Overview
Designer Jobs in Faridabad, Haryana, India at FABINDIA LIMITED
Title: Designer
Company: FABINDIA LIMITED
Location: Faridabad, Haryana, India
JOB TITLE: Designer
FUNCTIONAL AREA: Home & Lifestyle
REPORTS TO: Creative Head – Soft Home
POSITION’S OBJECTIVE: (Brief on position’s objective)
Drive end-to-end product development and market strategy, encompassing market research, trend analysis, sample design coordination, and seamless collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure timely range development, cost adherence, and successful launches, while proactively identifying and capitalizing on new business opportunities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To create concepts / Mood boards
- Create 2D/3D sketches of initial ideas/designs for the category, working with the design manager and QC for joinery details, hardware, etc.
- Work on preparation of 2D manufacturing technical drawings
- Develop and implement the concepts for products basis the given brief from the CM
- Evolving new designs addressing product & MRP gaps ensuring designs address different consumer brackets / store format
- Should be able to conduct print sampling on the field – Setting color combinations, Setting innovative layouts and styling.
- Working with Category head and merchandiser to understand gap's and requirement for the upcoming season
- "Visit exhibitions, museums and events related to Fashion, Art and Design fairs/ Markets to keep up-to-date on the latest fabrics, prints and trends.
- Creating a design brief for consultant designers and giving feedback and guiding on the look
- Timely Closing of briefs for Designers, Suppliers & PH's
- Ensuring range has an optimum mix which uses bench mark like craft, price point, and classification evolved for the categories – Keeping in line with the key promotions
- Work on new product development based on design brief, option plan & range plan
- Re work colours in Perennial when needed
- Carry out photo gathering and collate research to help develop ideas based on new design trends/directions for the assigned category
- Look into reports to compare with the market research
- Formulate mood board, look books for the season/collection
- Present the market and best sellers research to the Category Manager
- Present the resulting design concepts to the Category
- Prepare for internal range presentations up to the MRH & consolidate feedback on the range
- Sampling for Product Presentations
- Dealing with PH/Vendor on development of samples
- Defining the shoot & product look
- Ensuring complete range is launched on web store & E – Catalogue simultaneously with the promotions
- Ensuring all primary collection is shot for Social Media posts
- Coordinating the photoshoots
- Styling & Working on creatives and the look of brand through photoshoot
- Managing the Photographs/images/creatives and their editing by the agencies
- To work in sync with all concerned departments to archive design and concept uniformity
- To work collectively and in collaborating manner across departments for enhanced productivity
JOB SPECIFICATION: (QUALIFICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE)
Years of Functional Experience:
- 10-15 years of work experience as a Designer in a Retail organisation Industry or Craft sector
- B Design / Masters in Design / Diploma NIFT / NID
