Head of Fashion Design - barcelona
3 days ago
Barcelona
Overview As Head of Fashion Design, you will set the global design strategy for footwear and Ready to Wear, guiding a creative team to deliver premium, on-time products. You’ll blend luxury aesthetics with sustainability to drive brand growth across retail, e-commerce, and wholesale. You’ll lead cross-functional collaboration to ensure design viability within budget and market needs. This role offers a high-impact opportunity to shape a fast-growing, values-driven brand from Barcelona with a global footprint. You will inspire innovation and elevate the brand’s creative vision. Compensaciones / Beneficios • flexible schedule, • hybrid work option, • wellness program, • discounts on products, • maternity/paternity and gender equality initiatives, • English courses and professional development Responsabilidades, • Drive the global design strategy across all categories to fuel growth and brand equity, • Analyze trends, competitors, and consumer activity for mid- to long-term positioning, • Promote a culture of innovation and creativity within the Design and Product Creation teams, • Provide creative leadership to a team of designers and align outputs with the brand vision, • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop new footwear products aligned with strategy, • Ensure concepts are commercially viable, balancing creativity with market insights, • Communicate the creative vision effectively to design teams and stakeholders, • Develop team performance through reviews, development plans, and coaching, • Partner with Product Management, Product Development, Production and Quality to align designs with business needs, • Leverage luxury design expertise to elevate the brand and set industry standards Requisitos principales, • 7+ years of experience driving design vision and growth in a global fashion business, • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat), • Proficiency in G Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides), • Luxury or high-end product design background, • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with stakeholders and teams, • Strong leadership and ability to inspire and manage designers, • Proven track record delivering projects on time and within budget, • Strong trend analysis and market opportunity identification, • Passion for innovation and pushing design boundaries in footwear, • Understanding of brand positioning and fashion market dynamics, • Collaborative mindset with cross-functional influence, • Fluent in English and Spanish, • leadership, • collaboration, • effective communication, • Adobe Creative Suite, • G Suite, • luxury/high-end product design