Senior fashion designer

The Senior Fashion Designer is responsible for developing commercially successful and distinctive fashion collections that reflect the brand’s identity and meet the expectations of modern Emirati and GCC women. The role will lead the design development process from initial concept and trend research through fabric selection, sampling, fitting, production, and final product approval. The Senior Fashion Designer will work closely with production, sourcing, marketing, retail, e-commerce, and management teams to ensure collections are creative, commercially relevant, high quality, and delivered on time. Key Responsibilities Develop seasonal collections, exclusive designs, capsule collections, abayas, modest fashion pieces, and special-event products. Research international, regional, UAE, and GCC fashion trends, customer preferences, colours, fabrics, silhouettes, embellishments, and seasonal concepts. Prepare mood boards, collection concepts, colour palettes, fabric directions, sketches, and design presentations. Create and develop original fashion designs in line with the brand identity and target customer. Select suitable fabrics, trims, embroidery, accessories, colours, and finishing details. Prepare clear design specifications and communicate requirements to pattern makers, production teams, embroidery teams, and suppliers. Review patterns, prototypes, samples, fittings, embroidery, garment construction, and finishing. Conduct fitting sessions and provide necessary design and technical corrections. Approve samples before bulk production and ensure the final product matches the approved design. Coordinate closely with production and sourcing teams to achieve the required quality, costing, and delivery timelines. Guide and support junior designers and other members of the design team. Monitor competitor collections, market developments, customer feedback, and sales performance to improve future collections. Identify successful colours, fabrics, silhouettes, styles, and product categories based on customer response and sales. Develop designs suitable for boutiques, online sales, pop-up events, exhibitions, and special launches. Work with marketing and content teams to provide styling and creative input for campaigns, photoshoots, social media, influencers, and product launches. Support model styling, product styling, fashion shows, exhibitions, events, and brand presentations. Assist with product assortment, collection planning, pricing considerations, and launch preparation. Identify new fabrics, suppliers, techniques, embroidery concepts, trims, and design opportunities. Maintain consistency of product design and brand identity across all collections. Present new collection concepts, designs, samples, and recommendations to management. Manage multiple collections and design projects simultaneously. Ensure all design developments are completed within the approved timeline, quality standards, and target costing. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Fashion Design, Textile Design, or a related field. Minimum 7–10 years of fashion design experience, preferably in women’s fashion, modest fashion, abayas, luxury fashion, or GCC markets. Strong experience in developing collections from concept to final production. Excellent understanding of fabrics, garment construction, pattern development, fitting, embroidery, trims, colours, and finishing techniques. Strong knowledge of Emirati and GCC customer preferences and modest fashion trends. Strong sketching, design development, colour coordination, and styling skills. Ability to combine creative design with commercial and customer requirements. Experience working directly with pattern makers, tailors, embroidery teams, suppliers, and production departments. Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain high product quality standards. Ability to manage several collections and deadlines simultaneously. Strong communication, presentation, leadership, and team coordination skills. Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop; knowledge of fashion design/CAD software is an advantage. Fluency in English is required; Arabic is an advantage. Show more Show less