Job Description

The Fashion Design program at JD Institute of Fashion Technology, Vijayawada seeks qualified Candidates for a full-time position for the position of an Assistant Professor. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate a broad understanding of Fashion Designing or technical skills like Draping, Pattern Making/ Garment construction or CAD skills as well as exceptional teaching, research, and leadership abilities. We encourage candidates with multidisciplinary interests and expertise to apply.

Education Qualification: Degree Fashion Design or relevant areas

Required Experience: Minimum 1+1 - Teaching + Industry

Requirements:

• Knowledge of Fashion Design subjects/ Draping, Pattern making & garment construction/ CAD Fashion Design
• Knowledge of Design Process, Fashion Thinking, Colour Theory and Range Development - Fashion Design
• Good sense of Design Process, trends and history of fashion

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CAD

• Knowledge of softwares like Photoshop and Illustrator
• Understand tools and technicalities
• Having a knowledge of digital illustration

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Draping/ Pattern Making, Garment Construction

• Knowledge of draping, pattern making, garment construction techniques and terms - Draping/ PMT GMT faculty
• Traditional Skills of Pattern-making. (on Paper and Fabric)
• Knowledge of quality control and fabric consumption calculation
• Spontaneous in creating new designs through draping and coming up with new ideas.
• Understanding of finishing's and garment detailing.
• Designing and Draping for garments for kids, men and women
• Training or exposure to manufacturing or pattern development techniques in fashion industry

Roles and Responsibilities:

Teaching:

• Plan and teach lessons and sequences of lessons to the classes they are assigned to teach within the context of the Institute's plans, curriculum and schemes of work.
• Assess, monitor, record and report on the learning needs, progress and achievements of the students.

Mentoring:

• The Candidate is expected to mentor the students towards the course, curriculum, industry market and guide them towards the right direction.

Administrative services:

• Must keep a track of all the course details, submission and attendance of the students as per the university/institute guidelines and requirements.
• Preparing and creating content for the syllabus or a module and updating it on our Learning Management System (LMS) regularly.

Other roles:

• Create interface with industry through workshops and seminars and assist students with placements and internships.
• Be a part of all the design events, co-curricular activities and encourage students for the same.
• Active involvement in our Annual events, Design Awards and coming up with creative ideas and innovations.
• Any other committee or panel work as per the need for the smooth functioning of the department.
• Be a part of the live industry projects, seminars and external fashion shows when allotted and asked by the institute to you.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From ?25,000.00 per month

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Yearly bonus

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• total work: 1 year (Preferred)
• Fashion design: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person