Top Companies Hiring Fashion Design Graduates: Recruiters and Salary
Fashion Design Graduate
Fashion Design as a career profile requires one to design clothes, shoes, accessories, and the like. A career in fashion design requires aspirants to sketch designs, followed by selecting patterns as well as fabrics, and then giving instructions to people on how these clothes should be stitched. However, to join the fashion design industry, one needs to be adequately trained regarding what to expect and what tasks to undertake in such a job profile. And for that, one needs to undergo training at a good college offering fashion designing as a course.
Further, one needs to shortlist the design course they want to pursue. There are various courses a fashion design aspirant can consider pursuing. Further in this article, we will be listing the job profiles as well as the top companies that hire fashion design graduates.
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- Fashion Design Job Profiles
- Top Companies Hiring Fashion Design Graduates
- Fashion Designers Hiring Fashion Design Graduates
- Salary of a Fashion Design Graduate
Fashion Design Job Profiles
Job profiles selected by a fashion design graduate largely depend on the sphere of design that they have a keen interest in, as well as the arena in which their skill set lies.
Typically, a fashion design graduate can pursue a career as a fashion designer, fashion concept manager, fashion consultant, technical designer, and similar job profiles.
Top Companies Hiring Fashion Design Graduates
After pursuing a fashion design course, one can either join the corporate sector or work under a designer. Some corporations that hire fashion design graduates are listed below:
- Raymonds
- Arvind Garments
- Levis
- Madura Garments
- Omega Designs
- Pantaloon
- Shahi Exports
- Spykar
- Uni Style India
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Pearl Global
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Kimaya
- Indus League Clothing
- United Colors of Benetton
- ITC Ltd.
- Lifestyle
- Modelama Exports
- Orient Craft
- Proline
- Span India
- Swarovski India
- Texport Overseas
- Shoppers Stop
- Mahajan Overseas
- Gokuldas Images
- H&M
- Zara
- Marks and Spencer
- FabIndia
- Aditya Birla Fashion
- Myntra
- Nykaa
- Ajio
Fashion Designers Hiring Fashion Design Graduates
Some famous Fashion Designers of India who hire graduates of the fashion design course are listed below:
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Salary of a Fashion Design Graduate
The salary of a Fashion Design graduate is as follows:
| Experience Level | Role | Average Salary (INR/Per Month) |
|---|---|---|
| Entry Level (0-2 years) | Asst. Fashion Designer, Production Assistant, Fashion Illustrator | 25,000 to 40,000 |
| Mid Level (3-6 years) | Fashion Designer, Product Developer, Merchandiser | 50,000 to 1,00,000 |
| Senior Level (7+years) | Design Manager, Creative Director, Head Designer | 1,00,000 to 2,50,000 |
| Own Label or Freelancer | Brand Income or Project-based | 50,000 to 5,00,000 |
Five participating institutes of NID DAT exam offer B.Des program. These include NID Ahmedabad, NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh and NID Assam.
Seat intake for the B. Des stands at 425. NID Ahmedabad has an intake of 125 seats, while the rest of the NIDs each have an intake of 75 seats. Note that seats are reserved for categories like General-EWS, OBC, SC, and ST categories.
The candidate needs to be born on or after July 1, 2004 for admission to the B. Des programme through NID DAT 2025 entrance exam.
Note that relaxation of 3-years applies to candidates from following categories - Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST). Meanwhile, for candidates belong to the PwD category, the relaxation in the upper age limit is 5 years. The candidate before filling out the NID application form need to ensure that they meet the prescribed eligibility criteria. Note that if the candidate is found to be faking their age, he or she may be disqualified.
Diploma candidates need to meet the following conditions for admission:
- Done full-time Diploma of 4-year duration after 10+2
- Diploma in the following subjects is accepted - Design/ Fine Arts/ Applied Arts/ Architecture.
- The Diploma must be done from a university or institute recognised by law in India.
The participating institutes of NID DAT 2026 offers B. Des and M.Des courses. The B. Des programme is available at five participating NIDs and has an intake capacity of 425 seats. Meanwhile, the M.Des programme is three NIDs and has a combined intake of 347 seats.
Admission to both B. Des and M.Des courses will be through the NID DAT entrance exam. The seat allotment to the above courses wlll be based on respective merit lists which will be prepared considering weighted scores of DAT Prelims and DAT Mains.
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There are 19 NIFTs that will accept NIFT 2026 Scores for admission purposes. These institutes are known as participating colleges.
However, in addition to the participating colleges, there are other private colleges that will also consider NIFT 2026 scores for admission to their UG and PG design courses. The candidates are urged to go through the list of result-sharing institutes.