Senior Designer - Resort

Now Hiring | Australian Designer Brand | Sydney

The Brand |

Our client is an Australian luxury fashion house that is globally renowned for their use of beautiful print and elevated styles – this brand’s coveted pieces are on high rotation in the Australian woman’s wardrobe. We are looking at profiles interstate open to a relocation to Sydney.

The Role |

This role is a senior creative design position supporting the Creative Director on the concepting, design and development of seasonal Swim & Resort womenswear product lines with collaboration at the heart of their design process.

  • Support the Creative Director and Senior Design Directors on seasonal concepts

  • Research creative ideas and provide input in key design elements for your categories each season in line with the Creative Director’s vision through new technologies and vintage sourcing.

  • Monitor the update of the Design board.

  • Work on concepts and final artworks for print, embroidery, and trims to develop relevant and new seasonal raw materials.

  • Communicate design ideas to Creative Director through research, illustration, and sketching. Collection Development

  • Attend Design meetings during each stage of the seasonal Design process – concepting, fabric selection, colour palette development, collection structure, retail merchandise planning/buying input and garment design/silhouette.

  • Thorough set-up of pattern sheets for all approved styles including technical sketches and spec sheets for accurate 1st proto samples.

  • Occasional international inspiration and research travel

The Skillset |

  • A fashion design degree from a respected Australian or international institution and have achieved outstanding results in both course work and in external competitions

  • 10 years’ experience as a designer within a recognized design led brand  

  • Resort and print experience evident through a body of work

  • The ability to demonstrate creative instincts and a distinct point of view.

  • Advanced Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign skills.

  • Good technical garment and fabric knowledge.

  • Strong hand drawing ability drivers of financial health and viability of the organization. Possessing cross-functional knowledge.

The Offer |

  • Personal development plans and access to strong mentors and industry leaders

  • Generous Employee Discount

  • Ongoing training and development

The Talent Mill Recruitment division is a bespoke recruitment consultancy and talent acquisition specialist within the fashion, lifestyle, and retail industries. With more than 10 years of specialist expertise with luxury retail, Australian & Contemporary designer, beauty, and lifestyle brands globally we discover, recognize, and connect inspiring individuals to the most desirable brands as trusted support to founder-led start-ups, SME’s, and multinational corporations within the fashion & retail industry.

Recruitment – but make it ethical, not transactional.  Quality over quantity – always. Truly consultative and delivered at pace.  We hold a genuine passion and expertise for the industries we support and offer a unique and modern recruitment proposition – one where we develop long term, meaningful relationships with all stakeholders.

 

 


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