Roles and Responsibilities

- Lead the overall design and product development process for assigned categories.

- Develop seasonal design concepts, collections, mood boards, colour palettes, prints, graphics, and product stories aligned with the brand identity.

- Conduct extensive trend research across fashion, lifestyle, social media, competitors, and international markets.

- Translate global fashion trends into India-relevant and commercially viable products.

- Work closely with Buying, Merchandising, Sourcing, Production, and Marketing teams to ensure seamless product development.

- Drive the complete product lifecycle from concept, sketches, design development, sampling, fittings, corrections, and final approvals.

- Ensure designs meet the brands standards on aesthetics, quality, fit, price positioning, and commercial viability.

- Develop and maintain seasonal design calendars and critical paths to ensure timely collection launches.

- Review sales and market performance to identify opportunities for new designs, repeats, improvements, and product extensions.

- Guide and mentor the design team, ensuring strong creative output and timely execution.

- Collaborate with international design teams/stakeholders and adapt global design directions for the Indian market.

- Ensure the collection has the right balance of fashion, commerciality, innovation, and brand consistency.

- Participate in fabric, trim, wash, colour, print,



and embellishment development as required.

- Monitor competitor collections and identify opportunities for differentiation.

- Present seasonal collections and design concepts to senior management and key stakeholders.

Key Skills & Competencies

- Strong understanding of Women's fashion and contemporary apparel.

- Excellent knowledge of fashion trends, fabrics, colours, silhouettes, prints, and garment construction.

- Robust commercial and market-oriented design approach.

- Ability to translate trends into commercially successful products.

- Strong leadership and team-management capabilities.

- Good understanding of fashion product development and sourcing processes.

- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

- Strong creative thinking with attention to detail.

- Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Qualification & Experience

- Bachelors/Masters degree in Fashion Design, Apparel Design, or a related field from a reputed fashion institute.

- 812+ years of relevant experience in fashion/apparel design, preferably with a leading fashion or retail brand.

- Experience in womens western wear / contemporary fashion will be preferred.

- Prior experience managing a design team and working closely with Buying & Merchandising teams is desirable.

- Strong exposure to seasonal collection development and end-to-end product development.

📌 Sr. Manager-Design II Leading Fashion Brand (Mumbai)
🏢 Bridging Talents
📍 Mumbai