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Head of Design

HEAD OF DESIGN | MENSWEAR LEAD | CREATIVE DIRECTION | INTERNATIONAL BRAND | £78,000 - £100,000 | HYBRID

An exciting, rare opportunity to join a well known, international powerhouse.

Commercially in-tune with who their customer is, this brand is experiencing a period of change in which a Head of Design is needed to ensure that the brands identity continues to dominate their market across lifestyle apparel & sportswear.

BENEFITS:

  • 25 days annual leave
  • Enhanced Pension
  • Private Healthcare
  • Birthdays off
  • Flexible, Core Hours
  • Life Assurance
  • Enhanced; Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
  • Hefty Discounts
  • Volunteering Leave

AS THE HEAD OF DESIGN

You will be a natural leader with the ability to navigate your large team into executing exceptionally commercial product ranges.

An Overview of Responsibilities Include:

  • Oversee a large team from Assistant to Senior level
  • Collectively carve out the concept and direction of each season for the total business
  • Set the departmental critical path, not only understanding the impact for Design, but cross-functionally with other internal stakeholders (Sourcing, Buying, Merchandising and Marketing).
  • Understand all consumer profiles, whilst maximising product opportunity with all consumers, old and new
  • Explore and strategise clear architectures throughout styles & blocks which feature throughout ranges through core lines to trend and trials
  • Ability to trade in season, executing smaller collections to be reactive

Key Attributes Required:

  • Supportive
  • Empathy
  • Creative, Innovative thinker
  • Strategic
  • Logical
  • Future Thinker
  • Brave, Bold & Direct

Zachary Daniels is a Niche, National & International Recruitment Consultancy.

Specialising in Buying, Merchandising & Ecommerce | Design, Technical, Wholesale & Production | Finance | HR & Talent | H&S & Compliance | Marketing, Digital & Technology | Property & Centre Management | Retail, Trade, Leisure & Wholesale Operations | Senior Appointments & Exec | Sales | Supply Chain & Logistics

BBBH31138

Head of Design

Birmingham, West Midlands
Contract
no work experience required
Head of Department

Published on 12 Jul 2024

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