Manager - Women's Western Design (FWD)

• Relevant experience in Women's wear, Western, Casual, Athleisure, Street. Knowledge of industry
  and global brands and trends relevant to Womenswear Active & Athleisure market.
• Create and Socialise Seasonal Design Concepts with mood boards, colors,
  fabric, design direction.
• Technical knowledge of Activewear product & construction.
• Strong understanding of graphics in sportswear. Develop graphics from concept
  relevant to the story.
• Create design line sheets based on the Creative Concepts and Seasonal
  Assortment and socialise with respective stakeholders.
• Create detailed Technical Sketches with accurate fits, colors, BOMs and socialise
  with Sourcing and Fit Technicians.
• Ensure smooth cross-functional activities with on time design inputs.
• Manage design approvals and maintain a detailed tracker for easy reference.
• Collaboration with the rest of the brand creative team on design projects like
  trend presentation, product bible.
• Use analytics and provide design solutions and support in overall business of the
  brand.

Qualification & Experience

Grad/Post-Grad NIFT/Pearl

3-7 Years of work experience in Youth & Young Adults, Men's & Women's

Demonstrate a high level of aesthetics and creativity with a strong

understanding of youth culture.

Demonstrate creative leadership

High proficiency in Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop.

Strong Organizational skills and highly detailed oriented

strong communication & articulation of ideas.

Ability to manage deadlines and calendars.

Roles and Responsibilities

 Research seasonal trends, colours, prints, fabrics, and styling for all Wovens categories

(winter wear & non winter wear)

 Contribute in seasonal concepts development

 Creating sketches based on seasonal concepts and rendering the same with appropriate

color/prints

 Create print & silhouette direction for the brand

 Maintaining line sheets for seasonal range plans

 Responsible for creating detailed techpacks 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

 Contributing well researched ideas to support catalog and marketing for the brand. Regards,Diljin Shaji