Junior Designer - Womenswear Sportswear

Location: Market Rd, London, UK; based in the creative London design studio

Company

Frasers Group is a retail group developing sports, premium, and luxury brand experiences through brands including hirify.global, Sports Direct, USC, Frasers, and GAME.

What you will do

• Support the design and development of womenswear sportswear collections for USA Pro and Slazenger across performance, fitness, training, and lifestyle products.
• Research fashion and sportswear trends, competitors, colours, fabrics, prints, graphics, and silhouettes to identify product opportunities.
• Create mood boards, trend presentations, colour stories, CADs, technical drawings, colourways, and specification information.
• Develop product details including fabrics, trims, panels, colour blocking, branding, prints, graphics, and functional features.
• Collaborate with Buying, Garment Technology, Product Development, overseas suppliers, and factories throughout development, fittings, approvals, and production.
• Review samples, contribute to fit sessions and range reviews, manage samples, and provide accurate development comments against critical path deadlines.

Requirements

• Previous experience in fashion, sportswear, or product design, ideally with a retailer, supplier, or sportswear brand.
• Passion for womenswear, sportswear, activewear, and product design, with an understanding of current trends and commercial product.
• Strong Adobe Creative Suite skills, particularly Illustrator and Photoshop, plus excellent CAD and technical drawing skills.
• Understanding of garment construction, fabrics, trims, performance fabrics, and product development.
• Strong commercial awareness of the UK and international sportswear market, with excellent organisation, communication, presentation, and time-management skills.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, solutions-focused approach with the ability to manage multiple developments, deadlines, and supplier communications.

Nice to have

• Sportswear or activewear design experience.
• Experience with AI design tools or generative AI.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, collaborative design environment focused on fashion, functionality, performance, quality, fit, and commerciality.
• Monthly peer-nominated Frasers Champion recognition, including double pay for selected winners.
• Head-office employees spend one to two days each financial year in a store or warehouse to understand products, customers, and frontline operations.
• Free gym classes, discounted gym memberships, and access to the Frasers Fit wellbeing programme.
• Free Retail Trust support including a 24-hour wellbeing helpline, counselling, and financial and legal support.

Hiring process

• Shortlisted candidates may confirm key details before a first-stage recruiter interview focused on behaviour and cultural values.
• Successful candidates can expect one or two further interviews with the hiring manager and wider team, potentially including a presentation or task.