Company Description Shekhani Industries is a growing textile manufacturing and design company focused on delivering high-quality fabrics and innovative patterns to a diverse range of clients. Based in Karachi, the company serves both local and international markets across fashion, workwear, and commercial textiles.

Role Description:

- The Textile Designer is a full time, on-site role based in SITE, Karachi.
- Develop new designs per collection cycle , in complete 2-piece and 3-piece suit sets (shirt, dupatta, trouser), plus coordinated bottoms.
- Build seasonal collections around a defined theme, palette and price point — summer lawn, mid-summer, khaddar/winter, festive/Eid drops.
- Work in all the relevant print languages: all-over florals, geometrics, ikat and ajrak-inspired, chintz, paisley, digital watercolour, border/pallu engineered layouts, patchwork and panel prints, and placement prints for the shirt front.
- Create 3–5 colourways per base design and recommend which colourway leads the range.
- Research and track what is selling: seasonal trend reports, social media,



etc and explain what SKU's are selling and why.
- Sit in on the range plan: which designs go where on the price ladder, how many SKUs per drop, what repeats next season.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's in Textile Design or equivalent — IVS, PIFD, TIP, Asian Institute of Fashion Design, NCA, or comparable. Exceptional self-taught designers with a strong production track record will be considered.
- 3–6 years designing printed unstitched womenswear for the Pakistani retail market, at a brand, a design studio, or a print house.
- Expert Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator . This is the core of the job.
- Working knowledge of textile CAD and RIP environments — NedGraphics, TexPro/TexBase, Neostampa, Wasatch, ErgoSoft, Caldera or the printer's native RIP.
- Practical understanding of repeats, colour separations, colourway building, and colour management on cotton.
- A portfolio. Send it. Designs on fabric, not only on screen, wherever possible.

📌 Textile Designer (Toronto)
🏢 Shekhani Industries
📍 Toronto