Afends
Womenswear Designer
| company: | Afends |
| job title: | Womenswear Designer |
| location: | Byron Bay |
| work type: | Contract |
| level: | Mid-level |
Role Description
Global Fashion label Afends is continuing to grow a community of like-minded and creative individuals united by a shared passion to bring the spirit of how we live – sustainable, free-living and constantly evolving.
We are aiming to drive action and cultivate change from product conception through to customer experience by continually revolutionising new ways to become more sustainable.
Would you like to be a part of the Family? We have an exciting opportunity for a Womenswear Designer to join our team in Byron Bay!
The Womenswear Designer is responsible for conceiving on-trend products driven by commercial success, innovation and sustainable outcomes. Using sales data, trend forecasting and intuition, four seasonal collections per year are to be designed with the intent to achieve high sell-through and meet factory MOQS.
As Womenswear Designer you will be responsible for designing across all categories within our women’s offering including but not limited to Apparel, Denim, Accessories, Knitwear, and Swim. In conjunction with the four seasonal collections a year, four direct-to-consumer edits will be designed per year – these will be season specific mini-capsules including collaborations.
Key Responsibilities
- Seasonal research, identifying, forecasting and interpreting market trends to determine the overall brand direction resulting in design intent
- Brief and collaborate with artists/brands on seasonal capsule collections
- Timely management of fabric development with product development team
- Achieve key deadlines based on critical path
- Design innovative, commercially viable and sustainable ranges in line with the category comparison/forecasted units/Critical Path across; Apparel, Accessories, Denim, and Swim.
- Create and maintain clear and concise tech packs and handover to the Product Developer in accordance to the Critical Path
- Review and critically analyse all submissions and samples sent for approval, clearly communicating any changes with the Product Developer
- Oversees all fitting of all womenswear garments, providing feedback on the fit and any visual comments that must be actioned by the Garment Technician & Production Team
- Review and present seasonal ranges at reviews and range releases
- Collate range notes for Sales Managers regarding the collection. This will include information like inspiration, artists, fabrics, story outlines and noting any changes at a style level that will be made at production
- Style ranges in time for seasonal photoshoots
- Liaise with CEO/CD and Sales Manager to create SMU options for major customers
- Branding reviews and design as required by the business
- Provide styling guidance and assistance for all photoshoots (catalogue and seasonal campaigns)
KEY SKILLS
- 3+ years Fashion Design Experience in a similar role (Tertiary qualification preferred)
- Advanced computer skills in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, intermediate Microsoft Excel
- Sound knowledge of pattern making, sewing and textiles
- Self-motivated with excellent organisational and time management skills
- Accuracy and high attention to detail is essential
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with all internal and external stakeholders
- Above all, you must be a multi-skilled, team player that can assist in any tasks within the Design and Production Department where required
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