Headline

Design Manager | Kidswear/ Licensing/ Fast Fashion/ Youthwear/ Menswear | Building building | Long distance Athlete

About

I’m a design strategist with a strong foundation in fashion, now shaping user experiences and digital products that are as intentional as they are beautiful. With over a decade of experience across apparel, youth brands, Forecasting, Design collections and trend-forward design, I bridge the gap between aesthetic intuition and user-centric systems. Currently expanding my focus through UX and product strategy, I thrive at the intersection of business goals, user needs, and design clarity — whether that’s for a global design studio, an agile startup, or a mission-led product team. Open to India-based and remote/global opportunities where fashion, culture, and design thinking meet.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

gemini

lovable

notion

openai

ChatGPT

Work experience

Design Manager at Reliance Retail ltd, Aug 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, product design manager at Reliance Retail ltd

Designer at SPLASH - Landmark Group, Oct 2016 - Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Assistant Design Manager at Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd., Jul 2015 - Oct 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos, Mumbai, Sportswear designer

Designer (Jeanswear) at Arvind Lifestyle Brands Limited, Feb 2014 - Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, The key responsibly area includes research, trend forecasting from online resources of forecasting and offline market research further translating into conceptualization, design, sketching, Ideation and further fecilitating in the desing aspects of range creation for the menswear line and graphics for Jeanswear. The Brand that I currently handle here is Colt along with collaterals of Mossimo. Under Colt I have been handling Licencing association with Disney and Marvel to churn out a line of Graphic oriented apparel under it.

Assistant Designer (Shirts and Graphics – Menswear) at Inkfruit.com, Oct 2012 - Jan 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos, Mumbai Area, India, Profile includes research, trend forecasting, conceptualizing and ideation of design process for two different markets (offline and online). Conceptualization, design, sketching and creating specs of menswear shirts and outerwear Ideation and making graphics for menswear

Education

Bachelor's Degree, Fashion/Apparel Design, National Institute of Fashion technology

class 12, Kendriya Vidyalaya picket

Public links

nitesh-portfolio-zeta.vercel.app: https://nitesh-portfolio-zeta.vercel.app/