Head - Design, Jewels

Location: Mumbai, India

About the Role

As Head – Design for Reliance Jewels, you will own the design strategy, creative direction and design identity that define every collection the brand puts on the shelf. Reporting to the Head – Jewels, you'll lead the design process end-to-end — from consumer insight and trend interpretation through concept creation, development, prototyping and final design approval — across gold, diamond, studded and silver jewellery.

You'll set the design vision and creative direction for the business, ensuring every collection reflects the brand's identity while staying relevant to target customers and regional markets. That means tracking jewellery, fashion and cultural trends across Indian and international markets, translating customer occasions and cultural influences into differentiated collection concepts, and providing creative direction and final approval across categories and price points.

You'll lead the conversion of concepts into sketches, CAD models, prototypes and production-ready specifications, working closely with Sourcing & Quality to keep every design technically feasible and manufacturable. Beyond individual collections, you'll drive design innovation — new techniques, materials, motifs and forms — and build signature collections that strengthen brand recall, while partnering Category Management to balance creativity with cost, weight and commercial viability.

You'll also own the design calendar, ensuring collections launch on time, and build a high-performing design organisation with strong capability across creative design, CAD, product development and trend research.

Key Responsibilities

- Define the design vision, creative direction and design language for the Jewels business across all categories.




- Develop design concepts and collection themes across gold, diamond, studded and silver jewellery.
- Track jewellery, fashion, lifestyle and cultural trends across Indian and international markets to guide design decisions.
- Provide creative direction to design teams and approve designs for consistency, differentiation and category alignment.
- Lead conversion of concepts into sketches, CAD models, prototypes and production-ready specifications.
- Drive design innovation — new techniques, materials, motifs and forms — and build signature, brand-defining collections.
- Partner Category Management to translate price-point and assortment priorities into design briefs, balancing creativity with commercial viability.
- Develop regional and occasion-based collections aligned to festivals, weddings and local traditions.
- Own the annual design and collection-development calendar, tracking approvals and production handover for timely launches.
- Build a high-performing design organisation with capability across creative design, CAD, product development and trend research.

Job Specification / Candidate Requirements
- 12-15 years of experience in jewellery or fashion design leadership, with proven creative direction experience.
- Degree or diploma in jewellery design, gemology, or a related design discipline preferred.
- Solid working knowledge of CAD, prototyping and manufacturability considerations in jewellery production.
- Demonstrated experience leading design teams and building signature, commercially successful collections.
- Sound understanding of Indian regional and cultural jewellery preferences and purchase occasions.

Required Skills
- Jewellery Design & Creative Direction
- CAD & Product Development
- Trend Research & Consumer Insight
- Design-to-Commercialisation Management
- Design Team Leadership

📌 Head of Design, Jewels (Mumbai)
🏢 Reliance Retail
📍 Mumbai