CAD & Textile Designer

Kish Group; Kolkata Metropolitan Area; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Kish Group is seeking a design professional to develop textile prints, patterns, and garment graphics based on seasonal trends and buyer requirements. You will create mood boards, color palettes, and print stories, and prepare CAD artworks for fabric printing.

The role involves coordinating with printing and production teams, ensuring artworks are production-ready, and managing samples, revisions, and approvals within timelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop textile prints, patterns, motifs, artworks, and garment graphics based on seasonal trends and buyer requirements.
• Create original design concepts, mood boards, color palettes, and print stories.
• Prepare CAD artworks and repeat patterns for fabric printing.
• Coordinate with the printing and production teams to ensure the artwork is technically suitable for production.
• Prepare print layouts, color separations, repeats, and production-ready files.
• Check print scale, placement, repeat size, color accuracy, and overall artwork quality.
• Work on strike-offs, lab dips, print samples, and sample approvals.
• Coordinate with merchandisers and designers regarding buyer comments, artwork approvals, and sample developments.

Job description

• Develop textile prints, patterns, motifs, artworks, and garment graphics based on seasonal trends and buyer requirements.
• Create original design concepts, mood boards, color palettes, and print stories.
• Develop all-over prints, placement prints, engineered prints, border designs, stripe designs, and conversational prints.
• Prepare CAD artworks and repeat patterns for fabric printing.
• Create and modify colorways and print variations as per buyer requirements.
• Develop designs suitable for woven and knitted garments.
• Prepare accurate artwork files for screen printing, digital printing, embroidery, and other surface techniques.
• Coordinate with the printing and production teams to ensure the artwork is technically suitable for production.
• Prepare print layouts, color separations, repeats, and production-ready files.
• Check print scale, placement, repeat size, color accuracy, and overall artwork quality.
• Work on strike-offs, lab dips, print samples, and sample approvals.
• Make necessary corrections and revisions based on buyer feedback.
• Coordinate with merchandisers and designers regarding buyer comments, artwork approvals, and sample developments.
• Research international fashion trends, textile trends, prints, colors, motifs, and market developments.
• Develop designs according to buyer tech packs, specifications, references, and brand guidelines.
• Maintain an organized database of CADs, artworks, prints, colorways, approvals, and revisions.
• Ensure all designs are developed within the required T&A and sampling timelines.
• Coordinate with fabric and sourcing teams for suitable fabric bases and surface applications.
• Support the design team in developing seasonal collections and buyer presentations.
• Ensure designs are commercially viable, production-friendly, and cost-effective.
• Maintain proper records of approved artwork and production files.