Product and garment designers design and develop products for manufacture and prepare designs and specifications of products for mass, batch and one-off production.
Skill level:
Highly skilled
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Job Definition
- Determining the objectives and constraints of the design brief by consulting with clients and stakeholders
- Formulating design concepts for clothing, textiles, industrial, commercial and consumer products, and jewellery
- Harmonizing aesthetic considerations with technical, functional, ecological and production requirements
- Preparing sketches, diagrams, illustrations, plans, samples and models to communicate design concepts
- Negotiating design solutions with clients, management, and sales and manufacturing staff
- Selecting, specifying and recommending functional and aesthetic materials, production methods and finishes for manufacture
- Detailing and documenting the selected design for production
- Preparing and commissioning prototypes and samples
- Supervising the preparation of patterns, programs and tooling, and of the manufacturing process
