General Summary:
The Almost Famous Clothing Technical Design Director will be responsible for all areas of the technical design process as well as managing team of Tech Designers. They will possess outstanding technical, written and verbal skills. This position requires the ability to work in a fast-paced work environment and handle a high volume of SKU's. including sketching, research, following up on fabric development and preparing for design review meetings.
Major Responsibilities:
- Manage team of 4 Tech Designers
- Create, maintain and track technical spec packages for all assigned products until commercialization is completed.
- Creates and enforces grading specs and garment measurements
- Reviews samples against design package to ensure all specifications, construction and design details are adhered to.
- Manages fit sessions and executes fit comments from concept to TOP of assigned classifications.
- Communicates daily with vendors, Merchants, Design, and Production, Overseas offices, Suppliers and Customers teams for T&A and product execution.
- Responsible for maintaining Time & Action (T&A) sample log sheet for all categories
Specific Job Skills:
- Experience in fashion industry
- Must be organized, multi-tasker
- Driven toward technical accuracy
- Meets deadlines, prioritizes appropriately
- Effective communicator on multiple levels
- Must be proficient in Illustrator and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc)
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Education, Licenses, Certificates, Registrations and/or Experience:
- Degree in Apparel related field or equivalent experience
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc).
- Previous related experience in a fast-paced environment.
Salary Range: The pay range of this position is $160k - $165k. Actual salary will be determined based off candidate's skill sets, years of experience, and other job-related factors. This range does not include benefits such as health insurance, paid time off, 401K, and additional company benefits
Compensation: 165k