Requirements
Candidate will be responsible for providing end-to-end design solutions, working closely with the buying team to deliver seasonal design ranges. This includes leading a team of designers, preparing trend analysis and seasonal design forecasts, and creating retail-centric color/fabric palettes. Proficiency in CAD (Illustrator and Photoshop) is required, along with the ability to design a department's worth of styles from research to tech pack execution.
Description
Job description / Role
Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
Creative Arts & Design
Company Industry
Retail
Short description for internal candidates
Candidate for this position will be responsible for providing end to end design solution for the brand. Person in charge will have to closely work with the buying team to deliver seasonal design ranges for the brand.
Description for internal candidates
Position objective
Leading/guiding a team of designers and assistant designers to provide seasonal design range.
Preparing and presenting trend analysis and seasonal design forecast to design manager and buying team members.
Keeping up to date with emerging fashion trends as well as general trends relating to fabrics, colors, and shapes.
Creating a retail centric seasonal color/fabric palette.
Maintaining constant retail analysis via retail visits, sample shopping trips, and online research.
Planning range with buyers and designers (including collections, category, and basic).
Guiding the team of designers and ensuring the deliverables on time.
Candidate will be responsible to design one small department (approx 50 styles per season including colorways if required) on its own. It includes from research to tech pack execution.
Candidate should be proficient in CAD (Illustrator and Photoshop).
Liaising closely with buying and planning teams on an ongoing basis to study the sell-through analysis.
Ensuring the implementation of design TNA.
Design sign off presentations to higher management.
Ensuring timely delivery of designs and tech packs.
Lab dip, strike offs, fit and sample reviews with merchandising and buying team.
Working with intra department (marketing and designers from other departments) for creation of seasonal campaign looks.
Readiness to multitask and should have a proactive approach.
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.
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