Saturday 28 July 2012

Careers in Jewellery Designing

       

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Unique Soft Tech Solutions

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Glitz- Jewel digital virtual trial rooms through iPad  in retail stores or boutiques , offer the convenience of browsing at home or work and trying  jewels  virtually to select the right look.


Virtual Trial room helps buyers make a purchasing decision by letting them view themselves in desired jewel via an interactive web-cam application.

This feature simulates offline customer behavior of trying out various jewels  in front of a mirror to help them overcome their anxiety of how the apparel featured online would actually look on them.

It works on reducing any anxiety of not being able to actually see how the jewel  looks on oneself before purchase online.




Virtual trial rooms with the help of better technology can help replicate the 'look' more realistically.

With Glitz, You Get


  • To Create Categories & sub categories to archive your jewels 

  • Search filters by Price, Keywords, themes, Caratage etc

  • To create Favourite Lists & Jewel Pricing Module.

  • Order Form generation , intuitive business intelligence Report

  • Jewel Trail Room :  Try – on multiple jewels at once on your photo. 

  • Have a rich feel of wearing a jewel. .



Benefits




a) Opportunity to provide customers with more options for jewelry instantly with our inventory management solutions.

b) Valuable and personalized consultations and advice for each customer.

c) Standardization of operations through centrally controlled administration.

d) Build customer delight and loyalty Generate positive word of mouth advertisement and get new customers.


ORDER CONFIRMATION FORM 



Business Intelligence Reports for Jewelry Store Owner :

a) Unique visitors report.

b) Page views report.

c) Country reports.

d) City reports.

e) User registration Details.

f) User logged in details.

g) Product usage report.

h) App usage count.

i) Uploaded photos count.

j) Saved images report.

k) Model photos tried count.

l) Daily report of usage / photos / count based on store wise.

m) Weekly report of usage / photos / count based on store wise.

n) Cumulative monthly report store wise.




Type:Jewelry
Object/Variety: Software




 On the back of a sizzling growth of the organised jewellery industry, striking job openings and exciting entry- level salaries, many specialised institutes catering to the industry have mushroomed in the recent past. It's a fine era to consider jewellery designing as a career preference. 

India is the largest gems and jewellery market in the world (the domestic market is Rs 63,000 crore), but largely in the unorganised sector with a significant focus on gold. With the entry of big players like Tanishq, Swarovski, DeBeers, D'- damas, the shifting thrust on gems and stones rather than pure gold is giving a big push to the organised gems and jewellery industry.

  
Your grandma's old jewellery may be treasured and pricey heirlooms, but they simply do not hold a candle to the existing styles being worn. Jewellery these days is exclusive and contemporary. "People are very image cognizant. They don't want jewellery as a representation of financial security but to make a fashion statement and also as trends wear that suits different occasions."

                                                                   ·         Getting Started 
 

                      Previously, the single way to learn this skill was to be an apprentice to an experienced jeweler. But these days, one can take up a diploma course in jewellery design after school. Numerous institutes, all over India, present diploma courses in jewellery designing.
                      
                 A student has to pass an aptitude test and interview before qualifying for the course. One could be from any field. But an art background does help in the long run.  The course gives you essential information on the diverse kinds of stones, colour schemes in jewellery, design themes, presentation and framing, designing individual jewellery pieces, men's jewellery, costume jewellery, jewellery costing, etc. But to a professional in designing jewellery does not need formal training.
                            A professional in any other field can take up jewellery designing workshops and set up a business production house.
         



          ·       Opportunities

          

                 One can work in any of the following                
  •      Jewellery designing hous
  •      Export house                     
  •       Fashion house                     
  •       Self-employment                     
  •       Freelance designing


If you join an export house, you can see your new designs in the international market. Most of the students start their own business by setting up a production house. 



As a freelance designer your job is to draw a design according to the specifications of the jewelers' house. You also need to direct the manufacturing of the jewellery by the craftsman of the jewellery house.






  •               What it takes?
  •      There are no specific personality traits for jewellery designers. One can learn everything while getting trained. However, you just need a passion for the profession; otherwise there is no way one can learn
  •       A sense of design is imperative. Precision and attention to detail are also equally important for a successful jeweller. One should be very creative, imaginative and technically sound.
  •       It's also important to have a working knowledge about manufacturing.
  •      One should be well-versed with the fashion industry on the international front too.
  •        The Job
     
  •        Jewellery designers prepare sketches - by hand or on the computer - to conceptualise the design. After consulting with the customer or the manufacturing team, designers fashion detail drawings, a structural model, computer simulations, or a full-scale prototype
  •        Computer models allow superior effortlessness and flexibility in exploring a number of design alternatives, thus reducing design costs and cutting the time it takes to deliver a product to market.
  •         Designs are created on regular or floral patterns and then generate forms by connecting different structures together. The range of raw materials is exhaustive - from economical and easily available stuff like paper, wood, terracotta, jute, to highly priced Swarovski crystals!
Positives/Negatives
+ives
  • The market demand in India for jewellery designers is so high that it seems like an evergreen career path.
  • Jewellery designing is a highly rewarding profession.
-ives
  •       Jobs vacancies for jewellery designers are usually not advertised therefore you will have to put in agreat deal of effort to get a foothold in this industry.
  •      The initial cost of setting up your business is high. 
  •  Different Roles, Different Names
  • As a jewellery designer you can specialize in any particular aspect of jewellery designing. Following are   different names given to varied specializations and their different roles:
  •   Jewellery designer or artist: A professional whose primary responsibility is ideating new jewellery designs and then rendering or drawing those designs.
  •          
  • Goldsmith: Expert in making any standard or traditional range of jewellery.
  •  Fashion jewelers: One who specializes in designing jewellery for the fashion Industry.
  • Manufacturer: Runs either a small unit or a mass production house. Markets their own line of   branded    jewellery.
  • Repair person: A professional who specializes in the art of mending various jewellery products or     accessories.
  • Lapidary: An expert in setting of precious and semi-precious stones in various jewellery products. 
Top Companies
  • Renowned jewellery brands such as Tanishq, Swarovski, Nakshatra, Gili
  • Jewellery making and designing units
  • Jewellery shops and showrooms 
  • Top notch goldsmiths
  • Antique and art auction houses.