Event Design Head at Oaken Events

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Head Design
Department: Design
Minimum Educational Qualification: Graduate in any discipline with post Graduate/MBA
Minimum Experience: 4 – 5 years with minimum 3 years in managerial cadre in service industry.
Skills Requirement: Basic Skills
Job Knowledge
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Knowledge about the latest Designs and Models, sound knowledge of Design softwares, expert in
planning and time-management and excellent Negotiation skills
Communication Skills
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Excellent communication and presentation skills and good listening skill
Attitude
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Customer Service orientated, assimilate with employees, potential for learning and enhancing own skill set
Mental agility
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Ability to grasp, relate , eye for details and quick response
Stress Management
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To build fun and frolic at the filed to reduce the stress among the employees and boost their morale
Interpersonal Skills
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Interaction with other staff at regular intervals, share knowledge and information
Leadership
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Commitment, Logical Thinking, Deliberate the decisions, foster team spirit, open for suggestion, problem solving approach
Mentoring
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Identify Training Needs for team members to acquire/enhance the required skill sets
Required Skills
Strategic Planning, Solid Team Player, Coaching and leadership skills Strong presentation and facilitation skills,Complex problem resolution skills,Creativity, forward thinker,Good Knowledge on Events,General management expertise,Good Leadership/Supervisory skills,Creative flair required for the creation of imaginative ideas.
Abilities.

• Ability to influence senior management, establish and maintain collaborative partnerships and provide thought leadership.
• Ability to architect and drive change
• Ability to lead in a global, matrixed environment
• A flexible team player with a proven ability to work successfully under pressure.
• Proven ability to build strong working relationships, internal and external to the organization.
• Ability to create something out of nothing.

POSITION OBJECTIVES
The Design manager will be responsible for brainstorming a theme and developing chosen concept for the events.
The Design manager prepares a proposal and the budgeting for all design aspects from pre-production through to installation and completion.
The Design manager would not stop with just the idea and the budget, but continue through to the selection, direction and overseeing all the aspects proposed in the idea - the lighting, textiles, clothing, signage, flowers, room dressing and decoration, entertainment.
Finally, ensuring the theme is brought to life through the décor, the entertainment and the ‘finishing touches’ (e.g. fireworks, artists, etc) is the final part of the role.

Requirements

• Research and develop design concepts for weddings and corporate events
• Production of all admin requests for Design.
• Execution of Design Production of centerpieces
• Design concepts of entrance into the hall itself.
• Ensure the effective management of all warehouses and storage facilities.
• Ensure Environmental is observed in the
• Develop power point presentation for all events.
• Development on colour mood board
• Design trends for 2015- Quarterly updates
• Monitoring of checklist and supervision of loading and offloading after events.
• Always ensure that a printed checklist is at the venue with other required information.
• Ensure the production of Design works slide show to be shown to clients.
• Proper planning and organizing and providing suitable manpower to execute design jobs
• To frame and implement workable and friendly policies that will help improve your department in consultation with the MD/CEO.

• To administer good discipline on the field through various measures
• Meeting clients to discuss their design needs;
• Interpreting the client's design needs into reality;
• Developing design briefs by gathering information and data to clarify design issues;
• Thinking creatively to produce new ideas;
• Using innovation to redefine a design and meet the constraints of cost, time and client;
• Producing accurate and high quality work
• Monitoring and giving report of all the company’s design items
• Contributing ideas and design;
• Keeping abreast of developments in IT, particularly design programs.
• Supervise Event design Set up and short down.
• Liase with third parties for design production
• Ensure that design concept are produced with excellent and world class standard

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