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We are recruiting for a leading supplier working with major supermarkets and large UK retailers, who are looking for a Softs Wovens Designer across womenswear to join the team. Based in London, this is a customer-facing role suited to a commercially driven designer with a feminine, trend-led handwriting and the confidence to present ideas clearly and persuasively to key retail accounts. You will play a central role in delivering trend-right, highly wearable soft woven ranges that meet the needs of high-volume retail environments and align with customer briefs and trading strategies. Main Responsibilities will include: • Design and develop commercially focused soft woven ranges tailored to supermarket and large retail customers, aligning with briefs, target price points and volume requirements • Present ranges, concepts and design updates to key retail customers with confidence, adapting presentation style to different stakeholders • Translate trends into feminine, accessible product, ensuring designs are highly commercial, scalable and suitable for large-volume production • Maintain strong commercial awareness across bestsellers, competitor activity and retail performance to inform relevant and profitable design decisions • Work closely with internal teams to ensure designs are delivered on time and in line with customer expectations, supporting the full product lifecycle • Contribute to short lead development where required, ensuring speed to market while maintaining a consistent feminine aesthetic and quality Person Specification: • Proven experience designing soft wovens within a supplier environment, ideally working with supermarkets or large UK retailers, with a strong understanding of high-volume retail requirements • Confident and credible in customer-facing situations, with the ability to build relationships and influence key retail partners • A feminine, trend-aware design handwriting with the ability to interpret trends into commercially successful product • Neat, feminine and highly considered handwriting, with excellent attention to detail across all presentation work • Highly organised, proactive and comfortable working at pace across multiple accounts, reacting to the fast-moving nature of supermarket and large retail business • Experience working with short lead times is advantageous