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.

Duties will include:

• 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.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• 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.

If this sounds like you & you're keen to join the design team please apply now.

fxhr@factoryx.com.au