Titan - Product Designer - Sunglasses Category

1. Scope of the role Lead the design language and sensibility of the sunglasses product category for the eyewear business.

Help in the journey of creating differentiated product offerings for Titan Sunglasses, Fastrack Sunglasses and Dash Sunglasses for kids.

2. Job Profile - Designing of sunglasses category

- Working closely with the product manager to evolve the design language and specific design collections for the product category and brands.

- Conceptualizing product collections based on the following criteria: aesthetics, design-function relationship, fashion trends, materials, retail price/cost restrictions, methods of production

- Responsible for product creation from design to launch.

- Keeping a close track of International trends across accessories and lifestyle categories apart from sunglasses.

- Communicating product concepts & ideas through product renderings/illustrations.

- Preparing required technical specifications & drawings for domestic & overseas sample development.

- Working closely with manufacturers overseas and in India to ensure that all sample designs are engineered for production efficiency.

- Undertaking market research and understanding the product category. Maintaining a pulse of current market trends and forecasts.

- Strong knowledge of retail & brand positioning

- Regularly keeping abreast of competition products.

3. Key Deliverables - Developing effective design solutions to create a differentiated product portfolio

- Ability to translate International lifestyle trends into sunglasses for style differentiation

- Excellent interpersonal skills (ability to work with all personality types & ability levels).

- Strong verbal communications skills in English

- Ability to manage multiple and competing work priorities, demands and changes

- High level of expertise using design software/technology with ability to produce electronic files for production purposes

4. The right person - Creative flair

- Knowledge of and sensitivity to trends influencing design in general

- Should have experience of working in the lifestyle category

- Ability to work closely with internal teams to meet business needs of various stakeholders

- Positive, can-do attitude

- Good oral and written communication and presentation skills

5. Education - Graduate in Product Design/ Accessories Design, equivalent degree or schooling

- 5-7 years of experience in product design with industry experience.

- Robust understanding of 3-dimensional design & visualization.

- Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop is a must. Rhino 3D, CAD Modeling Experience a plus

- Microsoft Office - primarily Excel and Outlook