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Nupur Srivastava

Customer Success | Brand Manager | Ex. Fashion Designer
Mumbai,MH

Summary

I have 7+ years of work experience in the fashion industry with expertise in campaign design, brand management, business development, and digital marketing. I have always been of an entrepreneurial mindset – between running a data driven sales team, managing team and company budgets, and running my own firm – I believe I have the ability to understand customers and provide relevant solutions to build long lasting relationships.

Overview

5
5
years of post-secondary education
7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Head Designer

Entropy Design by Namrata Joshipura
New Delhi , Delhi
2018.05 - 2018.10

Customer & Trend Analysis, Theme Development

▪ Using customer insights & forecast, drove product rollout of Kaftans, Lounge wear etc. ( around 500-600 sku’s ) for the middle east market. (B2B clients like Jana, Lily’s etc)

Business Development, Design Analysis, Merchandise Planning

▪ Curated collections consisting of 150 samples (around 7-8 collections) for the fast selling product range of Amazon Fashion Week (Oct 19) Spring Summer 2019 NJ collection.

▪ Drove 20+ Celebrity brand endorsements (Shilpa Shetty, Anushka Sharma etc.) and outfit curation for Kiara Advani (Music video).

Co-Founder

Breathe by Aakanksha and Nupur
New Delhi , Delhi
2014.12 - 2018.05

▪ Co-founded a design label in the luxury couture segment. Scaled and led the 20 member organisation..

▪ Created design and production processes (from conceptualisation & sampling to fabric selection & product rollout of 300+ styles).

▪ Core activities: Digital marketing, Vendor collaboration management, Inventory Management, Quality & cost Management, Merchandising, Shipping & Retail Collaborations, Recruitment, Training, Management.

▪ B2B customer relationship management with retail establishments (Pernia’s pop-up shop, Ensemble India, etc).

Customer & Segment Analysis, Customer Lifecycle Marketing

▪ Collaborated with Zee Networks to create a targeted customer segment clothing line, directed towards Tier II,III markets. As part of its implementation, reduced production costs by 80%. The marketing campaign included a 15 min coverage of Breathe (I was a presenter), and the entire collection in a show format.

▪ Innovative designs opened up a new customer base in traditional designs (YoY customer base increased by 50%) while limiting cloth wastage, thereby reducing costs.

▪ Brand development activities including marketing communication (content development on digital platforms) to media collaborations(Vogue India etc.).

Assistant Designer

The Sepia Lab by Pankaj & Nidhi
New Delhi , Delhi
2012.11 - 2014.11
  • Specialized in customer dealing, designing, merchandising, vendor dealings, production & quality control of Indian couture and Western Wear Tunics for clients like Harrod, JC Penny, Aza etc.
  • Forecasting for upcoming trends in the fashion industry through customer, sales and sentiment analysis.
  • Building marketing strategies through customer segmentation, launch management, engagement, and partner engagement. This included collecting customer base reports across sales divisions.
  • Catering to markets across the Middle-East, Europe, & Domestic markets.
  • PR, collection plan, entry keeping and insight mapping in trade shows like Who’s Next, Woolmark, Tranoi etc.
  • Through customer insights analysis, initiated experimentation, styled editorials & celebrities (Cosmopolitan, Vogue etc).
  • Envisioned and developed marketing campaigns that were implemented across numerous media channels including Television (Zee Tv), Fashion shows, Celebrity endorsements (Anoushkaa Sharma) and Digital promotions.
  • Deep analysis of campaign, sales and program performance to identify patterns and trends.
  • Collaborated with marketing channel owners on on-going experimentation to validate insights across segmentation, targeting, messaging, channel and creative optimization
  • Customer behavior insights by mapping the customer journey. Collaboration with Marketing & Ops.
  • Customer, & Vendor engagements and business dealings including Harrods, Anthropology.

Assistant Designer

Ritu Beri Designs
New Delhi , Delhi
2011.11 - 2012.11
  • Responsible for customer and vendor management, design & business development, and Fashion editorials.
  • Led the design and vendor management for Hotels & Dealership uniforms ( Taj group, The Leela Palace etc).
  • Design conceptualisation and implementation for the Indian wear line for both Men and Women.
  • Building marketing strategies through customer segmentation, launch management, engagement, and partner engagement. This included collecting customer base reports across sales divisions.
  • Event & Creative coordinator for Amazon India, Lakme, Blender Pride fashion tour, and Van Huesen fashion week.
  • Articulate plans, experimentation roadmaps and results, and lifecycle marketing strategies across teams.

Assistant Designer

FighterCock by Abhishek Gupta
New Delhi , Delhi
2011.06 - 2011.11
  • Specialized in designing, merchandising, vendor dealings, production & quality control of Indian couture and Western Wear for domestic clients like Aza, Evoluzione, Ensemble India etc.
  • Selection of collections and exhibition of merchandise for stores catering to varied audiences PAN India.
  • Customer negotiations along with developing product offering's to meet their needs.
  • Client retention and insight reporting to create seasonal collections.

Education

Bachelor of Fashion Design - Fashion Design

National Institute Of Technology
Gandhinagar, Gujrat
2007.06 - 2011.06

MBA - Marketing

S.P. Jain Institute Of Management And Research
Mumbai, Maharashtra
2020.01 - 2021.01

Skills

    Brand Management

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Internship

  • Conceptualised, and developed a brand communication element for UltraTech Building Solution (UBS) across 2500 stores. A first of its kind 3D communication element, it was designed to build brand awareness and enable the end consumer to understand the product offerings in UBS stores.
  • The element received rave reviews from management and is going to be rolled out in Q2 2021.

Timeline

MBA - Marketing

S.P. Jain Institute Of Management And Research
2020.01 - 2021.01

Head Designer

Entropy Design by Namrata Joshipura
2018.05 - 2018.10

Co-Founder

Breathe by Aakanksha and Nupur
2014.12 - 2018.05

Assistant Designer

The Sepia Lab by Pankaj & Nidhi
2012.11 - 2014.11

Assistant Designer

Ritu Beri Designs
2011.11 - 2012.11

Assistant Designer

FighterCock by Abhishek Gupta
2011.06 - 2011.11

Bachelor of Fashion Design - Fashion Design

National Institute Of Technology
2007.06 - 2011.06
Nupur SrivastavaCustomer Success | Brand Manager | Ex. Fashion Designer