The Souled Store Looking for Team Lead – Fashion Design at Mumbai Full Time

About Us :The Souled Store is a homegrown youth casual-wear brand started in 2013. We are one ofIndia’s largest online merchandising platform with licenses like Disney, Warner Bros., WWE,IPL, Viacom18 to name a few. Apart from selling products with themed designs such assuperheroes, movies, TV shows, and cartoons, the brand also is at the forefront of the latestyouth style and fashion trends. In addition to core men and women wear apparel categories,we are also in the process of expanding to new categories and introducing new productlines in the existing categories like activewear, supima products, innerwear, personal careproducts like perfumes and very recently launched footwear and kidswear.Although we are primarily an online brand, we’ve expanded in the offline retail space as welland have six offline stores in Mumbai, one in Pune, one in Bangalore, one in Delhi, withplans for expansion pan India.We’re now a ‘Great Place to Work’ certified organization which boasts of our fantasticemployee culture and policies’The Souled Store was born out of the idea of loving what you do, from the soul. We believethat people do their best work when they love what they do. There are too many Mondaymornings and you can’t go dreading every single one of them. Over the years, we have builta strong team of like-minded people that work smart, own their work, and think like leaders.If you identify with what we do and are interested in being a part of an aggressively growingbrand, we would love to have you on board.Roles & Responsibilities :Trend Forecasting – picking right trends that would shape the brands look for SS/AW and collections.Silhouette Library Development – Menswear, Womenswear, Kidswear (Apparel Category Development)Sales Analysis of all categories + Returns Analysis.Fabric/Trim library management.Colour Management across all fabrics.Overlooking Sampling and Approvals (with PD Team).Overlooking CAD + Tech-pack Team for the entire Range of Menswear, Womenswear & Kidswear.Range Plan for Non-Graphic Range – Fashion, Buying, Core/Basics (with Strategy’s count) (new cuts, silhouettes, fabrics) as additions with graphic Designs for SS/AW.Vendor Management – with the SCM team.Model Selection Analysis + Website Mockup Selection + Shoot direction + Celeb Shoot Management.Styling guidance and Celeb Shoot overlook.IPL merchandise management.Skills & Qualifications :Proficient with different design softwares like Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop.Superior knowledge of fashion design principles.Excellent creativity with a good sense of fashion and style.In-depth knowledge of garment technology.Proficiency in computer-aided fashion design applications and digital visualization tools.Strong interpersonal, communication and time-management skills.Excellent attention to detail.Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and coordinate with cross-functional teams and colleagues as necessary.A keen eye for aesthetics and details.Team player with ability to prioritize & handle multiple projects to meet deadlines.Education & Experience :5-8 years experience working in a similar field.Graduate in Fashion or similar degree.