Kazo Brands is looking for a creative, trend-conscious, and commercially driven Women's Western Wear Designer to join our design team. The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of contemporary women's fashion and western wear, with the ability to translate global trends and customer insights into commercially viable designs aligned with the Kazo brand aesthetic.

- Research and analyse global and Indian fashion trends, with a strong focus on women's western wear, including dresses, tops, shirts, skirts, trousers, co-ords, jumpsuits, jackets, and occasion wear. - Track international fashion weeks, emerging trends, competitor collections, social media, fashion influencers, and customer preferences to identify relevant trends for the Kazo customer. - Develop seasonal mood boards, trend boards, colour palettes, fabric directions, and collection concepts. - Conceptualise and develop fashionable, trend-led, and commercially viable western wear styles and silhouettes. - Create designs for women's contemporary, party, occasion, and everyday western wear in line with Kazo's brand positioning. - Develop new silhouettes, prints, colour combinations, embellishments, embroidery, surface details, and garment constructions. - Create detailed fashion sketches, technical drawings, artworks, and design sheets for product development. - Ensure collections have a strong fashion point of view while offering the right balance of trend, wearability, and commercial appeal. - Work closely with the merchandising, sourcing, sampling, production, and buying teams throughout the product development process. - Coordinate with fabric and trim vendors to source and develop appropriate materials, embellishments, trims, and finishes. - Review samples and provide detailed feedback on fit, silhouette, fabric, colour, construction, proportions, finishing, and overall design.



- Conduct regular sample reviews and ensure designs are developed accurately from concept to final production. - Ensure final products are consistent with approved designs, quality standards, brand aesthetics, and customer expectations. - Maintain a strong understanding of fabrics suitable for western wear, including woven, knit, denim, satin, crepe, georgette, lace, and other fashion fabrics. - Incorporate market feedback, sales performance, customer insights, and commercial inputs into future design development. - Ensure designs are aligned with target customers, price points, production feasibility, and business objectives. - Manage multiple styles and collection developments simultaneously while ensuring timely completion of design deliverables. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve design, sampling, fit, and production challenges. - Contribute fresh and innovative ideas to strengthen Kazo's position in women's western fashion and occasion wear.

Requirements

- Bachelor's degree/diploma in Fashion Design or a related field. - 2–5 years of relevant experience in women's western wear/fashion design, preferably with a fashion retail or lifestyle brand. - Strong understanding of women's western wear, including dresses, tops, shirts, skirts, trousers, co-ords, jumpsuits, jackets, and occasion wear. - Strong understanding of fashion trends, fabrics, silhouettes, colours, garment construction, and product development. - Strong fashion illustration and design development skills. - Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop; knowledge of CorelDRAW or other relevant design software is an advantage. - Good understanding of the Indian fashion and retail market and the contemporary fashion consumer. - Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills. - Excellent attention to detail with a strong sense of aesthetics and fashion. - Ability to work in a quick-paced, deadline-driven environment. - Creative mindset with a strong balance of fashion sensibility, commercial understanding, and execution skills.

📌 Designer (Noida)
🏢 KAZO Brands
📍 Noida