Job Details:

Client and Store Handling

Billing

Managing Stock

Complete Inventory Management

Keep up to date with emerging fashion trends as well as general trends relating to fabrics, colours and shapes.

Presenting story, mood, color boards, adapting to the clients own interests in color, style, and shape.

Draw, design, and develop new clothing and accessory samples, and create and turn in documentation worksheets.

Understand design from a technical perspective, i.e. producing patterns and technical specifications for designs.

oversee production, Fabric Sourcing and Client Trials and Fittings

negotiate with customers and suppliers

Liaise closely with purchasing and production teams on an ongoing basis to ensure items suit the customer, market and price points

Handling Clients / Customers in Store and Social Media Enquiries.

Do the work to cost out all of the components needed for a garment's production creating Costing Sheet.

Maintaining all Expense records and Book Keeping.

Assist the design team with communicating to vendors on design, production, and other issues.

Managing design process from conception through to final styling.

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

Selecting the most appropriate pieces from collections and ranges for the shoot.

Purchasing props for shoots. Supervising photo shoots.

Qualification:

To be Creative and to be able to visualise the designs in three dimension.

An eye for colour and a feel for fabrics and materials

the ability to generate ideas and concepts, use your initiative and think outside the box

design and visualisation skills, either by hand or through computer-aided design (CAD) or Any Design Software

technical skills, including pattern cutting , grading, garment construction and sewing.

a proactive approach

commercial awareness and business orientation

self-promotion and confidence

interpersonal, communication and networking skills the ability to negotiate and to influence others team working skills

good organisation and time management.

Possesses strong communicating skills, especially in articulating new designs and products.

Exhibits creativity and business sense.

Can manipulate various fashion techniques, including mixing different fabrics, colors, and textures.

Demonstrates basic computer and reading skills.

Possesses a keen understanding of the fashions that are acceptable and even expected for different types of events

Fashion Designer