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Market evidence report — clothing-fashion-designer
Source: 32 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 32), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-10. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| senior | 13 | 41 % |
| mid | 11 | 34 % |
| junior | 4 | 12 % |
| lead | 4 | 12 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe Illustrator | 17 | 53 % |
| 2 | Adobe Photoshop | 16 | 50 % |
| 3 | Miro | 11 | 34 % |
| 4 | Adobe Creative Suite | 10 | 31 % |
| 5 | 3D design tools | 8 | 25 % |
| 6 | AI | 8 | 25 % |
| 7 | Illustrator | 8 | 25 % |
| 8 | PLM systems | 4 | 12 % |
| 9 | Microsoft Office | 3 | 9 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | garment construction | 21 | 66 % |
| 2 | apparel design | 17 | 53 % |
| 3 | fashion design | 11 | 34 % |
| 4 | trend analysis | 11 | 34 % |
| 5 | fabric development | 10 | 31 % |
| 6 | sketching | 10 | 31 % |
| 7 | color palette development | 9 | 28 % |
| 8 | trend research | 9 | 28 % |
| 9 | assortment planning | 7 | 22 % |
| 10 | fabric selection | 7 | 22 % |
| 11 | sustainability initiatives | 7 | 22 % |
| 12 | product development | 4 | 12 % |
| 13 | tech pack creation | 4 | 12 % |
| 14 | technical sketching | 4 | 12 % |
| 15 | concept development | 3 | 9 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | co-creation | 7 | 22 % |
| 2 | supplier collaboration | 7 | 22 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seasonal calendar management | 8 | 25 % |
| 2 | design communication | 7 | 22 % |
| 3 | junior designer mentoring | 7 | 22 % |
| 4 | product line development | 7 | 22 % |
| 5 | supplier relationship building | 7 | 22 % |
| 6 | trend direction creation | 7 | 22 % |
| 7 | cross-functional collaboration | 5 | 16 % |
| 8 | mood board creation | 5 | 16 % |
| 9 | factory communication | 4 | 12 % |
| 10 | collection development | 3 | 9 % |
| 11 | sample management | 3 | 9 % |
| 12 | sample preparation | 3 | 9 % |
| 13 | trend analysis | 3 | 9 % |
| 14 | vendor communication | 3 | 9 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 32 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
32 ads.
Top hard skills:
- garment construction — 66 % (21 ads)
- apparel design — 53 % (17 ads)
- fashion design — 34 % (11 ads)
- trend analysis — 34 % (11 ads)
- fabric development — 31 % (10 ads)
- sketching — 31 % (10 ads)
- color palette development — 28 % (9 ads)
- trend research — 28 % (9 ads)
- assortment planning — 22 % (7 ads)
- fabric selection — 22 % (7 ads)
Top tools:
- Adobe Illustrator — 53 % (17 ads)
- Adobe Photoshop — 50 % (16 ads)
- Miro — 34 % (11 ads)
- Adobe Creative Suite — 31 % (10 ads)
- 3D design tools — 25 % (8 ads)
- AI — 25 % (8 ads)
- Illustrator — 25 % (8 ads)
- PLM systems — 12 % (4 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 9 % (3 ads)
- Centric PLM — 6 % (2 ads)
Seniority: senior 41 % · mid 34 % · junior 12 % · lead 12 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Senior Designer, Fashion - Kids Fashion | 7 |
| Associate Designer, Fashion- Women's Fashion (Cut & Sew Knits) | 2 |
| Fashion Designer | 2 |
| Apparel Designer | 1 |
| Associate Designer Womens Apparel | 1 |
| Associate Fashion Designer - Juniors | 1 |
| Contemporary Women's Wear Designer From Sketch to Collection | 1 |
| Designer - Children's Apparel | 1 |
| Designer Women's factory Knits and Lounge | 1 |
| Fashion Designer - Apparel/ Knitwear | 1 |
| Fashion Designer ( Activewear) | 1 |
| Fashion Designer Assistant Job at Simply Southern Holdings LLC in Greensboro | 1 |
| Fashion Designer Associate | 1 |
| Fashion Designer for Women's Wear Startup | 1 |
| Senior Apparel Designer – Young Men’s Mass Market Apparel | 1 |
| Senior Designer, Fashion - Women''''''''s Sweaters | 1 |
| Senior Designer, Intimates | 1 |
| Senior Designer, Jackets & Outerwear | 1 |
| Senior Men's Apparel Designer - Onsite NYC | 1 |
| Senior Men's Apparel Designer – Onsite NYC | 1 |
| Senior Women's Activewear Designer | 1 |
| Temp Associate Designer, Mens Wovens- Fashion Brand! | 1 |
| Toddler Boy Apparel Designer — Trend-Driven, Cross-Functional | 1 |
| Women's Apparel Designer – Lounge & Lifestyle | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.