Deputy Designer-Menswear

Shoppers Stop; Mumbai; On-site; INR 500,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Shoppers Stop is seeking a designer with strong Menswear CAD capabilities to drive seasonal print development and fabric design. The role involves trend research, color explorations, and creating print placements that align with the brand’s offerings.

Candidates should understand product development, fabrics, colors, and graphics, and be able to work to deadlines while maintaining design quality and market relevance.

Qualifications

• Strong capability in developing Menswear CADs.
• Understanding of product development, fabrics, colours and graphics.

Responsibilities

• Trend research and market survey to understand market needs.
• Explore patterns, colors and techniques to create new and unusual print designs for the brand.
• Develop print designs and planning unique placements, motifs and layouts.
• Research and develop ideas from various sources; scanning, redrawing and changing colour ways; using software packages to create new effects.
• Design and develop new prints seasonally.
• Provide design/concept boards to communicate design and seasonal direction for textile prints, materials and trims.
• Experimenting with colour, fabric and texture.
• Work within a budget and to deadlines, while keeping up with trends and production techniques.
• Create fabric designs and patterns for woven, knitted and printed materials.
• Study fashion trends and anticipate designs that appeal to consumers.
• Decide on a theme for a collection, planning and developing ranges.

Skills

Menswear CAD design

Product development

Fabrics knowledge

Color theory

Graphics

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Skills- Strong capability in developing Menswear CADs, with understanding of product development, fabrics, colours, graphics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Trend research and in-depth market survey in order to thoroughly understand the market needs.
• Exploration of patterns, colors and techniques to create new and unusual print designs keeping in mind the brands product range.
• Development of Print designs and planning unique and new placements, motifs and layouts
• Research and develop ideas from various sources; scanning, redrawing and changing colour ways; using software packages to create new effects.
• To design and develop new prints seasonally
• Provide design/concept boards to communicate design and seasonal direction for textile prints, materials and trims.
• experimenting with colour, fabric and texture
• To work within a budget and to deadlines, whilst keeping up with current trends and production techniques.
• Creating fabric designs and patterns for woven, knitted and printed materials
• Study fashion trends and anticipate designs that will appeal to consumers. keeping up to date with emerging fashion trends as well as general trends relating to fabrics, colours and shapes
• Decide on a theme for a collection, planning and developing ranges