About us

We are a globally backed fashion label selling across the US, UK and EU. We serve a global customer — and we move fast: hundreds of recent styles a month, from brief to live in about 75 days. Making designs that sell depends on one thing: the right options reaching our technical team, cleanly and on time.

The role

Design Manager · Full-time · Mumbai, on-site · 6 days a week

You are the gatekeeper of our design pipeline. Every design brief sent passes through you: you check it against the brief, screen it for infringement, and decide what moves to technical design and what goes back for rework. You also own the rhythm. External vendors get clear feedback on time, the technical team gets clean handovers, and when the two sides disagree, you are the one who resolves it.

What you'll do

1. Brief our external parties. Make sure each stakeholder understands the brief — category, trend direction, price point and deadline — before they start designing.
2. Collect and organise options. Track incoming options, keep the pipeline visible, and chase anything running late.
3. Review against the brief. Check each option for fit: right category, right customer, commercially viable, and not a repeat of what we already have live.
4. Screen for infringement. Check every design for infringed designs or design elements.
5. Gatekeep the handover. Approve, reject or send back for revision.
6. Close the loop on time. Send feedback and rejections back to stakeholders within agreed turnaround times, with clear reasons they can act on.
7. Mediate between technical design and external parties. Find design solutions without losing design intent.
8. Keep score. Log approvals, revisions and turn around time so we can identify bottlenecks.

What success looks like

- Options reach technical design complete and on brief — minimal back-and-forth after handover.




- Zero infringement issues on styles that go live.
- Stakeholders receive feedback within the agreed turnaround, every time.
- Fewer late or missed batches each month.
- A rising share of approved options that become bestsellers.

What we're looking for

- 2–3 years in fashion design, merchandising or product development — at a brand, export house, buying office or fast-fashion business.
- You know how fashion works. Seasons, trend cycles, silhouettes, fabrics, trims, fits and how a design becomes a tech pack.
- A sharp commercial eye. You can tell what will sell, not just what looks good.
- Sound judgement on originality. You can spot when a design leans too close to another brand's work.
- Strong coordination. You run many stakeholders, deadlines and options at once without dropping anything.
- Clear, firm communication. Comfortable giving direct feedback to senior international stakeholders and holding the line with internal teams.
- Organised and tool-friendly. Comfortable with trackers, shared drives and design tools (Illustrator, Photoshop or CLO 3D at a working level).
- A degree in fashion design or a related field (NIFT, Pearl or equivalent) is preferred.

Nice to have

- Experience with marketplace or fast-fashion brands (Amazon Fashion, Myntra, Zara-style cycles).
- Exposure to US, UK or EU customers.
- Experience working with freelance or overseas designers.
- Working knowledge of design IP and copyright basics.
- Comfort using AI design or trend tools.

Why join

- Sit at the centre of a global fashion brand in its launch year.
- Work daily with international stakeholders across the US, UK, Europe and Australia.
- See your decisions go live on a global marketplace within weeks.
- Real ownership: you set the standard for what reaches production.

How to apply

Apply with

- ☐ Compensation range
- ☐ CV
- ☐ Portfolio

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