CREATIVE MANAGER (TODDLER GIRLS )

LCWaikiki

• Demonstrable experience as Creative or Design Manager (in global fashion retailers)
• Shows potential&proven ability to coach large team
• Educated to degree level in appropriate discipline (eg Fashion & Design)
• Fluent in English
• Demonstrable knowledge of trend and colour forecasting
• Understands how to learn customer expectations (experienced in Toddler Girls customer groups)
• Range building knowledge
• Understands sourcing principles
• Appropriate personal circumstance
• Clearly willing to embrace overseas living (position based in Istanbul Head Office)

İŞ TANIMI

Creative Manager's main responsibility is to determine the trends suitable for the customer group, and to present these to the Product Management team. Equally importantly, the Creative Manager will coach and mentor the Design teams to make sure they build collections suitable for the target customers (TODDLER GIRLS/ 3 - 9 Years)

Key Responsibilities will include but not limited to;

• Researching lifestyles, cultures, and fashion and product expectations of target customer groups, determining the differences between these life styles, cultures and expectations, and using this data efficiently in the entire design process.
• Determining trends which may be suitable for target customer groups in the next season in the light of inspirational brands, competitor brands, trend magazines, the Internet, and current media; and presenting these trends to the Buying Team in the seasonal range plan and strategy meeting in conjunction with the Designers.
• Acting as a coordinator in the process for preparing line boards and colour palettes based on phases, providing necessary coaching for Designers in this process.
• Researching categories expected to be trendy in the next season, categories expected to be off-trend and new trend by category, specifying them and submitting to teams.
• Determining which trends fall under acceptable new fashion or risky fashion and submitting them to teams.
• Ensuring consistent brand and colour image among different buying groups.
• Providing recommendations to Buying, Planning and Design teams on determining range plan and design strategies.
• Checking whether prepared designs are suitable before presenting them to Buying / Product Management, providing recommendations when necessary.
• Providing necessary coaching and mentoring for relevant Designers.
• Creative Manager will also be responsible for checking colour and style coordination of tops, bottoms and outerwear prepared by different Designers based on lines and for providing necessary recommendations.
• Determining customer demands, which are not currently met although they are on trend and requested, on a weekly basis by conducting store and competitor store visits within the season, and meeting customers and store representatives. Making style and design recommendations upon these demands and submitting these recommendations to Buying and Design teams.