Responsibilities The day-to-day responsibilities of a textile designer include: producing sketches, designs and samples for presentation to customersmaking up sets of sample designsliaising with clients and technical, marketing and buying staff to plan and develop designsaccurately interpreting and representing clients' ideasworking out design formulae for a group of samplesassessing and approving completed items and production standardsworking independently if self-employed, or liaising closely with colleagues as part of a small teamusing specialist software and computer-aided design (CAD) programs to develop a range of designsusing of application like coral draw, photoshop and illustratorexperimenting with colour, fabric and texturemaintaining up-to-date knowledge of new design and production techniques and textile technologydeveloping new design conceptsensuring that projects are completed on timevisiting sites and other sources of ideas for designssourcing fabrics and other materials at trade fairs, markets and antique shopsattending trade shows, as a delegate or as an exhibitor - this may involve representing the company with a display or stand, or appraising the work of competitorskeeping up to date and spotting fashion trends in fabric design by reading forecasts in trade magazines and using internet resources Key Skills : Photshop Coral Draw Designing