Fashion, Industrial and Jewellery Designers

Fashion, Industrial and Jewellery Designers plan, design, develop and document products for manufacture and prepare designs and specifications of products for mass, batch and one-off production.

What the job involves

• Determining the objectives and constraints of the design brief by consulting with clients and stakeholders

• Undertaking product research and analysing functional, commercial, cultural and aesthetic requirements

• Formulating design concepts for clothing, textiles, industrial, commercial and consumer products, and jewellery

• 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 the manufacture process