New Product Designer (Jewellery Designer)

AppsForBharat; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Srimandir in Bengaluru seeks a jewellery/product designer with 4–6 years’ experience to own the new‑product‑design pipeline for devotional pieces such as rashi bracelets, pendants and mala. You will turn spiritual meaning into pieces people genuinely want to wear, balancing craft with contemporary aesthetics.

You’ll drive concept-to-spec processes, coordinate prototypes and vendor partners, and shape cohesive collections with a recognisable Srimandir design language across occasions and gifting.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years in jewellery / accessory / product design — a strong portfolio matters more than years.
• Real craft: materials, stones, metals and manufacturing; comfort with CAD / jewellery design tools (Rhino / Matrix / Illustrator), tech packs and prototyping.
• A genuine feel for spirituality / devotional / astrology culture — or the hunger to learn it deeply (rashi, gemstones, rudraksha, vedic meaning).
• Fashion and trend sensibility with a strong wearability instinct.
• Consumer empathy — designs from insight, reads data, and iterates fast.
• D2C / e-commerce Jewellery product experience and fast NPD cycles.
• Product-photography / visual-merchandising direction; comfort with AI-assisted concepting (e.g. Midjourney).

Responsibilities

• Own the new-product-design pipeline from concept to spec — form, materials, stones, metals, finish and sizing; manage launches and vendor coordination.
• Encode genuine devotional meaning into every piece (rashi, gemstone remedy, rudraksha mukhi, deity, yantra) and align with astrology content for authenticity.
• Bring fashion and wearability into the design lens for daily wear, styling and gifting.
• Design from insight; translate culture and consumer behaviour into product decisions and iterate from post-launch data.
• Build cohesive collections with a Srimandir design language and shape the visual story (photography direction, naming, packaging feel).
• Maintain a steady pipeline of launches that contribute meaningful revenue and ensure designs are believed and worn with low returns.
• Ensure recognisable Srimandir design language across the jewellery range and ground design calls in consumer insight and post-launch data.

Skills

Portfolio-led design

Jewellery design

Wearability instinct

Consumer insight

Tools

Rhino

Matrix

Illustrator

Tech packs

Job description

Role Snapshot:

Experience: 4–6 years · portfolio-led (craft matters more than years)

You own the new-product-design pipeline for Srimandir's spiritual jewellery & accessories — rashi bracelets, pendants, malas, rudraksha, gemstone and deity-led pieces. Your job is to turn devotional meaning into a desirable product: take rashi, gemstone remedies, rudraksha and deities and design pieces people genuinely want to wear — authentic enough to be believed, styled for today, and shaped by what the consumer actually responds to. You bridge three worlds that rarely sit at one table.

What you’ll Champion:

• Product design & the NPD pipeline. Concept to spec — form, materials, stones, metals, finish and sizing; run a steady pipeline of launches (tech packs, prototypes, sampling and vendor coordination).




• Spirituality × jewellery — get the meaning right. Encode genuine devotional meaning into every piece (rashi, gemstone remedy, rudraksha mukhi, deity, yantra); work with the astrology / content side so authenticity holds up to scrutiny.




• Fashion & wearability — the design lens. Bring trend awareness and a contemporary aesthetic; design for daily wear, styling and gifting — pieces people choose to wear, not just to own.




• Consumer-led design. Design from insight, not assumption — who the wearer is, the occasion, the price they'll pay; translate cultural belief + consumer behaviour into product decisions, then read post-launch data and iterate.




• Collections & design language. Build cohesive, occasion- and calendar-timed collections with a recognisable Srimandir design language — and shape the visual story that sells them (photography direction, naming, packaging feel).




• A steady pipeline of launches that sell — new pieces contributing meaningful revenue.




• Products that are both believed and worn — visible in conversion, repeat, reviews and low returns.




• A recognisable Srimandir design language across the jewellery range.




• Design calls are grounded in consumer insight and post-launch data, not taste alone.

What is needed for this role

• 4–6 years in jewellery / accessory / product design — a strong portfolio matters more than years.




• Real craft: materials, stones, metals and manufacturing; comfort with CAD / jewellery design tools (Rhino / Matrix / Illustrator), tech packs and prototyping.




• A genuine feel for spirituality / devotional / astrology culture — or the hunger to learn it deeply (rashi, gemstones, rudraksha, vedic meaning).




• Fashion and trend sensibility with a strong wearability instinct.




• Consumer empathy — designs from insight, reads data, and iterates fast.




• D2C / e-commerce Jewellery product experience and fast NPD cycles.




• Product-photography / visual-merchandising direction; comfort with AI-assisted concepting (e.g. Midjourney).