Senior Manager - Design_ Pipeline

Senior Manager - Design

Roles and Responsibilities

• Strong design professional- skilled in Trend Analysis, Forecasting, designing and Market research. Work on Category development & communication.
• Research on latest design trends and analyze key trends. Create designs adhering to the brand’s identity and data as per season.
• Creating seasonal concepts with strong with graphics, hand-drawn illustrations , sketches and graphics.
• Should be a team player and able to work with teams to achieve organizational and brand goals efficiently, management skills.
• Creating sketches based on seasonal concepts and rendering the same with appropriate color/prints.
• Maintaining line sheets for seasonal range plans.
• Responsible for creating detailed tech packs that illustrate design and construction details with high accuracy.
• Collaborate with Buying and Sourcing teams for effective design development.
• Conduct fitting sessions in collaboration with Tech team- Fabric/print/surface/design follow up and approvals.
• Execute timely on seasonal calendar deadlines.

Qualifications & Experience

• 6 - 9 Years’ experience and Grad/Post-grad from NIFT
• Demonstrates high level aesthetics and creative ability with a strong understanding of youth culture
• Strong communication and articulation of ideas
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and calendars
• Ability to handle work independently with minimal supervision
• High proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop