About This Role
Designing and creating original women's ethnic wear collections is the core of this role, ensuring alignment with brand aesthetics and market trends. This position suits a designer with strong technical skills in fashion illustration, pattern making, and garment construction, who can also forecast trends and design with a customer-centric approach.
Responsibilities
- Develop and create original designs for the women’s ethnic wear collection, ensuring alignment with brand aesthetics and market trends
- Produce detailed fashion illustrations to visually represent design concepts
- Create comprehensive tech sheets with specifications, materials, trims, and construction details
- Construct patterns and draping techniques to test garment fit and ensure proper design execution
- Oversee sewing and garment production processes, ensuring quality standards are met
- Research and analyze fashion trends, color forecasting, and ethnic style movements to inform seasonal collections
- Design with a strong focus on customer experience, ensuring comfort, wearability, and visual appeal
- Collaborate with the marketing and sales teams to align designs with target customers’ preferences and needs
- Work closely with other team members, including sample makers and the production team to bring designs to life
- Ensure final designs meet the standards of quality and craftsmanship before they go into production
- Collaborate with photographers and stylists to achieve the desired visual aesthetic for marketing materials
Requirements
- Proficiency in fashion illustration (hand-drawing and digital)
- Strong knowledge of pattern making, draping, and garment construction techniques
- Expertise in creating detailed tech packs with specifications for garment production
- Skilled in sewing and garment finishing
- Ability to work with CAD software (e.g., Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW) and other design tools
- Ability to predict and interpret fashion trends, particularly in ethnic wear
- In-depth knowledge of how color affects customer perception and emotional connection to the design
- Ability to design with a focus on customer experience, ensuring comfort, style, and functionality
