Careers

To be considered, you will need to be in your final semester or recently completed a degree qualification in Fashion and/or Textile Design. The successful candidates will demonstrate a great work ethic and creativity. If you think you are the right candidate for this opportunity, please submit your Cover Letter, CV and Graduate Portfolio to recruitment@nookie.com.au

Nookie is looking for an exceptional Head of Product & Development to join our team!

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At Nookie, we create show-stopping fashion designed to elevate and celebrate our customers. If you thrive in fast-moving environments, love building structure, and know how to take a garment from concept to showroom-ready with precision, we’d love to hear from you.

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About the Role

As our Head of Product & Development, you will work with our designer and product development team to enable the product pipeline from concept through to fit-approved, production-ready samples. You will be the bridge between creative vision and the operational reality of getting beautifully resolved garments onto hangers and into the hands of our production team. You will also be responsible for identifying and establishing offshore manufacturing relationships.

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Key Responsibilities

Design-to-Sample Pipeline

- Own and systematise the full development workflow: concept → tech pack → sampling → fit approval → production-ready

- Establish clear stage-gates and sign-off processes to ensure downstream production efficiency.

- Enable the Designer with clear briefs, feedback loops, and development support

- Partner with the product development team to optimise local sampling efficiency

- Maintain a continuous pipeline of resolved samples for Creative Director review

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Offshore Manufacturing & Sourcing

- Identify, vet, and build relationships with offshore manufacturers

- Develop capability for embellished, beaded, and specialty pieces

- Source new fabrics, trims, and accessories through expanded supplier networks

- Manage DDP pricing, timelines, and international logistics

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Product Strategy & Category Expansion

- Partner with the Creative Director to architect new categories: swimwear, resort, suiting, accessories

- Own the product calendar and ensure collections are developed, sampled, and delivered on schedule

- Develop wholesale-specific product assortments with pricing precision for international markets

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What We’re Looking For:

Experience

- 8–12+ years in product development within womenswear fashion

- Proven experience establishing offshore manufacturing relationships

- Strong track record translating vision into commercially successful product

- Experience with international wholesale requirements and showroom standards

- Deep understanding of the premium elevated contemporary space

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Skills & Attributes

- Exceptional organisational and process-building capability

- Strong technical knowledge of garment construction, fabrication, fit, and finishing

- Commercial acumen — understands margin, cost engineering, and pricing architecture

- AI-literate and tech-forward (Firefly, CLO3D, or similar)

- Self-directed, decisive, anticipatory

- Aligned with NOOKIE values: Craft, Clarity, Confidence, Ownership, Pride

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Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV and cover letter by 24 April 2026. Please note that the review of applications and arrangement of interviews may start before the application deadline.

We look forward to reviewing your application and exploring how you can contribute to our team! Only candidates with the right to work in Australia in a permanent role will be considered.

Please be advised that we are not engaging recruitment agencies for this hire and will not consider any unsolicited resumes.

From time to time we have internship positions available in our head office. We only look for interns for the marketing or production departments.