Temporary Designer - New Ventures - UAE

Fashion Designer Responsibilities

• 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.
• Collaborating with technical designer to ensure development packages are accurate.
• Reviewing product for style and fit during presentation.
• Presenting story, mood, color boards, and samples to buyers.

Skills

Role Requirements

• Candidate must be on a family visa OR a student visa and needs to be based in the UAE.
• Previous Fashion Design experience is a must
• Essential to have experience with Womenswear (Menswear and Kidswear is a strong benefit but not essential)
• Excellent knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and CAD is a must
• Ability to strongly interpret emerging trends into building and designing innovative yet commercial Fashion Collections which relate to the Middle East Market and brand aesthetics. 
• Experience managing the entire design and development process from initial research, to designing CAD collections and developing product samples working very closely with factories
• Strong fabric, trim and branding knowledge
• Ability to work well under pressure and stick to tight deadlines
• Candidate should be holding a Degree in Fashion Design