Apparel Designer-Sports

Company Description

Metro Brands Limited (MBL), established in 1977, is a leading Indian footwear retailer and a significant player in the aspirational footwear market. Operating 598 stores across 136 cities in India, the company owns renowned brands such as Metro Shoes, Mochi, Walkway, DaVinchi, and J. Fontini. MBL also specializes in premium brands like Cheemo and serves as the distributor for Crocs in India. Known for its strong vendor network, cutting-edge technology, and commitment to customer satisfaction, Metro Brands is widely recognized for delivering innovative, high-quality designs. With a team of over 4,000 employees and a solid e-commerce presence, MBL operates as a professionally managed organization with a customer-centric approach.

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site role based in Mumbai for an Apparel Designer – Sports for FILA Brand. The Apparel Designer will be responsible for conceptualizing and designing sports apparel collections, ensuring alignment with current fashion trends and brand identity. Key tasks include creating design sketches, selecting trims and textiles, overseeing fitting sessions, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams such as production and marketing to bring designs to completion. The role also involves researching the market for trends and competitor analysis to ensure innovative and market-relevant designs.

Educational Qualification : Passed out from NIFT/FDDI/Pearl Academy

Years of Experience : 5-6 Years

Location : Mumbai

1. Build concepts and create exciting new design ideas for the apparel ranges.
2. Research & study seasonal trends, colors, prints, materials and styling.
3. Conduct markets and store visits to study consumer behaviour and understand market trends.
4. Analyse weekly and monthly sales sell through reports.
5. Market Research + Cross competition analysis + Research (WGSN /Pinterest etc)
6. Create designs sketches (CAD Generation) design illustrations,
7. Create colourway's and tech-packs.
8. Create storyboards, concept coards , mood boards, trims boards.
9. Liase with product development & sourcing team for all research & developments.
10. Attend design & product meetings.
11. Contribute well researched ideas for trade show & catalogues, including making presentations with ppts & illustrations.
12. Maintain design material library.
13. Give design presentations to internal & external partners.
14. Liase with inter department functions w.r.t design work.
15. Roles and responsibility is not limited to footwear design only but also extended to the design department.
16. Highly efficient in Illustrator, Adobe and other design software.

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