Fashion Designer

Melanie Lyne; Laval; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a talented Designer to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in researching trends and conceptualizing product assortments that resonate with the target audience. Your expertise in fashion design and product development will help ensure that all elements are executable and delivered on time. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with various teams, presenting your creative vision and ensuring that it aligns with business objectives. If you are detail-oriented and passionate about fashion, this position is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in product development or fashion design.
• Strong knowledge of textiles and textile structure.

Responsibilities

• Research trends and conceptualize product assortments for the brand.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure designs meet customer expectations.

Skills

Product Development

Fashion Design

Trend Research

Detail Orientation

Creativity

Organizational Skills

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

Join our team to achieve your full career potential! We are proactive, outside the box thinkers and doers who stop at nothing to make the iconic Laura and Melanie Lyne brands shine! Privately owned and based in Laval, Quebec, with a strong vision for innovation and optimizing the employee and client experiences, we continue to help generations of Canadian women to look and feel their best.

Job Description

As the Designer, you will contribute to Laura’s success by researching trends and conceptualizing merchant product assortments while ensuring that all elements in style are executable (the right fabric for the right style) and deliverable on time.

How will you support the team?

• Achieve all key financial objectives established in the seasonal budget.
• Research trend-right fabrics, stylings, colors and trims on an ongoing basis through store visits, magazines, trade shows, and trend services.
• Travel to different destinations (North America and overseas).
• Interpret trends by styling for our target customer and present them to the Category Manager/Buyer and Vice-President of Merchandising.
• Prepare and present monthly styling through boards, magazine cuttings, pictures, fabric swatches and trims to Category Manager/Buyer and Vice-President of Merchandising.
• Review seasonal architecture with Category Manager/Buyer.
• Conceptualize the assortment and styles, and meet Category Manager's/Buyer’s guidelines.
• Work with Production Team and local fabric agents to select and secure desirable fabrics that will result in optimal value and will allow for the execution of the assortment conceptualized with the Category Manager/Buyer.
• Collaborate with Production and Merchandising Teams to turn a vision into a merchant product that can be interpreted and executed, and that adheres to customer expectations and business criteria (right fabrics, right prices).
• Review and confirm sketches with Category Manager/Buyer to ensure sketches are according to styles and initial vision, and seek Category Manager’s/Buyer’s approval to set sampling in motion.
• Attend fit sessions as required.

Qualifications

The people who thrive with us have/are:

• 5-10 years of experience in product development or fashion design
• Experience with Adobe Illustrator
• Fabric and trim knowledge
• Strong knowledge of textiles and textile structure
• Import knowledge
• Great fashion flair
• Creative
• Detail oriented and highly organized

Don't miss this opportunity to join an exceptional team!