Associate Director - Design

Roles and Responsibilities

• Directing & managing all design & creative aspects
• Building clear and strong identity for the Brand, translating brand philosophy to definitive product range
• Build long-term consumer focused, market driven and brand right creative design direction across product categories
• Establish creative strategy, product innovation rhythm & timeline schedules for the Brand
• Position brand to be the leading brand in the category
• Define and build seasonal direction and stories for the brand with category designers
• Work with buying team on merchandising assortment plans to align on design direction for the season
• Keeping up to date with emerging fashion trends as well as general trends relating to fabrics, colors and shapes and be able to guide & direct the team
• Manage seasonal timelines & ensure adherence to systems & processes
• Ownership of Brand KPIs and work with Brand Head & Buying team to ensure that Brand meets financial targets
• Team Management - Direct, manage and lead a dedicated design team. Responsible for keeping the team motivated and engaged.
• Engage with various internal and external audiences on Brand design concepts
• Build strong working relationship with cross-functional teams
• Contribute strategically to brand design business component
• Be the true evangelist of Brand
• Highly creative The candidate should have a great sense of style that will be required to constantly come up with new ideas for fashions.
• Strong Design Skills - Excellent conceptualisation & design skills. Ability to identify trends globally and ability to translate them for the local market.
• Great Eye for Product - Expert eye for a perfect product : Fabrics, Fits, Construction, Fall & drape, color etc.
• Strong Business Skills - A great fashion designer with excellent business acumen.
• Ability to understand budgets, Fashion trends, and sales concepts that are vital to getting designs produced and sold.
• Communication & Articulation : Strong communication skill to be able to direct the team to deliver the creative vision. Ability to effectively articulate design vision across key stakeholders across different cross-functional partners. Bring teams together and drive them to one common brand agenda.

Locations : Bangalore