Princess Highway Fashion Designer - Womenswear
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Designer to join a vibrant team at Princess Highway. We are seeking a creative and enthusiastic individual who is passionate about unique & inspiring fashion.
Our Designers are:
- Always on trend
- Creative and artistic.
- Passionate about design.
- Committed to delivering the best possible designs on time, all the time.
- Design seasonal ranges for the Brand from theme concepts ensuring Brand image and aesthetic are adhered to and comply with design budget.
- Continuously undertake market research to ensure the brand remains on trend.
- Identify, interpret and implement print and pattern trends.
- Creates technical specifications for design styles.
- Creates CAD Illustrations for styles.
- Ensure styles are developed to agreed specification.
- Sourcing fabrics and trims.
- Fitting garments.
- Preparing spec sheets and range books.
- Approval of lab dips, prints, and embroideries.
- Communicating with offshore factories, and monitoring the sampling process ensuring critical time lines are adhered to.
- Contribute to marketing and photo shoot concepts and ideas.
- A hands on approach and enjoy the challenges of the apparel industry.
- A good commercial acumen.
- A keen eye for fashion and upcoming trends and the ability to translate this into unique designs.
- Knowledge of garment construction and production methods to ensure high quality and correct fit is achieved.
- A high level of accuracy and the ability to manage multiple tasks.
- 3 years experience in a similar fashion design role.
- Ability to work in a fast based environment with tight deadlines.
- Highly proficient in Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Textile design experience; ability to design seamless repeat yardages and offer alternate artwork/colour ways/scale, is preferred.
- Undergraduate, tertiary or equivalent degree in Fashion Design.