Spatial Concept Designer (Mall Decor / Corporate Events)

Sonar Conectar Media and Entertainment; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonar Conectar Media and Entertainment LLP is seeking an Assistant Manager – Spatial Concept Designer to lead a 6-person VM team in Bangalore. You will turn briefs into approved, production-ready concepts across seasons, festivals and client projects, while ensuring deadlines are met.

You will oversee brief intake, mentor the team, and drive AI-assisted design workflows to improve approval rates, with strong stakeholder management across creative, sales and client teams.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in visual merchandising or retail design.
• Experience leading or mentoring a team.
• Proficient in design tools: Photoshop/Illustrator and/or CorelDraw.
• Hands-on with AI image/video generation and prompt engineering.
• Ability to meet deadlines under pressure and flag risks early.
• Strong stakeholder management across creative, sales, and client teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of the VM strategy across seasons, festivals, and client projects.
• Manage brief intake, log, vet and flag incomplete briefs before delays.
• Run a 6-person creative team; assign work and track weekly output.
• Drive AI tool adoption and measure impact on approvals.
• Maintain a 60-day forward festival/seasonal calendar.
• Make calls on concept direction and revisions; manage risk and budget impact.

Skills

Team leadership

Deadline-driven

Stakeholder mgmt

Creative production

Idea generation

AI tools

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

CorelDraw

Prompt engineering

Job description

Job Description

We are Hiring Assistant Manager – Spatial Concept Designer !!

Location: Bangalore

Experience: 4-6 Years

Sonar Conectar Media and Entertainment LLP. We're hiring a Spatial Concept Designer Assistant Manager to lead a 6-person creative team delivering visual merchandising concepts across seasons, festivals, mall activations, and retail/real estate client projects.

You'll own two things above all:

• Zero missed deadlines
• Concepts that get approved - not endlessly recycled.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN:

• Lead delivery of the VM strategy - turning briefs into approved, production-ready concepts across seasons, festivals, and client projects.
• Manage brief intake - log, vet, and flag incomplete briefs before they become late deliverables.
• Run a 6-person creative team: assign work, unblock people, track weekly output.
• Drive AI tool adoption (image/video generation, prompt engineering) and track its impact on approval rates.
• Keep a 60-day forward festival/seasonal calendar always loaded.
• Make the calls on concept direction and revisions; know when to upscale (deadline risk, brief deviation, budget impact).

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• 3-5 years in visual merchandising, retail design, or creative production.
• Experience leading or mentoring a team.
• Hands-on skill with design tools - Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or CorelDraw (industry-standard; confirm your stack).
• Working comfort with AI image/video generation tools and prompt engineering - not optional in this role.
• A track record of hitting deadlines under pressure and flagging risk early.
• Strong stakeholder management across creative, sales, and client teams.

Reports to: Creative Head

Direct reports: 6 (VM team)