Senior Textile Designer

ANI Clothing; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

ANI Clothing is seeking a Senior Textile Designer in India to translate collection concepts into original print stories. You will develop print artworks, repeats, and surface designs across traditional and digital media while building seasonal libraries and archives.

Reporting to the Creative Head, you will mentor the Assistant Textile Designer, coordinate with vendors, and ensure production-ready outputs with precise colourways and repeats. A strong artistic sensibility is essential.

Qualifications

• 5–6+ years of experience in textile or print design within premium, contemporary, or luxury fashion.
• Exceptional illustration and artwork development skills across traditional and digital mediums.
• Strong understanding of print repeats, engineered placements, colourways, and textile production processes.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Strong project management, vendor coordination, and organizational skills.
• Has an eclectic, eccentric, and highly artistic design aesthetic.
• Can translate creative direction into original and commercially viable textile artwork.
• Draws inspiration from art, culture, travel, architecture, craft, and nature.
• Has a strong eye for colour, composition, texture, and storytelling through prints.
• Enjoys collaboration, creative feedback, and mentoring junior designers.
• Takes ownership of projects from concept development through final production.

Responsibilities

• Develop original print artworks based on collection concepts and creative direction.
• Create placement prints, engineered prints, repeat patterns, borders, motifs, and surface graphics.
• Work across hand-painted, illustrated, mixed-media, and digital artwork techniques.
• Build and maintain seasonal print libraries and artwork archives.
• Conduct visual research across art, textiles, architecture, craft, travel, nature, and culture.
• Expand collection themes through artwork explorations and print development.
• Present artwork concepts and print options for review and refinement.
• Prepare production-ready artwork with accurate repeats, scaling, colourways, and technical specifications.
• Coordinate with print vendors through sampling and bulk production.
• Review strike-offs, colour approvals, and sample developments to maintain quality standards.
• Manage timelines and resolve technical print-related challenges.
• Lead and mentor the Assistant Textile Designer.
• Delegate research, artwork refinements, technical artwork preparation, and sampling tasks.
• Foster a collaborative, detail-oriented, and creatively driven work environment.
• Takes ownership of projects from concept development through final production.

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

At ANI Clothing, we are looking for a Senior Textile Designer with an eclectic artistic sensibility and a distinctive visual language to bring ANI's creative vision to life through textiles.

Working closely with the Creative Head, you will translate collection concepts into original print stories, ensuring every artwork reflects the brand's aesthetic and attention to detail.

About the Role

• Develop original print artworks based on collection concepts and creative direction.
• Create placement prints, engineered prints, repeat patterns, borders, motifs, and surface graphics.
• Work across hand-painted, illustrated, mixed‑media, and digital artwork techniques.
• Build and maintain seasonal print libraries and artwork archives.
• Conduct visual research across art, textiles, architecture, craft, travel, nature, and culture.
• Expand collection themes through artwork explorations and print development.
• Present artwork concepts and print options for review and refinement.
• Prepare production‑ready artwork with accurate repeats, scaling, colourways, and technical specifications.
• Coordinate with print vendors through sampling and bulk production.
• Review strike‑offs, colour approvals, and sample developments to maintain quality standards.
• Manage timelines and resolve technical print‑related challenges.
• Lead and mentor the Assistant Textile Designer.
• Delegate research, artwork refinements, technical artwork preparation, and sampling tasks.
• Foster a collaborative, detail‑oriented, and creatively driven work environment.
• 5–6+ years of experience in textile or print design within premium, contemporary, or luxury fashion.
• Exceptional illustration and artwork development skills across traditional and digital mediums.
• Strong understanding of print repeats, engineered placements, colourways, and textile production processes.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Experience working with digital, screen, pigment, and other textile printing techniques.
• Strong project management, vendor coordination, and organizational skills.
• Has an eclectic, eccentric, and highly artistic design aesthetic.
• Can translate creative direction into original and commercially viable textile artwork.
• Draws inspiration from art, culture, travel, architecture, craft, and nature.
• Has a strong eye for colour, composition, texture, and storytelling through prints.
• Enjoys collaboration, creative feedback, and mentoring junior designers.
• Takes ownership of projects from concept development through final production.