Apparel Designer - Activewear

Job description / Role

The Apparel Designer creates activewear collections for our private label and licensed sport events. The role focuses on combining fresh design ideas with functionality, making sure each product fits market trends, customer needs, and licensing guidelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensuring product agrees with business strategy: evaluate sales report and market trends for correct range forecast and SKU planning.
• Selecting fabrics and trims and framing ideas into technical design sheets for development.
• Tracing development process via communication with manufacturers.
• Collaborating with the Design Manager to ensure development packages and designs are accurate.
• Reviewing product for style and fit during presentation.
• Presenting stories, mood, color boards, and samples to internal and external teams.
• Communicating to vendors all pending questions to achieve efficient development and production.
• Focusing on the commercial side of the product to achieve company goals

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Fashion Design.
• 5-7 years’ experience designing activewear for men, women, and children.
• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop (including CADs, TDS, Keynote), with strong hand drawing ability.
• Knowledge of GCC textile market processes required.
• Strong garment construction knowledge and understanding of mass market documentation flow.
• Previous experience with AI application tools is an advantage.

About the Company

The Blue Group is a united business enterprise which consolidates the commitment to utmost quality, unparalleled customer service and continuous drive for innovation, which will significantly contribute to corporate growth and development through functional divisions. Under the Blue Group’s wing, business horizons will be expanded by introducing the following divisions: Sports, Food, Retail, Service and Fashion. Each division represents an industry where we can brandish our commitment to excellence, accrue significant revenues, while contributing to the growth of the particular industry in our own distinct way.