Fashion & Lifestyle Recruitment

Designer - Nightwear Cheshire - Hybrid available This is a unique opportunity to join a thriving company, offering excellent potential to drive your career forwards. My client is the UK’s market leading supplier of adult and children’s nightwear, supplying mainly character nightwear to major High Street retailers and Ecommerce companies in the UK. A vacancy has arisen for an experienced Designer. You will be: Ensure high service levels are provided and newness in design is given. Proficient in Adobe Software, including Illustrator and Photoshop (minimum 2-3 years’ experience) See concept designs through to production, working closely with buyers and factories to ensure the brief is met. Work closely with technologists and merchandisers, to ensure products fit and find solutions to any problems in production. Researching trends, and creating mood boards for new projects and seasons ahead. Collaborate with other creatives in the Design team to ensure a common vision and consistent branding across the business. Attending customer meetings and prepare for presentations. Design to a brief and amend as buyer requests, display experience of liaising with buyers requests and demands. Creating exclusive designs, with awareness of cost and factory restrictions. Prepare design packs, including technical drawing and size specs. Thorough understanding of the current market and research of retailers to ensure handwriting is in line. Manage day to day work load, working closely with buyers and factories to ensure deadlines are met for samples and designs. Develop new products with the factories from research, requesting new fabrics and embellishments. Reasonable travel, including factory visits and regular comparative shopping in the UK and overseas. Experience with Licensed clothing is essential A competitive salary and hybrid working is on offer for the perfect candidate. If this sounds like it could be you, we’d love to hear more

Men’s Graphic Designer Manchester Are you a creative powerhouse with a passion for menswear? We are looking for a talented Men’s Graphic Designer to join our clients' dynamic design team at their head office in Manchester. In this role, you will bring fresh ideas to life, shaping the visual identity of upcoming menswear collections from concept to production. The role will involve the following: Developing seasonal graphics across several in-house brands for printed t-shirts, fleece, woven shirts and Christmas character graphic knitwear (no knitwear experience required). Working to customer briefs to present relevant graphics that satisfy their style and colour direction for both UK & global contract customers. Creating technical packs for sample development and fine tuning with colourway options for production (full training will be provided). Creating style profiles for ordered styles to be raised by our merchandise department. Liaising with our offices and suppliers abroad. Requirements: Minimum of two year’s experience in a similar men’s graphic design role. Strong creative design skills with a basic understanding of garment construction. Excellent Illustrator CAD skills. AI skills would be a bonus. Strong communication skills. Commercially aware with a good eye to adapt high street trends and colour. Exceptionally well organised with good attention to detail. Able to work as part of a team. CV with a current portfolio.

Junior Knitwear Designer - Menswear Manchester Our client is a design house and clothing importer based in Manchester supplying the UK, mainland Europe and rest of world high street retailers. We are seeking a junior Men’s Knitwear Designer to join their design team based at their head office in Manchester. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of one year industry experience of true men’s knitwear and will be required to have a flexible and conscientious approach. The role will involve the following: The focus is to work closely with the Men’s Knitwear Design Director to develop seasonal collections for priority contract customers. To also be involved in the development of stock collections across several in-house brands. Working to customer briefs to present design work that satisfies style and colour direction for both UK and global contract customers. Creating technical packs for initial sample development and fine tuning with colourway options for production. Creating profiles for ordered styles on PLMS database for orders to be raised by merchandise department. Liaising with China and Bangladesh offices, senior management, sales, garment technologists and merchandisers. Requirements: Minimum of one year experience in a similar men’s knitwear role. Strong creative design skills with a good understanding of garment construction. Excellent Illustrator CAD skills. Strong communication and experience of working with Global suppliers. Good knowledge of stitch techniques, knitting times, yarn counts and gauges. Commercially aware with a good eye to adapt high street trends and colour. Exceptionally well organised with good attention to detail. Able to work as part of a team. Shima Seiki experience would be great.

Senior Import Merchandiser Greater Manchester A fantastic opportunity has become available for an experienced Import Merchandiser to join a well-established childrenswear client. This role requires you to have a sound knowledge and understanding of the critical path. You will be: Raising & maintaining purchase orders on the SAP system. Creating and managing the critical path. Attending internal fit meetings, with QA for each individual style, to check all PP samples, and Production samples for all details including fit, fabric cols, qualities, prints and trims. Updating and creating workbooks, for each order. Managing the critical path efficiently, by gaining approval of lab dips, bulk fabrics, knit downs, prints and trims, samples & labelling. Resolving any problems that may arise on a daily basis with suppliers. Checking all label & barcode layouts. Updating and maintaining supplier manuals. Checking and approving all invoices, and packing lists prior to shipment, and ensuring suppliers have made bookings for Freight, and approving vessel schedules will be met, and updating our shipping dept. Chasing to ensure goods are handed over on time, and meet the correct scheduled vessel. You will have: Fashion Degree or similar. At least 5 years' experience in a similar role working for a supplier. Experience managing the critical path. Competent user of Microsoft Office, in particular Outlook and Excel. Excellent communication, organisational and negotiation skills.

Junior Fashion Graphic Designer Altrincham We are seeking a talented and proactive Junior Fashion Graphic Designer to join our clients fast-paced design team. In this role, you will create original graphics and prints for diverse apparel collections across womenswear, menswear, and childrenswear. This is a brilliant opportunity to take ownership of your designs, from initial trend research to the final product, while collaborating with international production teams. Key Responsibilities Trend Research: Research new fashion trends to develop inspiring moodboards and trend packs. Graphic Creation: Design original graphics, prints, and full jersey ranges that fit customer briefs. Technical Packs: Create detailed tech packs for artworks and styles to send to overseas factories. Global Liaison: Coordinate with international teams to ensure accurate design translation into finished products. Team Collaboration: Partner with shape and graphic designers to ensure prints complement garment silhouettes. Asset Management: Maintain an organized library of physical samples and digital artworks. Skills & Requirements Education: Degree in Graphic Design, Fashion Graphics, or Textile Design. Experience: 2+ years of experience in a similar fashion graphic design role, working with overseas factories would be beneficial. Software Skills: Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator and Photoshop. Market Knowledge: A strong commercial eye for the UK women's, men's, and childrenswear markets. Production Print Knowledge: Good understanding of print techniques; jersey fabrication knowledge is highly preferred. Creative Talent: Exceptional typography, illustration, and layout skills. Licensing: Previous experience working with license designs and creative agencies is a plus. Soft Skills: Self-motivated, highly organized, and able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Senior Merchandiser Manchester The Role You'll own the critical path from order confirmation to delivery — keeping production on track, suppliers aligned, and customers confident. This is a fast-paced, detail-driven role for someone who thrives on organisation, clear communication, and getting things right first time. What You'll Do Order & Production Management Manage orders from handover meeting at Order confirmation from Account manager, keeping the critical path and Live order book up to date Monitor China and Cambodia offshore factory production directly with suppliers against agreed delivery schedules, flagging risks early Liaise with Bangladesh Merchandising team and monitoring the critical path on a weekly basis on VC Manage weekly CP meeting updates with each Account manager and UK Technical team Ensure factory orders are meeting all customer requirements Monitor goods despatch to point of handover on Landed orders which will be passed to an outside processor to handle from FOB point Customer & Stakeholder Communication Build strong relationships with customers buying and merchandising teams, managing expectations proactively and professionally Communicate clearly with all internal teams and external partners to keep workflows running smoothly Challenge incorrect specifications confidently and discuss /provide solutions with the account manager to ensure minimal risk to customer deliveries Quality & Compliance Audit all submissions thoroughly and maintain accurate, accessible customer records for lab dips/bulk swatches /pp samples/press samples and production samples Reconcile goods ready to ship against original po’s and investigate and get customer approval of shortages/overs or early and late shipment discrepancies Commercial Awareness Identify opportunities to add value as a UK team as one point of contact to deliver best service for the customer Negotiate and mitigate delays Team & Culture Actively contribute to a collaborative, high-trust team environment Share expertise across teams to support continuous improvement What We're Looking For Highly organised with excellent time management Strong attention to detail and a right-first-time mindset A confident communicator at all levels Cool under pressure with sharp problem-solving skills A proactive team player who can also work independently Commercially minded with a genuine focus on customer satisfaction Positive, resilient, and eager to share knowledge