Designer - Kidswear

Generous Discounts + Pet friendly workplace
- Richmond location
- Work with a leading apparel and footwear company

**About Brand Collective**:
Brand Collective is one of Australia's most prominent footwear & apparel retail groups, operating our omnichannel offer across 350+ stores with over 3,250 team members.Our portfolio ranges from iconic heritage to timeless contemporary, from street culture to considered craftsmanship, and from private label to international luxury fashion brands.

**The opportunity**:
The
**Designer** is responsible Design and Production Development of accountable brands, licenses and product categories. Support Design Manager and Account Managers to ensure we meet desired outcome for customers.

**Key duties and responsibilities**:

- Sketching garment shapes
- Design & Development of seasonal or monthly ranges.
- Selecting suitable garment fabrications
- Trend and seasonal forecasting
- Create production/tech packs for each style designed
- Prepare costing art-sheets to include technical drawings, trim details and construction specifications
- Prepare and document fabric quality and print swatches
- Monitor product submissions including fits samples, quality swatches, lab dips, prints, trims, accessories and fabric qualities within required production time allocated for the approval process and advise
- Maintain and update files to customer requirements
- Coordinating sourcing of fabrics and trims related to product designed
- Liaise with factories and internal parties regarding problem solving and design approvals, ensuring your product meets your desired final outcome.
- Liaise with QA techs on fit and styling throughout production process. Including Fit, PP and Shipment sampling stages
- Designing range books for buyer meetings or range presentations
- Ensure any sample required are delivered on time
- Assist Design Manager and Account Manager with meeting preparations

**The skills and experience you offer us**:

- Tertiary qualification in Fashion Design or Graphic Design, or related discipline
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Outlook
- Advanced skills in Adobe Illustrator, Indesign and Photoshop
- Demonstrated experience in in childrens and babies wear
- Demonstrated working experience in a similar role within the fashion industry
- Textile/garment construction/pattern making knowledge
- Garment manufacturing knowledge or experience
- Strong written and verbal communications
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Strong organisational skills
- Strong eye for product
- Ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment

**The perks we offer you**:

- Generous discounts for you and your family across Brand Collective's entire stable of brands
- Pet friendly workspace - yes, you can bring your dog to work
- Invitations to epic sample sales
- Paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers (based on eligibility), volunteer leave and blood donation leave
- Purchased Leave program (ability to purchase an additional two weeks of leave per year, based on eligibility)
- Novated Leasing
- Floating Holidays - provides team members with the option to work on certain state based public holidays and take a different day off in lieu
- Reward and recognition program as well as generous service awards
- Recruitment referral incentives for permanent positions
- Exclusive benefits platform - access to generous savings from leading retailers like Woolworths, Amazon and Myer
- Learning and development - we want you to grow and get the most out of your role
- BC Wellness Hub - Monthly wellbeing webinars, individual coaching and an Employee Assistance Program with free access to Mental Health Professionals for when times are tough
- Richmond office location

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