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Senior Designer - Fashion - 12 month FTC

Start date: Oct/Nov 2026

FGH Business Centre 66-70 Vicar Ln, Bradford BD1 5AJ

Hybrid flexibility

Are you an experienced and passionate designer looking for an opportunity to elevate your career?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Designer to join our Buying & Merchandising team where you will design and create fashion products to appeal to our target customer.

ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Design to the required brief and curate and develop commercial ranges in line with our target customer and brand DNA.
• Work with the design team to pull together seasonal trends and colour palettes.
• Conduct research, comp shops, catwalk analysis and trend prediction to keep up to date with current and seasonal trends.
• Compile seasonal key shapes .
• Participate in range reviews with the buyers.
• Work closely with the buying team on product development and evolution of the range.
• Work closely with the print designer to ensure the ranges have the correct print balance.
• Work closely with QA on fit sessions.
• Constantly review ranges and amend accordingly in line with company trade data and in season trends.
• Work with Merchandiser on option count to plan and flow for the season.
• Build relationships with key suppliers and attend regular supplier meetings.
• Participate in relevant Far East and European factory visits for seasonal product development.
• Participate in relevant European shopping trips for inspiration.
• Work closely with Head of Design in delivering the seasonal company strategies.

ABOUT YOU

• Fashion design degree or equivalent
• Able to commute to Bradford City Centre
• Proven experience of designing in a Retail and/or Mail Order environment, in order to meet the Company’s targets
• Proficient in Photoshop/and or illustrator.
• High level range planning skills
• Broad related product experience
• Commerciality and sound judgement
• Proven influencing and negotiation skills
• Ability to work through rapid change
• Excellent organisational skills

ABOUT US: FGH BUYING & MERCHANDISING
An exciting and fast-paced environment, Buying & Merchandising stay at the forefront of the latest trends and work closely with providers across Asia and Europe to provide the great products our customers love.

For over 100 years, Freemans has been at the forefront of home shopping, delivering quality products and exceptional service. We’ve accepted the challenge to transform our business into a modern, digital-first retailer.

Based in West Yorkshire and part of the OTTO group one of the world’s largest online retail organisations, Freemans Grattan Holdings (FGH) is the home of familiar brands such as Freemans, Grattan, Kaleidoscope, and Curvissa.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

FLEXIBILITY

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working options to help you achieve a healthy work life balance. Our full time head office colleagues work a minimum of 2 days per week in the office, allowing the perfect balance between collaborative in-person team work and the flexibility to work from home.

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

Turning your job into a career is a real passion for us and our development programmes will enable you to grow in role.

We offer clear career pathways that will show you the way, outlining the skills, behaviours and knowledge needed to perform at the next step.

We invest in our colleagues, giving them all the opportunity to progress. Our inspired leadership programme is aimed at equipping our future leaders to coach, develop, manage change and maintain situational awareness.

INCLUSIVITY

As a business, we depend on a fusion of identities, characteristics, backgrounds, and cultures to fully appreciate our people and our customers. Freemans has a long-standing commitment to ensuring fairness and balance.

Our company is an inclusive organisation where everybody can make the most of their talent and abilities. Our pay, reward, and progression approach is based solely on fairness and merit.

Our values and policies ensure that all colleagues receive fair and equitable treatment. We work hard to attract the very best talent, develop our workforce and create a culture of fairness and integrity for all.

BENEFITS
We firmly believe that we should reward our brilliant people with extensive benefits to help them stay healthy, relax and re-energise, have fun, manage the day-to-day and plan for the future. Here are just some of our great benefits:

• Competitive salaries and annual bonus scheme
• 37 Days holiday
• Healthcare cash plan
• Competitive pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Paid paternity and maternity leave
• Incredible staff discounts
• Subsidised Canteen

Ready to apply?

If you’re excited about this opportunity and want to join FGH, click apply now to send us your application.