09 Jul
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Verve Overseas
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Mumbai
09 Jul
Verve Overseas
Mumbai
About Us: LR Home is a U.S.-based home furnishings brand serving customers across North America through lrhome.us. We offer a curated assortment of upholstery, rugs, pillows, furniture, and home décor products built around strong design, quality, craftsmanship, and value.
Verve Overseas is LR Home’s Indian subsidiary and serves as our design, product development, sourcing, and operations hub. The Verve and LR Home teams work as one organization to create design-forward home furnishing products for customers around the world.
We are looking for senior leaders who bring creativity, ownership, and a continuous-improvement mindset. At Verve, you will have the chance to shape product strategy, build stronger processes, develop teams, and play a meaningful role in the global growth of LR Home.
Reports to: Chief Operating Officer
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Textile Designer to own and execute our design strategy across rug, pillow, and pouf categories for the U.S. market. This role involves conceptualizing and developing original design concepts, creating embroidery patterns, textile prints, and graphics. This role combines creative leadership, vendor collaboration, market analysis, and people management. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in rug product development, strong project management skills, and the ability to lead and mentor junior designers.
Working Hours: 12:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and execute the company’s one-year textile design strategy aligned with business and brand goals
• Lead rug product development for the U.S. market from concept through production
• Collaborate closely with domestic and international vendors to develop CAD designs and assign colorways
• Ensure quality, accuracy, and timelines are met throughout development
• Conduct market research, analyze luxury textile trends, and identify emerging opportunities in global home furnishings
• Present market trends, mood boards, design direction, and recommendations to leadership
• Lead design projects for national accounts in pillow and pouf categories
• Source, evaluate, and onboard new vendors
• Develop long-term vendor relationships
• Manage multiple concurrent projects with strong organization and accountability
• Manage and mentor direct reports
• Travel to factories to support vendor development and production alignment
Qualifications
• Degree in Textile Design (NIFT, NID, or equivalent)
• 5- 8 years of combined experience in textile/rug design
• Strong portfolio showcasing multiple completed collections
• Demonstrated expertise in color theory, palette development, and application to textiles and spatial design
• Deep understanding of fabric construction, yarn properties, weaving techniques, and dyeing methods
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities; comfort navigating cost, quality, and timeline trade-offs
• Ability to translate market trends into commercially successful designs
• Proficiency in creating embroidery designs and textile Prints
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation abilities
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and CAD tools
• Fluent English communication; ability to work with diverse stakeholders across cultures
• Comfortable with regular travel for factory visits
📌 Lead Textile Designer (Mumbai)
🏢 Verve Overseas
📍 Mumbai