Location
Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
Salary
RM Not Specified
Seniority Level
Senior Executive
Years of Experience
3 years
Description
You will play a pivotal role in redefining how consumers perceive and engage with our diverse portfolio of brands and intellectual property. Your responsibilities will involve not only crafting new and novel experiences but also capitalizing on familiar ones, contributing to the development of products that consumers want to own and buy.
Your creative input and strategic approach will be key in evolving our brand presence, influencing how we touch consumers' lives, and getting them to feel excited about what we have to offer. Success in your role is largely influenced by thriving on the challenge to design products that captivate and inspire, bringing to life our efforts to create products that people not only want to own but also proudly display.
Being innovative, creative, and staying current with the latest trends are key success factors in this position.
Responsibilities
- Conceptualize and design innovative, fun, eye-catching products, with a keen focus on detail, usability, longevity, and consumer appeal across various product categories from stationary, toys, fashion apparel, fashion accessories, and housewares to gifts
- Create and implement captivating marketing communications visuals from digital marketing campaigns to elaborate retail merchandise displays that highlight the distinctiveness and desirability of our intellectual property products
- Create prototypes and mockups to test and refine designs, considering practicality, cost-effectiveness, and manufacturability while remaining true to the original design concept
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the designs align with our brand and intellectual property guidelines
- Provide feedback and oversee merchandise product quality from design and sampling to final production ensuring it aligns with the design vision
- Staying up-to-date with the latest and emerging trends to ensure we create products that remain relevant and appealing to target consumers, ultimately driving sales and brand appeal
- Work closely with the supplier end-to-end throughout the sampling to final production stages, ensuring the final product mirrors the original design concept and meets our quality expectations
Requirements
- At least 3 to 5 years of proven work experience as a Designer, Graphic Designer, Visual Merchandise Designer, Industrial Product Designer or similar role
- Have a portfolio of completed design projects
- A strong understanding of merchandising, adept at applying design within specified constraints when necessary
- Possess a keen and strong aesthetic sense and the ability to consider a broader spectrum of the target audience
- Highly detail-oriented and meticulous with attention to visual details and a good design eye, yet practical as the occasion arises
- Proficient in design software such as the Adobe Creative Suite, including Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, experience in motion graphics and the ability to sketch would be a plus
- Knowledge of garment construction, pattern making, silhouettes, colorways, sewing techniques, fabrication, and trim; familiarity with print design and manufacturing is an added advantage
- Degree in Graphic Design, Industrial Design, or Product Design with a relevant retail background