Christina Kalchschmid

Support Head of Design Center Hong Kong in building up and establishing the Swarovski Design Center in the Sales Region Asia North:
+ Build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues, clients and suppliers in the asian regions (China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan).
+ Train new Swarovski employees on products and application techniques

Responsible for B2B crystal solutions and key customer design support in industrial and interior design in order to gain competitive edge in the asian sales regions.

Creation of Swarovski corporate gift collections consisting of small leather goods, cashmere/textile collections and gifts with purchase (2 collections per year); from ideation, research and conception to overlooking the manufacturing processes

Supplier visits and sourcing of new materials in Asia

Responsible for leading the Swarovski Elements Industrial Design Team.

Responsible for teamperformance in creative B2B Crystal application solutions and key customer design support in the Industrial and Interior Design field in order to gain competitive edge.

Recruiting and training of new team members.

Preparation and management of key customer Trend and Design workshops.

Created B2B Crystal Application solutions with Swarovski Elements and was responsible for key customer design support in the Industrial and Interior Design field .

Worked in a team on B2B customer inspiration tools in order to show new textile application ideas with crystals and therefore to increase sales of Swarovski Elements (2 textile collections per year).

Overlooked the re-production and costs of the designs.

Researched trends and new application techniques.

Purchased textiles and other materials for the customer inspiration tools.

Developed CMF concept for the VW "New Beetle".

Redesigned control device using new material concepts.

Prepared presentations and moodboards.

Sourced interesting new materials for material library.

Provided Designs for Montblanc Small Leather goods.

Contributed to the re-design of leather collections "Starisma" and "Ladystar".

Conception of moodboards.

Design of jewelry collection for sale on Japan Airlines flights.

Researched and evaluated competitors