Designer, Fashion (Product Development)

ABOUT US

Gaston Luga is a Swedish lifestyle fashion brand with a unique line of elegant but functional backpacks and accessories designed to be ideal companions when discovering the world.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Design and develop product lines for Gaston Luga AB.

• Actively participates in the conceptual development of product lines (i.e., sells ideas/concepts and convinces others to adopt a course of action)

• Responsible for the entire product design process including market research, inspiration boards, designing, sketching, creating a design card, and working with all departments to ensure all information is communicated internally and overseas factory. Including visiting factories in China.

• Ensures that product is consistent with market trends as well as business strategy

• Know the competition, walk the floor, and anticipate new designs/ideas

• Ability to update best sellers and to reinvent next best seller product

• Understand price point Ability to structure and design high perceived value products with a price point in mind.

• Detail-oriented to ensure the quality of design and fit. Make sound judgments and make decisions using objective and subjective data.

• Partners with Sourcing to ensure designs meet pricing and margin requirements.

• Partners with Sourcing to find solutions to issues that may arise during production

• Researches trends and ideas. Writes reports to support the findings Keeps up with news, blogs, and fashion magazines on a daily basis. Researches current and develops future trends for color, silhouette, fabric, and trim.

• Designs new silhouettes along with clear detail sketches and interior sketches. Draws silhouettes and illustrations in Illustrator and Photoshop.

• Responsible for communicating design details through accurate detailed flat sketches

• Assign descriptive names, pattern numbers, color names, and color codes to all fabrics.

• Attends all fittings and actively participates.

• Updates sketches, and makes design comments for any style changes post fittings

• Ensures Bill Of Material / Trim sheets and summary sketches are accurate and updated as needed in PLM

• Work closely with the Product Coordinator/Developer to send out fabric developments, strike-offs, and lab dips.

• Actively participate in the conceptual development of product lines -have the ability to take conceptual ideas into a sellable commercial product

APPLICATION

Please send your application in English to [email protected]

Applications will be assessed continually.