Head - Design - Men's Wear Brand

Design Head - Men's Wear Brand - Mumbai

Role & Responsibilities -

- Establish creative strategy, budgets & schedules for all design projects. Lead the brand campaign shoots, tradeshow shoots and styling projects.

- Manage Design Team - Ensure the design team, works closely with the Artisans so that they create samples as per the theme selected for specific collections.

- Active involvement in conceptualizing, designing, range finalization & all the activities that go into making/launching a range.

- Expertise in Vendor Management/Identification based on Market Visits

- Skilled in conceptualizing trend presentations every season based on the forecast analysis and the sell through data.

- Build range architectures based on last season's offering and conduct analysis to develop price sensitive range.

- Efficient in conducting Market Analysis and Trend Forecasts- proposing new product lines as per market needs and requirement.

- Participate in Client Meetings / Review Client Feedback/ Meeting business goals and finding solutions to pain points whilst simultaneously adhering to the company branding and marketing strategies.

- Contribute to product concepts development & collaborate with Buying and Sourcing teams for effective design development

- Fabric/print/surface design follow up and approvals

- Participate and lead new business initiatives (product launch, Visibility improvement, Consideration improvement, Competition benchmarking, Drop/ Style performance etc.)