Lead Fashion Designer

Summary

Join Love, Bonito, a leading Southeast Asian womenswear brand, as a Design Lead to impact women globally. You will lead the design team, directing the creative vision and execution of monthly trend lines and collaborations. This role offers an unparalleled opportunity to disrupt the industry and elevate Love, Bonito to a global fashion empire. You will be responsible for translating the brand aesthetic into commercial products, leading research and development, ensuring alignment with market trends and design principles, and collaborating with various teams. The ideal candidate possesses strong design knowledge, technical skills, leadership qualities, and exceptional communication abilities. This position requires 5+ years of relevant experience and fluency in English and Mandarin.

Requirements

• 5+ of relevant design experience with an international fashion brand
• Proven experience in fashion and print design
• Diploma/Bachelors in Fashion Design or other relevant fields
• Fluent in English and Mandarin to communicate efficiently within the team and our suppliers
• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Ability to travel for work

Responsibilities

• Understand the Love, Bonito aesthetic and translate it into commercial, relevant products
• Lead research and develop inspirational mood boards that help to convey each collection’s vision
• Ensure that products created are in line with market trends as well as Love, Bonito’s design principles (fit, value, thoughtfulness & freshness) and Merchandising’s assortment plan
• Source relevant fabrics, print bases and trims to meet the requirements of each project
• Collaborate closely with Product Developers, Pattern Makers & Seamstresses to ensure successful execution of design intent
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing and Creative to convey and amplify each project’s intent and direction
• Offer color recommendations and guide the assortment color picking process
• Complete and update design attributes from point of product creation till ordering
• Adjust designs according to feedback from weekly reports and insights team
• Meet independently with fabric and clothing vendors who can support our product lines
• Close communication and relationship management of Love, Bonito’s current suppliers
• Work closely with Merchandising in the creation of adaptations
• Help and give design aesthetic guidance to junior members of the design department to encourage growth

Preferred Qualifications

• A Love, Bonito Culture Fit
• Deep understanding of the Love, Bonito brand, proposition, customer and aesthetic
• Strong entrepreneurial spirit, self starter, and has extreme initiative and ownership
• A knack for problem solving with an ability to think ‘out of the box’; highly adaptable and flexible and ability to adjust and refine when the need arises
• A genuine curiosity to know how things work and how to make them better
• A thoughtful fashion designer
• Strong design knowledge, sensibilities and ability to translate concept into execution
• Strong technical knowledge - fashion design, print, fabric and ability to work well with product development and sourcing counterparts
• Exceptional sense of style and colour
• A good commercial eye
• Extremely fashion-oriented with an obsession with fashion and design
• A strong leader, collaborator and communicator
• Strong relationship management skills; able to build strong relationships and trust with internal and external stakeholders; intellectual and emotional maturity
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to inspire direct and cross functional peers
• Collaborative, open and empathetic leader and team player
• Strong organizational and project management skills

Benefits

• Work from anywhere*!
• Hybrid work and adjustable hours - as long as present during our core working hours
• Comprehensive corporate insurance (Fully covered visits at our panel clinics, Dental coverage, Maternity reimbursement)
• Learning and development (i.e. subscription plans to best-in-class resources, personal development fund etc)
• Dedicated leadership training for those of managerial responsibilities
• Friday pm off for learning
• Generous staff discount off LB products
• Corporate partnerships with a variety of companies
• Welcome to #TeamLB swag and store gift cards (get your LB work outfit on us!)
• Employee driven peer-to-peer recognition platform to honour and celebrate everyday achievements
• Internal Referral programme