Freelance Designer

Step into the world of Forever New, where fashion meets confidence and every moment is designed to make it her moment. From our Melbourne beginnings 20 years ago to more than 450 stores globally, Forever New continues to evolve - creating beautiful, feminine fashion underpinned by strong commercial thinking and global sourcing expertise.

We’re looking for a creative and motivated freelance Designer to join our talented Design team and support the development of a key product category. In this hands-on role, you will help bring beautiful fabric prints and styles to life—each one reflecting the essence of the Forever New brand. You’ll contribute throughout the design process and collaborate with the wider team to ensure the range stays fresh, on-brand, and aligned with current trends

Your responsibilities will deliver captivating collections that perfectly align with Forever New's signature beauty and elegance, all whilst ensuring ‘finger on pulse’ of emerging trends.

• Design, drive and develop a commercial curve collection and range
• Demonstrate broad awareness of competitors and external trends, identifying missed opportunities and trends working with the buyer to potentialise sales and profit.
• Present trend to buyer to ensure that key trends, shapes, colour direction and fabrics are considered.
• Complete the design brief, post concept sign off, to the standard required, ensuring detailed accuracy, and that QA, and Production are adequately briefed to minimise re-work
• Confidently advise and partner with Buyer on styling, fabric, trim, print and finish
• Collaborate with the fabric team to develop the range for each season
• Ensure the range delivers innovation, flexibility, quality, speed to market and is within pricing strategy

• Minimum 1-3 years’ work experience as a womenswear Designer (Curve category)
• Proven track record of high performance in a fashion business
• Skilled in producing design concepts (by hand and/or PC/MAC)
• Creative talent and high attention to detail
• Strong technical knowledge and garment construction skills
• Fabric and raw material knowledge  
• Demonstrate understanding of all critical path elements and their impact on sales
• Knowledge of local and overseas fashion retail markets
• Understand the Forever New customer and respond effectively to her needs
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as part of a team
• Ability to work under pressure, working to tight deadlines
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook and Word)
• A Bachelor of Fashion Design/Graphic is essential

Whether we’re designing our latest fashion collection, learning, laughing, and collaborating as a team or providing expert styling advice to our loyal customers, these are a few of the values engrained in our DNA:

• Think Customer
• Respect for all
• Keep it Simple
• Take Responsibility
• Act with Pace

If you’re excited to contribute to a growing global brand and play a meaningful role in our success, we’d love to hear from you. Join us as we continue to build on our 20‑year legacy and shape the future of Forever New.

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