Fashion Design Assistant at Marvee

Scope

As an assistant Fashion design at Marvee, your job involves creating unique designs that are in line with our brand aesthetics taking inspiration from couture/high fashion designs to create original pieces that appeal to a Marvee woman.

• Handle consultations with clients, take accurate measurements
• Create mood broads, a detailed design brief specifications for each bespoke client for onward approval by the creative director
• Conceptualize designs based on clients brief at consultation, using fashion illustrations (water sketch or computer-generated fashion illustrations) and see design to finished and package garments
• Liaise with customer relationship representative, in handling communication of bespoke clients with designs already in production.
• Design / create new / collection for fast fashion and haute couture for onward approval by the creative director and oversee production to finish
• Source, Select fabric, trims, embellishments, color combination, style and design technique for each garment
• Conduct independent research and keep up to date with fashion trends and design techniques.
• Anticipate designs that will appeal to customers.
• Work closely with the production team to ensure all design specifications are met.
• Create production scheduled for each production staff based on confirmed orders for each month.
• Interface with clients to ensure they wear garment correctly on event day
• Work closely with the creative director to design bridal and bespoke garments.
• Assist production team with draping and pleating
• Conduct fittings, take down detailed note of fitting issues, client’s specifications and supervise the implementation of these changes with the production manager and team.
• Ensure the production team are unscheduled with delivery timelines.
• Report on design and production