Designer - Girlswear

**Now Hiring | Global Fashion Brand | Melbourne**

The Brand |

Our client is launching a brand-new Girlswear/Youth range, and they are in search for a Designer to be a pivotal part of this ground-breaking launch

In this exciting position, you will oversee the category, igniting the design vision for the Girlswear/Youth portfolio. Your responsibilities will deliver captivating collections that perfectly align with the brands signature beauty and elegance, all whilst ensuring ‘finger on pulse’ of emerging trends.

This role will have core focuses around:

- Design, drive and develop a beautiful commercial collection and range
- Demonstrate broad awareness of competitors and external trends, identifying missed opportunities and trends working with the buyer to potentialise sales and profit.
- Present trend boards per product category, with direction from monthly story boards, to buyer to ensure that key trends, shapes, colour direction and fabrics are considered.
- Complete the design brief, post concept sign off, to the standard required, ensuring detailed accuracy, and that QA, and Production are adequately briefed to minimise re-work.
- Confidently advise and partner with Buyer on styling, fabric, trim, print and finish.
- Collaborate with the fabric team to develop the range for each season.
- Ensure the range delivers innovation, flexibility, quality, speed to market and is within pricing strategy

The Skillset |
- Minimum 3 years’ work experience as a Girlswear/Youth Designer
- Proven track record of high performance in a fashion business
- Skilled in visualising design concepts (by hand and/or PC/MAC)
- Creative talent and high attention to detail
- Strong technical knowledge and garment construction skills
- Fabric and raw material knowledge
- Demonstrate understanding of all critical path elements and their impact on sales
- Knowledge of local and overseas fashion retail markets
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as part of a team
- Ability to work under pressure, working to tight deadlinesThe Offer |

On offer is a generous salary offering, employee discounts, wellbeing incentives, learning and development opportunities, subsidized carparking and more

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.