A fashion designer designs and assists with the production of clothing, shoes and accessories, identifies trends, and selects styles, fabrics, colors, prints and trims for a collection. Fashion designers either design haute couture or ready-to-wear clothing.
Job details
- Location: Aurora, ON
- Salary: 28.85 hourly for 30 hours per week
- Terms of employment: Permanent employment
Full time
- Day, Morning
- Start date: Starts as soon as possible
- Benefits: Health benefits
- Vacancies: 1 vacancy
We are looking to hire a Fashion Designer with panache and flair to capture the mood on the street in our ready-to-wear line. The Fashion Designer will keep an eye on the street, travel to shows and read fashion magazines to spot trends and interpret specific color palettes, patterns and prints for each season. You will sketch your designs by hand, create technical production drawings and address buyers as a seasoned marketer.
To ensure success you will be able to spot trends, capture the spirit of the times in your creations and display business acumen in your ability to apply product strategy. Ideal candidates have outstanding business acumen and are creative geniuses.
Fashion Designer Responsibilities:
- Managing design process from conception through to final styling.
- Conducting market research to identify new trends, fabrics and techniques, and seeking design inspiration.
- Collaborating with team members to select seasonal themes, make edits to line, and create new concepts.
- Ensuring product is in agreement with business strategy.
- Selecting fabrics and trims.
- Creating production sketches for development packages.
- Collaborating with technical designer to ensure development packages are accurate.
- Reviewing product for style and fit during presentation.
- Presenting story, mood, color boards, and samples to buyers.
Fashion Designer Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in design or fine arts, or college degree in fashion design or related field.
- 5+ years design experience.
- Proficient with Microsoft Excel and Adobe Illustrator.
- Availability to travel for research and product development.
- Ability to do sketches by hand.
- Excellent design and conceptual skills.
- Excellent sense of style and color.
- Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to meet multiple deadlines.
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Supervise staff (apprentices, stages hands, design team, etc.)
- Fashion designers design and create clothing and accessories for men, women and children
Experience and specialization
Product or manufacturing design
Art or fashion design experience
- Women’s clothing
- Men’s clothing
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups: Indigenous people, Newcomers to Canada, Veterans, Visible minorities
Who can apply to this job?
Only apply to this job if:
- You are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.
- You have a valid Canadian work permit.
If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.
How to apply
By email
vellatofashion@gmail.com
How-to-apply instructions
Here is what you must include in your application:
- Cover letter
- Highest level of education and name of institution where it was completed
Olayinka Blessing
August 3, 2023 at 8:50 pm
I am interested in applying for a fashion designer job.
Olaitan Bolaji Adisa
August 4, 2023 at 8:44 am
I would like to apply for the post of a fashion designer cause I have the ability desire dream to take fashion to a higher level I’ll be happy if this go through