Fashion Designer

Role Overview: As a Fashion Designer at SAKU Retails Pvt Ltd, located in Gurugram, you will lead the design process for womenswear collections, ensuring innovative and trendsetting designs that resonate with the brand's identity and target customers. Your role will involve collaboration with cross-functional teams, budget management, quality control, team mentoring, trend analysis, and working under tight deadlines. Key Responsibilities: - Conceptualisation of range and collection: Lead the design process from concept to final product development for womenswear collections, comfortable with both Western and Indo-Western styles - Fabric and Material Selection: Research and select appropriate fabrics, materials, and trims considering factors like quality, comfort, and cost. Source new fabrics and trims from mills and markets regularly. - Prototype Development: Work with pattern masters and sample makers to create prototypes and samples for testing and refinement. Develop new embroidery, handwork, and surface techniques. - Budget Management: Manage design budgets, source cost-effective materials, and track expenses related to design development. - Quality Control: Ensure the final products meet the brand's quality standards by maintaining attention to detail. - Collaboration: Coordinate with production, merchandising, pattern masters, sales, and marketing teams to uphold quality standards. - Team Management: Mentor junior designers to enhance creativity and professional growth. Develop prints, laces, embroidery, and designs based on trends and forecasts. - Trend Analysis: Analyze trends, brands, conceptualize stories, themes, mood boards, and color palettes. - Work under Deadlines: Perform effectively in a fast-paced environment and deliver under pressure with tight deadlines. Qualification Required: - Bachelor's degree in Fashion Design from a top-tier design institute - 4 to 5 years of experience in fashion design, independently managing product design and collection for womenswear - Strong practical knowledge of fabric types, textiles, garment construction, and production processes - Experience in e-commerce and/or with leading Indian brands - Excellent sketching and illustration skills - Strong creative vision, attention to detail, communication, and interpersonal skills - Knowledge of industry trends and technologies,