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Beauty Designer

Talentedrecruitment

Job Location:

Durban - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 21 May 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 18 August 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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Job Summary

We are seeking a creative and trend-driven Beauty Designer to join a leading supplier to South Africas major fashion retail chains.

The successful candidate will play a key role in developing innovative beauty and fragrance packaging concepts conducting trend research creating customer-focused designs and managing the design process from concept through to production.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Trend research for merchandisers buying trip
Local competitive shop
Photographing overseas samples
Trend presentation preparation Assisting the merchandiser with new season customer presentation
Create Die lines for specific products both in Fragrances & Beauty
Creating customer design for packaging and componentry for customers.
Ensuring attention to detail is followed as per merchant brief through to design concept
Brief the factories over email Ensure correct files are sent to the Factories for sample & production completing.
Reviewing first off samples against CAD ensuring finishes packaging outlines are correct.
Communication between customer & supplier on design/brief/colour/artwork
Returning & monitoring of overseas samples not used by customers
Filing of overseas samples/showing samples/meeting samples
Prepare copies of updated customer cad overviews for each customer to accompany customer production delivery reports (From Coordinator) each copy spiral bound together with header page
Rails cleaned at the end of every season ie: fit samples duplicate samples old rail samples - team effort
Cad overview to be emailed to factories confirming they have received all the briefs

Requirements:

Higher National Diploma/ Degree/HND in fashion and textile design
3-5 years relevant fashion house experience
Creative flair including an eye for colour
Commercial awareness and business orientation;
Communication including presentation skills;
Self-confidence;
Attention to detail
Time management.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others actions.
Visual Colour Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colours including shades of colour and brightness.
Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Technical skills required:

Pattern developing and cutting
Ability to design for the target market.
Conceptualizing: Taking ideas and moving them to a finished product
Design: Knowledge of design techniques
Fine Arts Knowledge of the theory and techniques required for composing and producing.

Should you not receive a response within the next 2 weeks please consider your application unsuccessful. Vacancies are advertised on our website you wish to keep abreast with our active roles.

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