About This Role
This fashion designer role at RA Studio involves creating contemporary Indian womenswear, working closely with veteran designer Ritu Agnihotri and the design and production team. It is a product design role for someone with a strong design sensibility, an instinct for textiles, and an understanding of the garment development process.
Responsibilities
- Research and develop concepts, moodboards, colour stories, silhouettes, and collection directions
- Create original garment designs, sketches, technical drawings, and design specifications
- Explore fabrics, handlooms, prints, embroidery, surface techniques, trims, and garment details
- Work closely with pattern masters, tailors, sampling teams, and production partners to translate ideas into finished garments
- Participate actively in sampling and fittings, refining proportion, construction, comfort, and fit
- Balance creativity with wearability, production feasibility, and the commercial needs of a growing label
- Learn from customer and product feedback to continuously improve future collections
- Thoughtfully use AI and emerging design tools to accelerate research, visualisation, experimentation, iteration, and garment development
Requirements
- 2–4 years of relevant professional experience in womenswear, preferably with a premium, contemporary or designer-led fashion label
- Education in Fashion, Textile or Apparel Design from NID, NIFT or another leading design institution preferred
- A strong portfolio demonstrating original thinking, textile sensibility, silhouette development, and finished garments
- Good understanding of fabrics, garment construction, fit, proportions, and the sampling process
- Experience taking designs through development, sampling, fitting, and finalisation
- Working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, or relevant design tools
- An interest in Indian textiles, handlooms, natural fabrics, print, embroidery, and craft traditions
- Openness to experimenting with AI-assisted and emerging creative technologies
- Taste, curiosity, and a point of view
Benefits
- Opportunity to work closely with and learn directly from Ritu Agnihotri
- Participation in the development of complete collections
- Opportunity to see ideas move from sketch to sample to production to store
- Hands-on work with Indian textiles, crafts, and makers
- Meaningful creative ownership as an independent fashion label grows
- Experimentation with both traditional craft and new technologies to improve design methods
- Performance-linked bonuses tied to individual contribution and overall company performance
