Design Senior Designer

Based Melbourne

Fantastic opportunity for a Senior Womenswear Designer to work for a leading global fashion brand across womens woven tops category.

Melbourne may be most familiar to Brits as the setting of the popular Aussie soap Neighbours, but there’s so much more to this popular city than you may think. Melbourne has a highly diverse economy and population leading to a huge variety of cuisines, attractions, and nightlife but it also benefits from a warm climate and brilliant provision of public services.

**Responsibilities**:
Assist with presenting trend boards per product category, with direction from monthly story boards, to buyer to ensure that key trends, shapes, colour direction and fabrics are considered.
Research fabric trends for the season and in consultation with the Designer brief Production team to source fabric and trims.
At initial product development stage provide input to the product framework to ensure that the category’s design direction is balanced, reflecting new trends and optimising “updates” to existing best-sellers.
In consultation with the Designer, advise Buyer on styling, fabric, trim, print and finish.
React to departmental performance through weekly product reviews and seasonal SWOT. Propose new designs to update existing best sellers and rework future designs based on poor performance styles.
Awareness of copy right laws influencing design interpretation.
Provide clear briefing to Graphic Designers to limit rework of artwork and follow through to strike off, prior to sign off with Buyer.
Ensure all tasks assigned in WFX are completed as required and on time.
Quality of product is in line with brand requirements and handwriting.

Skills Required:
3 - 5 years previous experience
Skilled in visualising design concepts (by hand and/or PC/MAC)
Ability to translate fashion trends into commercial design concepts Creative talent and high attention to detail
Sound technical knowledge and garment construction skills
Basic fabric and raw material knowledge
Demonstrate a basic understanding of all critical path elements and their impact on sales
Computer literacy in Computer literacy in InDesign, Illustrator, CAD and PowerPoint
Computer literacy in desktop products, including Microsoft Office (Outlook and Word)
A sound knowledge of local and overseas fashion retail markets

If you are looking to relocate to Australia and want to work for a global fashion brand, please get in contact ASAP.