SENIOR DESIGNER (ACTIVE – NIRMAANA)
Being in the business for over 17 years, MAS Active is a prestigious establishment in Sri Lanka focusing on Activewear, Athleisure, Performance wear and Men’s essentials. We are looking forward for a dynamic candidate to study, and assist Head of design in research of new fashion trends in relation to swimwear and then practically applies those designs in an innovative form by working with patternmakers, sample room and customers, whilst fulfilling customer expectation creatively as per given timelines
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Constantly research all customers’ behaviors and keep up to date with their vision, company strategy and position in the global market
- Competently follow-through from the design stage to sample range completion on forecasted trends
- Liaise with customers after marketing trips and follow up on customer interests
- Collate information from sourcing/research trips into trend book
- Prepare mood boards using current and correct research material that will be showcased to the customer to assist in their design process
- Travel for tradeshows and store sourcing when requires by the business for new swimwear trends, colours, customers’ awareness and competitor analysis
- Visit and attend local Trim/Embellishments suppliers, subcontractors and understand their capabilities, history in the market, profile whilst submitting technical data and other specifications
- Liaise with internal departments such as cutting, sample room in order to obtain a productive output to make the final sample
- Interact with Account Heads on specific customer requests and follow through to production and clearly identify customer requirements on all areas of styling, specific designs and initiate communication with patternmakers and sample room.
- Develop detail formats and layout pages for customer submissions, design to sample information and understand the importance of saving all documentation in a chronological and systematic manner
- Actively liaise with design patternmaker and sample room by providing/communicating necessary technical information to achieve customer requests.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- Degree in fashion designs from a reputed institute/Campus
- 3-5 years uninterrupted experience as a designer
- Adequate knowledge in illustrator and Adobe photoshop
- Strong team player and go getter
- Innovative and creative ideas
- Global Trends/ Competitive Environment/ Market Prices & Market Intelligence
- Innovation & Ingenuity
Closing Date: 2024/04/28