Apparel Designer

Role & responsibilities

• Understanding upcoming trends and validating the trends with aspirational brands for commercial assurance.
• Create Colour Board in the beginning of season with updated shades by buying samples from the Brand.
• Regularly do Market Research with Team and make a presentation to identify any particular trends or style that can be incorporated in the range for better business.
• Create Market benchmarking report and share with the team after visit.
• Internal reviews to select range with buying team.
• Vendor visit for sample development.
• Lab dip approvals for bulk production.
• Artwork creation for the selected styles and coordinate with the vendors.
• Review strike offs and give comments for pp sample.
• Give pp sample comment with buyer

Preferred candidate profile

• 3-6 years of relevant work experience required
• Graduate or Post Graduate from NIFT or PEARL is preferred
• Well versed in Illustrator, Photoshop, Excel and other software necessary to do CADs and illustrations