Fashion Designer - Female

Design Creation:
- Creating and developing original designs for women's apparel that align with the brand's vision, target market, and seasonal themes.
- Developing original textile print designs that align with the brand's aesthetic and target market.

Research and Inspiration:
- Staying updated on current fashion trends, colors, fabrics, and styles through market research, trend forecasting, and attending fashion shows.
- Conducting research to stay updated on current trends, colors, and techniques in textile design. Drawing inspiration from various sources such as art, fashion, and culture.

Collaboration:
- Working closely with other teams such as product development, marketing, and merchandising to ensure designs meet product requirements and market needs.

Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in design software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and CAD (Computer-Aided Design) software used for textile design. - Sketching and Illustration, translating design ideas into sketches and illustrations using traditional hand-drawing techniques or computer-aided design (CAD) software such as Adobe Illustrator.

Color and Pattern Development:
- Creating color palettes and patterns that are suitable for different fabric types and printing methods.

Prototype Review:
- Reviewing and approving prototypes and samples to ensure the design is translated correctly onto fabric.

Requirements:

Quality Control:
- Ensuring that prints meet quality standards and making adjustments as necessary to achieve desired outcomes.

Documentation:
- Keeping detailed records of designs, including specifications, color standards, and production notes.

Market Awareness and Consumer Understanding:

- Understanding the market and consumer preferences to create designs that are commercially viable and competitive.

Adaptability:
- Being flexible and able to adjust designs based on feedback from stakeholders and market trends.

Communication:
- Clearly communicating design concepts and ideas to team members and manufacturers.

Deadline Management:
- Working within deadlines and managing time effectively to deliver designs on schedule.

Brand Representation:
- Upholding the brand's image and values through design choices and maintaining consistency across collections.

About the Company

The Apparel Group is a global fashion and lifestyle brand conglomerate residing on the crossroads of a modern economy - Dubai, UAE. The mercurial growth in the last 17 years has been by acquiring a host of world class fashion labels from around the world - Nine West, Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Aldo & Tim Hortons just to name a few.

Today the group caters to thousands of eager shoppers through its over 1530 stores, 75 International brands and employing 12,000 multi cultural staff in over 4 continents. Apparel believes in turning dreams in to reality and we give everyone - our customers, our stakeholders, our employees - an equal opportunity to do so.

Apparel group has carved its strong presence not only in the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia but opened thriving gateways to market in India, South Africa, Poland, Singapore, Jordan, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Additionally, clear strategies are in place to enter emerging markets such as Hungary, Pakistan, Egypt and Philippines.