Fashion Design Assistant
Pinky & Kamal — Byron Bay / Northern Rivers (On-site) Full-time or Part-time (3–5 days depending on candidate)
About Us
Pinky & Kamal is an Australian activewear and lifestyle brand known for considered fabrics, refined design, and elevated everyday essentials. We are in an exciting growth phase across e-commerce and wholesale, and we're looking for a highly organised, creative, and detail-driven Fashion Design Assistant to support our design and production workflow.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced small-business environment, is passionate about product, and enjoys working across all stages of development, from early concept through to final production.
The Role
Reporting directly to the Founder/Creative Director, you will support the design and production process across Activewear, Ready-to-Wear, Accessories, and upcoming seasonal collections.
Your responsibilities will include:
Design Support
* Assisting with concept development, moodboards, fabric research, and seasonal inspiration.
* Helping refine silhouettes, colour palettes, and trim details.
* Creating and updating high-quality CADs and technical drawings in Adobe Illustrator (essential).
* Updating spec sheets and ensuring all design files remain accurate and detailed.
* Supporting fittings and contributing to fit notes, garment adjustments, and QC checks.
* Assisting with lookbooks, linesheets, and development decks.
Production & Sampling
* Communicating with offshore manufacturers (China/Indonesia) on samples, comments, and timelines.
* Tracking samples, swatches, lab dips, strike-offs and ensuring they are on schedule.
* Helping prepare POs, BOMs, and production handovers.
* Managing fabric libraries, trims library, and sample archive.
* Involvement in sustainability and fabric certification organisation.
Creative Operations
* Supporting campaign shoots with styling prep, packing product, and on-set organisation.
* Helping prepare for wholesale showings (sample sets, labelling, organising SKUs, steaming).
General
* Maintaining an organised design studio + digital files.
* Updating Cin7 Core with new products + assisting with SKUs.
* Ad-hoc creative and admin tasks to support the design and production team.
Who You Are
* Have studied Fashion Design, Textile Design, Product Development or a similar field (required).
* Highly competent with technical drawings, garment specifications, and creating detailed CADs in Illustrator.
* A creative at heart with strong organisational skills.
* Experience in fashion design, product development, or a similar role.
* Strong eye for detail, fit, fabrication, and construction.
* Comfortable communicating with manufacturers and working across multiple projects at once.
* Passionate about activewear, lifestyle clothing, and thoughtful design.
* A positive, collaborative person who loves being part of a small but growing team.
Bonus (but not required)
* Experience with technical activewear or knit/stretch garments.
* Basic experience in Cin7 Core, Shopify, or wholesale linesheets.
* Understanding of sustainable fabrics, certifications, and responsible production.
* Ability to sketch by hand.
Why Join Us
* Be part of a growing, women-led brand with a strong values-driven culture.
* Hands-on involvement across all stages of design + production.
* A creative environment with genuine opportunity to grow your skills.
* Work closely with the founder and be part of exciting brand expansion across Australia & internationally.