Womenswear Design Assistant
assemblylabel · Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia ·
- Work mode
- Onsite
- Category
- Design
- Experience
- 2+ years
Assembly Label is looking for a Design Assistant to join our Design team at our Alexandria Head Office. This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career creative to gain hands-on experience supporting the design process and contributing to the development of our collections within a growing, multi-channel fashion brand.
The Role
The primary purpose of the Design Assistant is to support the Design team with the day-to-day tasks involved in developing and delivering Assembly Label’s product collections.
Key Responsibilities
Admin
- General design department administration and data entry. Master data and style workflow maintenance in theseasonal dashboards and visual range plans.
- Support the Design team in creating tech packs and inputting key style data.
- Assist with incoming sample co-ordination and documentation.
- Ensure the Design Room is kept organised and maintained at a high standard, including organisation of samples,fabrics, trims and digital files.
Design
- Creating and updating detailed CADs to represent the seasonal collections.
- Creating and managing range presentation documents, ensuring a high level of detail and accuracy.
- Trend and competitor research, including silhouette, colour and fabrication.
- Inform key stakeholders across the wider business of changes regarding product attributes and range structure.
- Working closely with the Design team on executing showroom set up each season for various range meetings and reviews, ensuring all materials, samples and assets are available to showcase.
- Responsible for taking meeting notes, compiling action points and following them through.
- Accountable for upholding the Assembly Label culture – a spokesperson for the brand, both internally and externally.
- Responsible for working with the Senior Designer on your own self-development and career growth.
About You
- 2+ years’ industry experience in fashion design or a related field.
- Fashion Design or relevant technical qualification.
- Knowledge of fabrics, colour, and digital artwork.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office, with strong Illustrator and Excel skills.
- Understanding of garment fit, construction, and technical design principles.
- Collaborative team player who values teamwork and builds strong working relationships.
- Ability to support the execution and delivery of ranges in line with Assembly Label’s brand DNA.
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
- Embodies Assembly Label’s values of being Humble, Hungry and Smart.
Applying
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups who reflect our wonderfully diverse community. If you would like to request accommodations within the recruitment process, please contact us via [email protected]. Please include the job title and location in the subject line of the email.