Job Description

Fashion & Graphic Designer — YODA Merch

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Location: Mumbai

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Type: Full-time

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YODA is creating a new clothing and merchandise brand with a strong point of view — premium, cool, slightly unexpected and made for people who care about animals without wanting to wear traditional “NGO merch.”

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We’re looking for a Fashion & Graphic Designer who can help build this brand from the ground up.

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This is not a role for someone who only makes graphics.

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We want someone who understands clothing, fit, fabric, trims, graphics, embroidery, printing, sampling and production , and can take an idea all the way from a moodboard to a finished product.

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What you’ll work on

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Design and develop collections across:

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- T-shirts and oversized tees
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- Hoodies and sweatshirts
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- Tracksuits and track pants
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- Socks
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- Caps and accessories
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- Limited-edition drops
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- Experimental / statement merchandise
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The aesthetic should feel young, premium and fashion-first — sometimes minimal, sometimes quirky, but never generic.

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Think interesting placements, unexpected details, great typography, subtle animal references, embroidery, textures, unusual graphics and products people would genuinely want to wear even if they knew nothing about YODA.

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What you’ll do

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Create the visual language of the brand

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Develop graphics, typography, illustrations, motifs, prints and placement ideas that make the collection instantly recognisable.

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Design actual garments

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Work on silhouettes, colours, fabric choices, fits, washes, trims, embroidery, labels and detailing — not just artwork placed on existing T-shirts.

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Develop collections

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Turn broad themes and ideas into cohesive seasonal drops and capsules with hero products and commercially wearable pieces.

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Own sampling and product development

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Work closely with manufacturers and vendors on:

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- Tech packs
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- Fabric sourcing
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- Printing techniques
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- Embroidery
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- Trims
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- Colour matching
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- Samples
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- Fit corrections
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- Quality control
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Follow products through multiple sample rounds until they are ready for production.

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Bring unexpected ideas

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We want someone constantly thinking:

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What would make someone stop scrolling?

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What detail would make this piece collectible?

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How can an animal reference be cool rather than obvious?

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What could become our signature?

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Who we’re looking for

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Someone with approximately 3–7+ years of experience in fashion, streetwear, lifestyle apparel or premium merchandise.

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You should have:

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- Robust graphic design skills
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- Excellent understanding of typography and placement graphics
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- Experience designing apparel collections
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- Knowledge of fabrics, garment construction and fits
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- Experience working directly with manufacturers
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- Understanding of printing, embroidery and garment-finishing techniques
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- Ability to create tech packs and production-ready artwork
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- Strong visual taste and awareness of global fashion and youth culture
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- A portfolio that shows originality rather than repetitive commercial design
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Experience with Illustrator, Photoshop and relevant fashion-design software is expected.

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Most importantly

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We are looking for someone with taste .

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Someone who notices the difference between something that is merely nice and something people actually want.

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Someone who can take a strange little idea — a tail coming out of a pocket, one unexpected word across a tracksuit, an embroidered animal detail hidden inside a sleeve — and turn it into something fashionable.

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The ambition is to build a real clothing brand, not an NGO merchandise line.

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It should have the quality, design language and desirability to stand on its own.

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And every product should ultimately help YODA do more for animals.

📌 Fashion & Graphic Designer (Mumbai)
🏢 Youth Organization in Defence of Animals (YODA)
📍 Mumbai