Designer

Kazo Brands is looking for a creative, trend-conscious, and commercially driven Women's Western Wear Designer to join our design team. The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of contemporary women's fashion and western wear, with the ability to translate global trends and customer insights into commercially viable designs aligned with the Kazo brand aesthetic.

• Research and analyse global and Indian fashion trends, with a strong focus on women's western wear, including dresses, tops, shirts, skirts, trousers, co-ords, jumpsuits, jackets, and occasion wear.
• Track international fashion weeks, emerging trends, competitor collections, social media, fashion influencers, and customer preferences to identify relevant trends for the Kazo customer.
• Develop seasonal mood boards, trend boards, colour palettes, fabric directions, and collection concepts.
• Conceptualise and develop fashionable, trend-led, and commercially viable western wear styles and silhouettes.
• Create designs for women's contemporary, party, occasion, and everyday western wear in line with Kazo's brand positioning.
• Develop new silhouettes, prints, colour combinations, embellishments, embroidery, surface details, and garment constructions.
• Create detailed fashion sketches, technical drawings, artworks, and design sheets for product development.
• Ensure collections have a strong fashion point of view while offering the right balance of trend, wearability, and commercial appeal.
• Work closely with the merchandising, sourcing, sampling, production, and buying teams throughout the product development process.
• Coordinate with fabric and trim vendors to source and develop appropriate materials, embellishments, trims, and finishes.
• Review samples and provide detailed feedback on fit, silhouette, fabric, colour, construction, proportions, finishing, and overall design.
• Conduct regular sample reviews and ensure designs are developed accurately from concept to final production.
• Ensure final products are consistent with approved designs, quality standards, brand aesthetics, and customer expectations.
• Maintain a strong understanding of fabrics suitable for western wear, including woven, knit, denim, satin, crepe, georgette, lace, and other fashion fabrics.
• Incorporate market feedback, sales performance, customer insights, and commercial inputs into future design development.
• Ensure designs are aligned with target customers, price points, production feasibility, and business objectives.
• Manage multiple styles and collection developments simultaneously while ensuring timely completion of design deliverables.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve design, sampling, fit, and production challenges.
• Contribute fresh and innovative ideas to strengthen Kazo's position in women's western fashion and occasion wear.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree/diploma in Fashion Design or a related field.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in women's western wear/fashion design, preferably with a fashion retail or lifestyle brand.
• Strong understanding of women's western wear, including dresses, tops, shirts, skirts, trousers, co-ords, jumpsuits, jackets, and occasion wear.
• Strong understanding of fashion trends, fabrics, silhouettes, colours, garment construction, and product development.
• Strong fashion illustration and design development skills.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop; knowledge of CorelDRAW or other relevant design software is an advantage.
• Good understanding of the Indian fashion and retail market and the contemporary fashion consumer.
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent attention to detail with a strong sense of aesthetics and fashion.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Creative mindset with a strong balance of fashion sensibility, commercial understanding, and execution skills.