and sourcing household goods and homewares, a range that now encompasses a dedicated garden space and plant nursery. Daylesford’s flagship farmshop in the Cotswolds is complemented by 4 farmshops and cafes in central London, and a growing ecommerce platform.

**Bamford -** from its foundations offering sustainable body care, skincare, clothing and home, Bamford has grown into a wellbeing brand offering beautiful, effective, and ethical products in stores and across its range of spas.

**Daylesford Stays -** our hospitality division encompasses a collection of traditional Cotswold-stone cottages and modern British Inns; existing pubs The Wild Rabbit, The Fox at Oddington and The Maytime Inn will be joined by a further pub in the collection this year.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

**YOUR ROLE**
- Designing across multiple categories of dresses, trousers, jackets, outerwear, skirts from concept and sketching through to completion of product in stores.
- Collaborate with factories to work on diverse collections from small leather goods to activewear and other seasonal product requests.
- Interpret the company archive to inform and design exciting new silhouettes and contemporary shapes.
- Attention to detail on fabrics, trims, stitching, finishings, embroidery.
- Interpret the seasonal theme and inspiration to research fabric and colour concepts via fabric fairs and visual research etc.
- Responsible for developing collections that align with the brands strong design identity and vision.
- Present and communicate with sketching and mood boards to the product team and stakeholders, supervising the entire design process and technical decisions.
- Ownership of each product input into copy for wholesale and online selling, ensuring each product has all the correct information.

**SKILLS YOU WILL BRING**
- Graduated from a Fashion Design BA course or MA course
- 3+ years in a womenswear designer role in the luxury sector
- Highly creative and strong understanding of customer needs
- Excellent sensitivity to fabrication, colour detail and proportion
- Good knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and Microsoft Office suite
- Written and oral fluency in English
- Technical knowledge of woven, jersey and knitted fabrics
- Excellent technical hand drawing skills
- A good technical knowledge of garment construction, fit and working with natural fibres

**OUR BENEFITS**
- Daylesford & Bamford 30% discount | 60% discount on Bamford’s skincare range.
- 50% staff lunch discount.
- 10% Discount across our pub group.
- 33 days paid holiday, inclusive of public holidays.
- Team member of the month awarded £150 per month (added to your pay).
- Refer a Friend Scheme Bonus up to £750.
- Milestone awards years 1, 5, 10, 15, 20+
- 2x Company parties per year.
- Stakeholder pension scheme.
- Subsidised private medical insurance.