Vice President Design (Maternity Cover)

Your Journey

For over 20 years, Sweaty Betty has ‘empowered women through fitness and beyond’. Our vision is to inspire a global community of women who get together and sweat together. Founded by Tamara Hill-Norton, in 1998 in London’s Notting Hill, Sweaty Betty has global distribution in key markets UK and US and is poised for explosive international growth in the next two years. With 50 stores in the UK, 4 in Hong Kong and a rapidly growing wholesale footprint including 65 Nordstrom locations across the US & Canada, there has never been a more exciting time to join our team.

Now, we are looking for a VP Design to come on board in a maternity cover capacity and continue to lead our Design team and inspire the stylish and premium performance product that Sweaty Betty is renowned for. You will be fearless in your approach to try new things, continuously identifying trends, an innovative thinker and passionate about driving the brand forward in an ever competitive activewear market - ensuring we maintain our market position of being the best. 

Working closely with the Chief Product Officer and your dedicated team, you know the importance of remaining positive, encouraging creativity and striving to push SB’s boundaries at all times.

Your SB Journey:

• Lead the Design team to ensure a flawless design development process from conception to final garment.
• Manage the growing Design team and work closely with the wider Product team to meet all design deadlines and key development dates in the critical path.
• Research, design and build balanced, exciting and new collections, encompassing seasonal trends, theme, colour, print and SB handwriting to answer the business strategies and targets, from initial ideas through to sealer sample.
• Use innovative ways of identifying the international customer’s wants and needs and always maintain an understanding of her lifestyle as well as remaining on the pulse of any new fashion, fitness or lifestyle trends that she may be engaged in; to guarantee we are offering quality product for all her active lifestyle needs.

Must Haves

• 10+ years design experience
• 2+ years’ experience at VP/Director level
• Experience managing, leading and developing a team
• Expert knowledge of athleisure industry
• In-depth understand of SB’s customer across all regions
• Excellent communications skills and a strong point of view; ability to contribute to the strategic development of our brand’s vision and confident presenting seasonal ideas to stakeholders and wider business
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator

The Extras

• Generous clothing allowance
• 50% off all Sweaty Betty merchandise
• 25 days holiday, with buy and sell holiday option
• Cycle to work scheme
• Monthly Office Meeting
• Discounts at the best Studio Classes
• SB Flexible Working: we currently work flexibly between the office and home. Our focus remains keeping everyone safe and we will continue to review this in line with government guidance

Our D&I Commitment

Our mission is to empower all women.  This means doing more and working harder to make the long-lasting changes necessary to become an inclusive, diverse and actively anti-racist company. We care about our people, our community, our world.  And we want to stand up for what we believe in. 

We want to give our people a platform to use their voice. And actively listen and learn from what they have to say.  This involves focusing on learning, development and progression across the business.  Training our leaders, managers and teams about their rights under our equality, diversity and inclusion policy. And being clear on the responsibilities we hold to each other and our community. It also means being committed to equal employment opportunities. Ensuring we consider ALL applicants for jobs. And work harder to make our job advertising more inclusive. 

Ultimately, we’re working to create a culture and team that represents our customers, our community and our mission of empowerment. We want to celebrate our diversity and the power it gives our team and our business. 

We know we’re on a journey. And far from perfect. But we want to be a part of the solution to the problem. It might not be comfortable or straightforward. But if we weren’t up for doing the hard work and breaking the mould, we wouldn’t be Sweaty Betty.  We are committed to working across our business and with our Internal Diversity & Inclusion Squad to be champions, allies and inclusive, always. Because when we say All, we mean it.