Senior Designer

About us:
Born and bred on the Gold Coast, our company designs and develops unique lifestyle apparel and accessories for quality retailers around the world. Our market leading resort and headwear brands are designed and developed by our talented in-house team with an eye for quality, attention to detail and a passion for the outdoor lifestyle.
From humble beginnings, we have experienced continuous growth over the last 22 years. We are now stocked in retailers all over Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the Caribbean, Canada and the USA. We have established an excellent reputation for innovative and quality products that our retailers and consumers love equally.
About the position:
We're seeking an experienced Senior Designer to create products and prints for our kids' brand, Earth Nymph — a coastal-inspired lifestyle and tourism label based in Burleigh Heads, Australia. We specialise in playful, instantly recognisable kids' apparel and accessories that capture the carefree spirit of coastal living. Bright colours, cute characters, and cheeky graphics bring a holiday vibe to our collections, loved by babies, kids, and families worldwide.
You will work within the design and product team and will work collaboratively with the Brand Manager to research and identify new seasonal trends and prints for accessories and swimwear. In addition, you will be charged to lead the design & development process of the apparel and accessories ranges with brand direction and presentation of category collections. This creative, 'hands on' role, is responsible for ensuring all creative requirements, technical standards and critical dates are met whilst managing "end to end" product development of your ranges. Demonstrating strong leadership skills, a positive culture and leading by example with flexibility is a key component of the role.
Key responsibilities include:
Research
Research and travel, both locally and internationally for latest trends.
Research web and social media
Collaborate with Brand Manager to create seasonal trend direction and inspiration mood boards.
Design
Research, design and develop new seasonal collections with innovative techniques and quality functional products.
Create technical design packs for vendors.
Collaborating with print houses and graphic design teams to oversee and implement print sourcing, concept development, and direction.
Responsible for print execution in the swimwear and accessory collections.
Working closely with the Brand Manager to have a sound understanding of past sales data Identify opportunities, drive newness, deliver continual evolution and cohesion across the product range and overall brand collection. Ensure best seller updates, and lifestyle categories are covered.
Sound understanding of costings and ability to engineer or re-imagine designs to fit into target margins / FOB costs
Critical Path Management & Ownership to achieve company timelines across all processes & categories.
Sourcing, designing and developing all quality fabrications, raw materials, blocks, trims, linings
Creative design and development of all branding requirements including labels, hardware, embroideries and trims.
A greener footprint. Identify opportunities & implement within the range to innovate for positive social, ethical and environmental change, and differentiate our business as a leader in sustainability in everything we do.
To be successful, you will have:
5+ yrs experience as a senior Designer in the Accessory or Apparel industry.
You will have demonstrated experience in all aspects of product design and ability to bring the product to market
Proficient in Adobe Suite
PLM experience highly regarded
You are a strong communicator, mentor and manager, a team player, and have a 'can-do' outlook
You are highly capable of juggling multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
In previous roles you have travelled internationally for trend research, competitor analysis, and material sourcing and are positioned to continue to travel both locally and internationally
You are well versed at working on the ground with international vendors and factories, on sampling, cost negotiation, and product approvals
A positive outlook, vibrant personality and a team player
This role is an exciting opportunity in a growing business where you can make a difference.
Our company is locally owned, professional but family orientated, and growing nationally and internationally.
If this sounds like you we look forward to hearing from you