Apparel Designer

Job description

**Role & responsibilities** - Understanding upcoming trends and validating the trends with aspirational brands for commercial assurance. - Create Colour Board in the beginning of season with updated shades by buying samples from the Brand. - Regularly do Market Research with Team and make a presentation to identify any particular trends or style that can be incorporated in the range for better business. - Create Market benchmarking report and share with the team after visit. - Internal reviews to select range with buying team. - Vendor visit for sample development. - Lab dip approvals for bulk production. - Artwork creation for the selected styles and coordinate with the vendors. - Review strike offs and give comments for pp sample. - Give pp sample comment with buyer **Preferred candidate profile** - 3-6 years of relevant work experience required - Graduate or Post Graduate from NIFT or PEARL is preferred - Well versed in Illustrator, Photoshop, Excel and other software necessary to do CADs and illustrations