Textile Designer

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• TREND ANALYSIS + MARKET INTELLIGENCE:

• Stay informed with industry developments & creative trends - Fashion, Art and Design events
• Trends & forecast study in terms of fabrics, colours, surfaces & shapes
• Presentations & aligning the teams on the same.

• CONCEPT BUILDING:

• State design direction in terms of CONCEPT, COLOUR and print / embroidery language
• Bringing fresh perspective to the business by offering concepts that have a design edge
• Conceptualize & present creative strategy in close capacity with creative head & business teams
• Study archives & analyse sell-through for interpretation

• DEVELOP SEASONAL PRINT ARTWORKS FOR CORE BUSINESSES:

• As per buy plan of businesses for all categories

• SAMPLING + RANGE DEVELOPMENT:

• Creating textile Colourways / Swatches for all categories

• DOCUMENTATION:

• Textile Design Document for the season and Maintaining swatches / colourways archives of all seasonal developments

• RANGE PRESENTATION:

• Cohesive range presentation for Internal reviews, concept presentation (season kick off) & MRH meets, taking critical feedback & ensuring appropriate response to the same in future deliverables.

JOB SPECIFICATION:

• Years of Functional Experience:

  1-2 years of work experience as a Textile Designer in a Retail or Apparel manufacturing Industry or Craft sector

• Degree :

  B. Design/ Masters in Design from NID / NIFT/ IICD / Pearl

• Knowledge & Skills:

• Fabindia Product Knowledge
• Designing-Creativity , Conceptual design process and aesthetics
• Visualising , Knowledge of print , weaves and surfaces
• Ability to generate fresh ideas
• Eye for Colour, Texture and Pattern
• Range creation with technical knowledge
• Proficiency in design softwares like Adobe suite, Coral draw etc.
• Commercial acumen
• IT Skills-Ms Office and CAD
• Communication skills
• Planning and Organizational skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Negotiation Skills

Interested candidates please share resume at harshita.sharma@fabindia.net