Menswear Design Assistant

**About Us**:
Accent Group Limited is the leading digitally integrated retail and distribution business in the Apparel and Footwear performance and lifestyle market in Australia and New Zealand. With over 750+ stores, 35 brands and 40 online platforms. Our brands include; Glue, Platypus, Skechers, Hype DC, Vans, Dr. Martens, Subtype, The Athletes Foot, CAT, Merrell, The Trybe, Pivot, Timberland, Stylerunner, Palladium, Stance, Saucony, & Nude Lucy

Accent Lifestyle Division is a multi-branded fashion distribution and wholesaling powerhouse, offering a diverse range of highly sought after local and international labels into the Australian and New Zealand markets. Established in 2004 the last 15 years have seen Accent Lifestyle grow to house one of Australia’s leading stable of brands, providing an ever-evolving portfolio to a vast network of major department stores, multi-national and independent retailers.

Based in Sydney, our head office opposite World Square in the heart of the city, provides a central and modern location to review our brands, while we also showcase each collection via our reputable sales agencies across the country.

Why Accent Group?
- Team member discounts up to 40% across all our Retails brands.
- Join a POWERHOUSE Retail Company with plans for significant growth.

**About the role**:
In the role of a Menswear Design Assistant, you will be responsible for assisting in the design & development of product across all men’s development brands. Reporting to the Senior Menswear, you will be responsible for providing administrative, technical & design support to the men’s design team.

**Your key responsibilities will include**:

- Assistance in product development & style creation. This will include drawing detailed CADS & creating cohesive tech packs that provide fabric, trim, labelling and spec information
- Creating & maintaining up to date monthly range boards
- Managing incoming & outgoing parcels to and from suppliers & or photo studio.
- Management and organisation of proto samples, fabric & trim libraries & factory submissions
- Assisting sales manager with collating samples and setting up range showings
- Assisting with the menswear production co-ordinator on sample management for menswear brands.
- Handing over all design notes and comments for seasonal production handovers.
- Liaising with suppliers throughout product development to chase costings, sampling ETA’s and provide fabric & trim approvals
- Data entry & image upload for sales programs / system upload
- Writing e-commerce descriptions
- Assisting at ecommerce and campaign photo shoots
- Attending Fit sessions of design prototypes and SMS.
- Assisting with trend research across all brands
- Creating seasonal sourcing documents to assist factories in finding new fabrications
- Completing graphic artworks for labelling development, logos & apparel
- Completing small design projects, working closely with Senior Menswear Designer
- General assistance to design team as and when require

**To succeed in this role, you will need to have**:

- Tertiary qualification in Fashion Design (preferred)
- Demonstrated 6-12 months’ experience in a similar position
- Proficiency in Adobe creative Suite (mainly illustrator and Photoshop), Microsoft office
- Experience of AP21 and File Maker PLM is a bonus.
- Competent understanding of fabric & garment construction
- Strong written & verbal skills
- Strong attention to detail & accuracy
- Ability to work pro-actively
- Good time management
- Strong interest & engagement with fashion, trends & design
- Affiliation with Accent Group Core values and “Make It Happen” attitude

At Accent Group Limited we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and inclusion. We believe in the diversity of our people across age, gender, identity, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, physical and mental ability. We strive on creating an equal employment environment where everyone from any background can be themselves.
The Accent Group acknowledges, and pays respect, to the Traditional Owners and ongoing custodians of the land. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Maori people.