Fashion designer apparel

Softskills

• Managing design process from conception through to final styling.

• Conducting market research to identify new trends, fabrics and techniques, and seeking design inspiration.

• Collaborating with team members to select seasonal themes, make edits to line, and create new concepts.

• Ensuring product is in agreement with business strategy.

• Selecting fabrics and trims.

• Creating production sketches for development packages.

• Flexibility to go and meet vendors and visit factories and mills for the purpose of design execution

• Ability to create and follow guidelines

• Excellent verbal and written communication and attention to detail

Requirements Design Skills

• Researching textiles and applications

• Prototyping skills in textile/apparel

• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of new design and

• production techniques and textile technology

• Excellent presentation skills

Technical Skills

• Prototyping (Apparel)

• CMF knowledge

• Sourcing of materials

• Creating representative sketches for concepts

• Assessing and approving completed items and production standards

• Understanding and experience of using different textile processes and techniques

• Knowledge of different fits, materials, styles of women fashion.

• Source new fabrics and embroidery materials.

• Develop colour ways, prints and execute production samples with production team

Ability to do sketches by hand and digitally

• Thorough knowledge of fabrics, silhouettes, colour use, graphics and trim

• Proficiency in softwares required.

• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.Softskills

• Managing design process from conception through to final styling.

• Conducting market research to identify new trends, fabrics and techniques, and seeking design inspiration.

• Collaborating with team members to select seasonal themes, make edits to line, and create new concepts.

• Ensuring product is in agreement with business strategy.

• Selecting fabrics and trims.

• Creating production sketches for development packages.

• Flexibility to go and meet vendors and visit factories and mills for the purpose of design execution

• Ability to create and follow guidelines

• Excellent verbal and written communication and attention to detail

Requirements Design Skills

• Researching textiles and applications

• Prototyping skills in textile/apparel

• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of new design and

• production techniques and textile technology

• Excellent presentation skills

Technical Skills

• Prototyping (Apparel)

• CMF knowledge

• Sourcing of materials

• Creating representative sketches for concepts

• Assessing and approving completed items and production standards

• Understanding and experience of using different textile processes and techniques

• Knowledge of different fits, materials, styles of women fashion.

• Source new fabrics and embroidery materials.

• Develop colour ways, prints and execute production samples with production team

Ability to do sketches by hand and digitally

• Thorough knowledge of fabrics, silhouettes, colour use, graphics and trim

• Proficiency in softwares required.

• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.