Website:
connoisseurfashions.com
Job details:
CONNOISSEUR FASHIONS
Careers
Founding Growth & Product Associate
BD x Design x Product Development. One person who can sell, design, and make.
Location: Maduravoyal, Chennai (on-site) | Type: Full-time | Compensation: Rs 50,000 to 60,000 per month
The Role
You will be the one-person engine that finds and wins new brand clients for Connoisseur, turns their inquiries into tailored concepts within days, and develops original, sustainable products and fabric stories that power our marketing. You will lean heavily on AI tools (Claude, Gemini Ect) to do the work of a whole team. This is a founding role with a direct line to landing our next anchor clients and shaping how the brand is seen.
What You Will Own
- Run the outbound demand engine end to end. Build target lists of sustainability-committed global brands from public data (Textile Exchange, B Corp, Fair Trade directories, brands de-risking from China and Bangladesh), then use Claude Cowork and Code to automate research, personalisation, multi-channel outreach by email and LinkedIn, follow-ups, and pipeline tracking, at a scale one person could never reach manually.
- Convert live prospects fast. When a brand engages, respond within days with mood boards, sketches or CAD using CLO, adobe, draft tech packs, and sample direction that turn an inquiry into a development conversation. A tailored first concept, delivered fast, is our edge.
- Drive product and material innovation. Source and curate fabrics and trims, experiment with garment processing (washes, finishes, dyes, sustainable constructions), and develop original concept pieces for both client pitches and our own marketing.
- Build the showcase. Produce the sample garments, fabric stories, and visuals that fuel our campaigns and our verified-origin and transparency narrative.
- Keep the pipeline honest. Maintain the CRM, report funnel metrics weekly (touches, replies, samples, conversions), and work closely with the production team and senior partner to close anchor accounts.
What We Are Looking For
- 1 to 4 years across some mix of apparel or fashion design, product development, merchandising, or apparel sales and BD. We want a blend, not a single specialist, and someone eager to wear all three hats.
- Real design ability: can sketch, read and build tech packs, use design tools (Illustrator, CLO3D or similar), and has genuine feel for fabric, construction, and garment processing.
- AI-native and tech-savvy: already uses AI tools to work faster, and is comfortable building scrappy automations and structuring data. You need not be an engineer, but you must love leveraging tools to multiply yourself.
- Commercial instinct: can write a sharp, persuasive outreach message, understands how brands buy, and is comfortable with rejection and relentless follow-up.
- A self-starter who thrives on ownership and ambiguity. This role is build-it-yourself from day one.
Bonus
- Familiarity with GOTS, Fair Trade or GRS, woven outerwear, or apparel export.
- A portfolio of designs, products, or campaigns you have shipped.
What Success Looks Like
In 60 days, a working AI-driven outreach funnel generating qualified conversations, plus a first set of showcase concepts. In the first year, a material contribution to landing our first new anchor client and a repeatable engine and product story that scales.
The Deal
Rs 50,000 to 60,000 per month for the right young, hungry, passionate candidate. Full-time, on-site at our Maduravoyal, Chennai HO. A founding role with real ownership and a clear path to grow into head of growth and product as we scale toward a public listing.
How to Apply
Send your CV and a portfolio or work samples (designs, products, campaigns, or any automation you have built) to [your application email or link]. Tell us about one product you would create for a sustainable global outdoor brand, and how you would find and reach that brand.
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