Head Designer — Creative Lead for Womenswear Brand

seek.com.au; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Paid time for preventative health

Early finish Fridays

Job summary

seek.com.au is seeking a Head Designer for its established Australian resort label in Melbourne. You will lead the creative vision, set seasonal direction, and develop briefs across colour, print, and material directions.

You will grow the brand’s DNA while mentoring a small design team and ensuring collections align with market needs and brand strategy. You will partner with leadership, marketing, and production to ensure on-time, on-cost delivery of premium product and cohesive storytelling

Qualifications

• 5+ years of womenswear design experience, including a lead, head or sole-designer role
• Experience leading and developing a small design or technical team
• A clear creative point of view with strong commercial instinct for margin, pricing and what sells
• Technical strength in garment construction, fit, fabrication and costing
• Confidence with tech packs and vector/graphic tools (Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop)
• Experience working with offshore agents, vendors and factories to a critical path

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative vision for the label and set the seasonal direction
• Develop seasonal and monthly design briefs covering colour, print and material direction
• Grow the brand’s DNA and push collections forward
• Present the creative vision and range plans to the leadership team
• Lead a small hands-on design team and mentor junior staff
• Design the collections and build balanced, commercial ranges across categories
• Source fabrics and trims and develop original prints and artwork
• Brief offshore agents and vendors with detailed spec sheets and tech packs
• Ensure collections land on time, on cost and to quality, resolving issues as needed
• Shape the brand beyond product with campaigns, styling and collaboration with marketing and sales
• Align product launches with brand strategy and collection storytelling
• Brief wholesale and ecommerce teams to tell a cohesive brand story
• Use sell-through and customer feedback to inform future lines

Skills

Womenswear design

Team leadership

Commercial instinct

Garment construction

Costing

Offshore production

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

seek.com.au is seeking a Head Designer for its established Australian resort label in Melbourne. You will lead the creative vision, set seasonal direction, and develop briefs across colour, print, and material directions.

You will grow the brand’s DNA while mentoring a small design team and ensuring collections align with market needs and brand strategy. You will partner with leadership, marketing, and production to ensure on-time, on-cost delivery of premium product and cohesive storytelling