Junior Fashion Designer

SUMMARY:
A Leading Fashion Retail Supplier is seeking a talented Junior Designer to join their dynamic Durban-based team.

POSITION INFO:
Duties and Responsibilities:   Trend research for merchandisers buying trip. Photographing & numbering of overseas samples. Assisting with trend presentation preparation for presenting to customer. Keeping up to date with trends for new product developments and innovative product updates in alignment with customer brands and existing programs. Working on buyers briefs and design requirements. Loading buyer briefs onto system (swift). Creating comprehensive tech packs including CAD, TD, artworks, etc. Send a copy of the original brief with original sample (if needed) along with colour swatches for lab dipping to supplier. Briefing suppliers/factories over email on design and sample requirements, as well as additional packaging and other information pertaining to each style. Checking factory samples and lab dips against the brief (final sign off by Merchandiser). Communication between customer & supplier on design/brief/colour/artwork. Cad overview to be emailed to factories confirming they have received all the briefs Weekly Cad overview updates by style/program/customer Prepare copies of updated customer cad overviews for each customer to accompany customer production delivery reports (from Coordinator) - spiral bound. Updating packaging booklets every season. Keeping track and ensuring returning of overseas samples not used by customers. Filing of overseas samples/showing samples/meeting samples. End of season rails clean out ie: fit samples, duplicate samples, old rail samples - team effort. Minimum Requirements:   Degree or diploma in fashion design. 1-2 years working experience in a similar role. Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator. Competent in producing CADs and TDs on illustrator. Ability to take direction and produce accurate and detailed work. Able to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure. Works well in a team. Good communication skills. Drive and motivation to learn and grow. Able to adapt and be flexible with tasks. Must have a Design Portfolio available to view. Should you not receive a response within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Vacancies are advertised on our website,    IMPORTANT NOTICE By applying to this advert you hereby acknowledge that you have read and accept the following Protection of Personal Information ACT (POPIA) disclaimer: I hereby consent for Talented Recruitment to process my personal information as part of the recruitment process. Talented Recruitment shall take all reasonable measures to protect the personal information of applicants and for the purpose of this disclaimer “personal information” shall be defined as detailed in the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”).