Concept Design Manager

Clase Azul México; Región Centro; Presencial; MXN 900.000 - 1.200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Clase Azul México, a luxury spirits brand from Jalisco, seeks a Concept Design Manager to translate creative direction into concept narratives, prototypes, and actionable guidelines.

You will lead the design team, balance creative ambition with technical excellence in ceramics, and collaborate with engineering, development and production to elevate the brand's codes of luxury.

A strong background in industrial design and passion for Mexican culture is essential.

Formación

• Outstanding conceptual thinking and storytelling.
• Strong creative leadership and collaborative mindset.
• Advanced 3D visualization, sketching and digital modelling.
• Knowledge of ceramic materials and manufacturing processes.
• Exceptional attention to detail and execution.
• Passion for Mexican culture and its global expression through design.
• A relentless commitment to excellence.

Responsabilidades

• Translate the Creative Direction vision into actionable concepts, narratives, and creative guidelines by exploring mood boards and creative briefs while aligning with established trends, market insights, feasibility considerations, and brand values.
• Manage the conceptual planning of the creative portfolio by defining initiative priorities based on strategic alignment, innovation potential, launch timelines, and business needs, ensuring a focused creative proposition that supports the brand’s objectives.
• Partner with Project Managers to strategically and holistically assign projects across the design team, considering each designer’s strengths, areas of expertise, workload, and development opportunities to ensure the successful execution of the creative vision.
• Lead and support the team in developing creative concepts for new products, limited editions, collaborations, experiences, and portfolio updates through creative workshops, ensuring consistency with the brand’s codes of luxury, craftsmanship, and sophistication.
• Integrate and evaluate insights from trends in art, design, luxury, materials, processes, culture, and consumer behavior to identify creative opportunities that strengthen the brand’s innovation, differentiation, and evolution.

Conocimientos

Conceptual thinking

Creative leadership

3D visualization

Sketching & modelling

Ceramic materials

Attention to detail

Mexican culture

Excellence mindset

Educación

Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design

Bachelor’s Degree in Innovation and Design

Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and Advertising

Descripción del empleo

Founded in 1997, Clase Azul México is a luxury spirits brand offering a complete portfolio of ultra-premium agave-based spirits from the highlands of Jalisco, Mexico. We are proud to collaborate with local Mexican artisans who handcraft each of our decanters. We are deeply committed to celebrating Mexican artistry, from ancestral distillation methods to traditional craftsmanship. We work tirelessly to improve the lives of our team members and seek to captivate the world through the spirit of Mexican culture.

We are looking for a Concept Design Manager with a profound understanding of product design, three-dimensional thinking and materiality. You instinctively understand proportion, volume and form, and you communicate ideas through sketching, digital modelling and physical prototypes with clarity and confidence.

An understanding of ceramics and crafted manufacturing processes is essential. You appreciate the dialogue between concept and execution, balancing creative ambition with technical excellence while collaborating closely with engineering, development and production.

We believe extraordinary objects begin long before they are designed.

They begin with curiosity, culture, craftsmanship and an uncompromising pursuit of excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Translate the Creative Direction vision into actionable concepts, narratives, and creative guidelines by exploring mood boards and creative briefs while aligning with established trends, market insights, feasibility considerations, and brand values. This will ensure that every project consistently supports the brand’s strategy, identity, and positioning.

Manage the conceptual planning of the creative portfolio by defining initiative priorities based on strategic alignment, innovation potential, launch timelines, and business needs, ensuring a focused creative proposition that supports the brand’s objectives.

Partner with Project Managers to strategically and holistically assign projects across the design team, considering each designer’s strengths, areas of expertise, workload, and development opportunities to ensure the successful execution of the creative vision.

Lead and support the team in developing creative concepts for new products, limited editions, collaborations, experiences, and portfolio updates through creative workshops, ensuring consistency with the brand’s codes of luxury, craftsmanship, and sophistication.

Integrate and evaluate insights from trends in art, design, luxury, materials, processes, culture, and consumer behavior to identify creative opportunities that strengthen the brand’s innovation, differentiation, and evolution.

The ideal candidate demonstrates

• Outstanding conceptual thinking and storytelling.
• Strong creative leadership and collaborative mindset.
• Advanced 3D visualization, sketching and digital modelling.
• Knowledge of ceramic materials and manufacturing processes.
• Exceptional attention to detail and execution.
• Passion for Mexican culture and its global expression through design.
• A relentless commitment to excellence.

Fields of Study

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design
• Bachelor’s Degree in Innovation and Design
• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and Advertising

Areas of Knowledge and Experience

• Research
• Graphic and Visual Design

Technical Knowledge and Areas of Expertise

• Creative Concept Development
• Research Synthesis
• Project Management
• Market and Trend Research

If you aspire to create objects that become cultural icons—products that honour craftsmanship, celebrate Mexico and elevate the language of luxury—we would like to meet you.