Job description
Women's Apparel Company is looking for an organized and motivated Technical Designer to join our team on a temp to hire basis, 32 hours per week to start. The ideal candidate demonstrates expertise and knowledge in apparel technical design concepts, practices, and procedures, particularly in wovens, knits and swim. This position is primarily responsible for ensuring quality fit, desired appearance, and company quality standards are met and maintained.
Responsibilities:
- Strong focus on dresses, but also includes tops, bottoms, sweaters, knits, outerwear, and swimwear.
- Working with Design to ensure fit, balance, and aesthetics throughout the pre-production process, within the calendar deadline.
- Ensures specs, corrections, and BOM are clearly communicated to vendors while maintaining consistency in fit and quality standards.
- Troubleshoot with overseas vendors to explain construction and fit issues by any means necessary, while working in a fast-paced environment.
- Self manages workload based on calendar due dates and production deadlines. Knows how to prioritize with a sense of urgency.
- Attend fittings to review overall fit, balance, and details of garment from prototype through production.
- Meeting with design for pass off of new development styles.
- Collaborate with other Tech Designers, Designers Production, and PD in order to be effective and successful.
The Ideal Candidate will have
- Degree in Fashion Design, Tech, or related, BFA preferred.
- Minimum 4-7 years of direct technical design experience in the better-quality in Wovens knits and swimwear.
- Thorough knowledge of silhouettes, fabrication, sewing techniques, trim and technical knowledge of fabric and construction.
- Ability to analyze work load and plan accordingly with exceptional follow-up skill.
- Proficient in Excel, Microsoft Office, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop.
- Extreme attention to detail.
- Preferred-Knowledge of pattern making ( but not necessary).
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong work ethic, able to self-motivate, work with cross functional teams when necessary and make call outs that displays efficiency for the teams and future endeavors.
- Preferred-Knowledge in all or most fit category’s to be able to step in as needed as daily issues arise.
Job Type: Full-time, Temp to Hire
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary
Pay: $30.00 - $34.00 per hour
Expected hours: 32 per week
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Schedule:
Work Location: In person