Fashion Designer

Job Summary:

Fashion Designer (Female)

Join us in this dynamic role where you can showcase your passion for fashion and contribute to the success of our brand.

Responsibilities:

1.

• Analyze the market and monitor current fashion trends, collections, customer preferences and competitor activities.
• Identify target markets for designs, looking at factors such as age, gender, and socioeconomic status.
• Forecast fashion for the season and give guidelines to the stakeholders in design team.

2.

• Plan and create new designs post getting concept guidelines from creative head for look of the season/special collection/events etc.
• Set clearly defined guidelines and plan the design range as per sales budget.
• Ensure designs are at par with the current market trends and in line with brand philosophy.
• Ensure precise designs are offered in order to maintain high design success rate and achieve targets.
• Coordinate with Fabric Department, Pattern makers, Tailors, cutting masters etc for sample making and end to end coordination for final production.
• Provide creative direction to the brand by conceptualizing and developing range for different season.
• Ensure desirable level of design approval ratio and give regular feedback in order to make clear decisions on the design range.

3.

• Ensure seasonal freshness of the collections in tune with international benchmarks and trends to drive brand as an innovative fashion leader.
• Promote new concepts, designs, systems and out of the box thinking for product innovations and processes.

4.

• Analyze the market and monitor current fashion trends, collections, customer preferences and competitor activities for fashion forecasting and give broad direction to individual brands
• Create themes for different seasons and provide the seasons theme brief to the marketing and visual merchandizing team.

5.

• Monitor the activities of the design team to ensure delivery of designs as per design calendar.

Job Requirements:

• Education & Experience

  : Bachelors or Masters degree in Design from NIFT with 3 to 6 years of experience.

• Behavioral Skills

  : Good aesthetic sense, effective communication, well organized, and collaborative.

• Technical Skills

  : Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and CorelDRAW; innovative mindset with strategic thinking ability.

• Industry Experience

  : Must have experience in Women's Western Wear, Casual & Formal, and prior work in a leading Export/Buying House, Retail, or Fashion environment.

• Domain Knowledge

  : Understanding of Indian fabrics, silhouettes, and customer preferences.