Senior Jewellery Designer

Job Specification - Senior Jewellery Designer

Experience: 5+ years

Positions Available: 2

A Senior Designer should have strong creative expertise, industry knowledge, and a keen

understanding of jewellery trends and customer preferences with good managing skills.

He/She is supposed to work closely with the Management and Design leadership to develop

a deeper and clear understanding on collections. He/She should be able to communicate

the same to the Design Team and guide them through the entire process to collection

execution and acceptance.

A Senior Designer should have a clear creative vision with practical jewellery-making

knowledge and can independently lead a collection from concept and research through

design development, sampling, and final production.

Key Competencies

Creative Thinking | Collection Development | Trend Forecasting | Jewellery Sketching | CAD

Understanding | Product Development | Team Leadership | Market Awareness | Attention

to Detail

Software Knowledge: Corel Draw or Adobe illustrator or any other software they are

comfortable with for developing designs.

Technical Knowledge: Understanding of metal weights, stone setting and manufacturing

constraints, specific to silver jewellery.

Colleges attended: NIFT, Pearl Academy, JDTI, IIGJ, etc.

Preferred Companies worked with in the past: Caratlane, Bluestone, Amrapali, Shaya, Giva,

Quirksmith, Tanishq, Exotic India art, Tribal Ornaments, Tarakesh, Shyle, etc.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the conceptualization and development of new jewellery collections. 

• Follow industry and market trends, track competitors and ideate opportunities for

fresh design ideas mapped to target customers, events and channel priorites.

• He/She should be able to communicate well within the design team as well as with

other internal teams and external partners. 

• Work closely with CAD designers, artisans, production, merchandising, and sourcing

teams to take designs from concept to final product. 

• Review and approve CAD designs, samples, prototypes, and finished pieces.

• Evaluate samples and recommend design improvements based on aesthetics,

functionality, production feasibility, and cost. 

• Ensure accuracy in design proportions, detailing, stone placement, finishing, and

wearability.

• Analytical skills to incorporate the target costing of a product and suggest how to

modify and refine designs accordingly.

• Openness to both giving and receiving honest feedback on designs, and helping

continually improve our collections and assortments.

• Ability to incorporate changes quickly based on sampling and production feedback,

mid-process.

• Conduct research on international and domestic jewellery trends, materials,

techniques, and consumer preferences.

• Provide creative direction and contribute to the development of the brand's design

language. 

• Continuously ideate ways to improve, expand and enhance different aspects of a

collection.

• Provide timely input on physical product attributes to the Design Associates for SKU

creation.

• Should have a clear understanding of designing within brand aesthetics, target

audience, and price points.

• Mentor and guide other designers and support the overall design team. Should be

able to assign work, guide and mentor junior designers as appropriate.

• Should be proactive and organised to ensure design projects are completed and

approved within the given timeline.

• He/She should have a problem solving approach so that any designers facing

problems can reach out to them.

• Maintain design archives, technical specifications, and collection documentation.

• Ensure all confidential design ideas, materials and specifications are not leaked

outside of the organisation, adhering to company IP protection for all design-related

activities.

• Manage multiple projects and ensure timely completion of design assignments.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in jewellery designing, preferably with a reputed jewellery

brand or design house. Ideal (but not required) to have specific experience with 925

sterling silver jewellery design.

• Degree/diploma in Jewellery Design.

• Strong expertise in jewellery design development.

• Strong understanding of gold, silver, diamonds, gemstones, settings, manufacturing

techniques, and jewellery finishing.

• Excellent understanding of proportions, aesthetics, functionality, and craftsmanship.

• Strong knowledge of jewellery trends and market dynamics.

• Ability to translate creative concepts into commercially successful collections.

• Strong leadership, communication, and team-management skills.

• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work within deadlines.

• A positive attitude and excitement to make a difference.