Job description template

Fashion Designer Job Description Template

A copy-ready fashion designer job description with responsibilities, qualifications, skills and pay guidance: customize it for your company in minutes.

Updated By the Career Education Institute Curriculum Team
How to use this template

Copy the template below, replace the bracketed fields and tailor duties to your workplace. For pay, national BLS data shows fashion designers earn a median of $80,960 ($38.92/hour); the middle 50% earn $51,940–$106,470.

Job title

Fashion Designer

Job summary

[Company name] is seeking a dependable fashion designer to join our team in [city, state]. In this role, you will research trends and markets, sketch designs and support our team’s commitment to safety, quality and service.

Responsibilities

  • Research trends and markets
  • Sketch designs
  • Select fabrics, colors and trims
  • Create tech packs
  • Work with pattern makers and factories
  • Oversee fittings and samples
  • Present collections
  • Follow company policies, safety procedures and applicable regulations

Required qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Working knowledge of fashion sketching and pattern making
  • Creativity and trend awareness
  • [Add role-specific requirements, such as driver’s license or ability to pass a background check, if job-related]

Preferred qualifications

  • Fashion design degree
  • CLO 3D certification
  • Portfolio
  • Experience with adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

Skills

  • Garment construction
  • Tech packs
  • Textiles
  • Adobe Illustrator and CAD
  • Collaboration
  • Attention to detail

Work environment and schedule

Designers work in design studios, showrooms and factories, sometimes traveling for fabric shows and production. Most work full-time, with long hours before collection deadlines and fashion weeks.

Pay and benefits

$[min]–$[max] per [hour/year], depending on experience. [List benefits: health insurance, paid time off, retirement plan, training and certification support.]

Equal opportunity

[Company name] is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law, and we provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Tips for a fashion designer job posting that attracts applicants

  • Use the title candidates search for. “Fashion Designer” is the clearest; alternates include Apparel Designer, Clothing Designer, Technical Designer.
  • Show the pay range. Postings with pay get more qualified applicants, and a growing number of states and cities require pay ranges in job postings.
  • Separate must-haves from nice-to-haves. Long requirement lists discourage qualified candidates, especially career changers.
  • Describe a real day. Borrow from our day in the life of a fashion designer so applicants self-select accurately.
  • Mention training. Highlighting structured onboarding: such as Fashion Designer training: widens your applicant pool.

Next steps

Screen and interview with our Fashion Designer hiring guide, then onboard with the 30-60-90 day plan.

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