Creative Fashion Designer

Creative Fashion Designer

Partnering with clients to deliver operational improvement through a flexible and adaptable deployment model is the Myrtle Consulting Group mission. Myrtle is built on more than 25 years of hands-on experience delivering performance improvements to the world’s leading food and beverage, consumer products and life sciences organizations. Our promise to ...

Creative Fashion Designer

• Job Type Full Time
• Qualification
• Experience 2 - 3 years
• Location Lagos
• City Lekki
• Job Field Art / Crafts / Languages

Job Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

• Create or visualize an idea and produce a design by hand or using computer-aided design (CAD)
• Create mood boards to show to clients
• Keep up to date with emerging fashion trends as well as general trends relating to fabrics, and shapes
• Plan and develop ranges, often based on a theme
• Work with others in the design team, such as buyers and forecasters, to develop products to meet a brief
• Liaise closely with sales, buying and production teams on an ongoing basis to ensure items suit the customer, market and price points
• Understand design from a technical perspective, i.e. producing patterns and technical specifications for designs
• Visit trade shows and manufacturers to source, select and buy fabrics, trims, fastenings and embellishments
• Adapt existing designs for mass production
• Develop a pattern that is cut and sewn into sample garments and supervise the creation of these, including fitting, detailing and adaptations
• Oversee production
• Negotiate with customers and suppliers
• Showcase your designs at fashion and other trade shows
• Work with models to try out your designs and also to wear them on the catwalk at fashion shows
• Manage marketing, finances and other business activities, if working on a self-employed basis.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 2-3 years of experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience as a creative designer required
• Strong sense of creativity and ability to keep up with current trends
• Ability to get involved in workplace teamwork.
• Proficient with Excel, Outlook, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Proficient in English Preferred
• Fashion Design Degree Preferred *Creative Designer"
• Multi-faceted, detail-oriented, & highly organized individual
• Ability to prioritize, handle multiple tasks and team player
• Proficient with Excel, Outlook, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Proactively follow up on pending inquiries from sales teams
• Prepare meeting samples and coordinate
• Work between designers, sample, production and sales teams
• Input sales