On hiring spree, Myntra to offer ESOPs

Fashion and lifestyle e-tailer Myntra.com, a Flipkart company, is hiring aggressively to support its growth over the next 6-12 months.

A dominant player in the online fashion and lifestyle space, Myntra currently holds 35 per cent market share and together with Flipkart accounts for 60 per cent of the online fashion market.

Doubling personnel Myntra has grown from a 100 people e-tailer four years ago to a core team of 2,000 today, with an average age of 28 years, supported by another 4,000 people, including partners, call centre agents, and supply chain and logistics providers. “We are looking at doubling headcount over the next 6-12 months and will hire 2,000 people in middle/senior management roles across the company.

“Since we are betting big on mobile to fuel revenue growth, we are looking to double our 150-strong tech team with specialists from the mobile domain. To support growth of our private fashion brands such as, Roadster, Dressberry and Anouk, we are hiring designers, buyers and brand heads,” Senior Vice-President & Head – Human Resources, Pooja Gupta, told

BusinessLine .

The company is also looking to hire creative professionals — fashion photographers, fashion content writers, art directors and creative directors. The company’s recently openedoffice spread over five floors and 80,000 sq ft in Bengaluru, is themed around fashion and lifestyle. The ground floor is designed to resemble a cosmopolitan high street complete with shop windows of global brands, stylish wooden wrought-iron benches, lamp posts, a round-the-clock azure blue sky ceiling and a ‘Look Good Café’ serving coffee, tea and other beverages. Pointing out that four years ago, potential candidates had to be talked into joining Myntra for the first half hour of the job interview, Pooja said: “Today, we lead the -interview asking the candidate why we should hire him or her. About 60 per cent of the employees in our company have joined in the last six months and we are now getting them to integrate with our meritocratic, open work culture.”

Employer of choice Myntra offers all its employees ESOPs (employee stock options). Health and life insurance is extended to parents as well.

A free trip to a city where an employee has to relocate to is also provided.

The company has tied up with a child care provider to offer support to parents who can leave their infants (from three months) and pre-schoolers under their care. “We want to be the employer of choice” said Pooja.

Myntra’s web site has over 700 Indian and International brands e-tailing 1.5 lakh styles and receives 3 million visits every day.