Associate Technical Designer
Job Title: Associate Technical Designer
Department: Pre-Production
Responsibilities:
Facilitate the transition of styles from design team prototype approvals to production-ready samples.
Regular line and Specials:
- Collaborate with the design team to determine fit and aesthetic details.
- Collaborate with design and production team seasonal line and construction review.
- Make note of fabric and trim callouts to ensure designs will meet the required specifications.
- Work with production to ensure construction can achieve target pricing.
- Coordinate workflow to meet timing and action deadlines.
- Communicate with vendor/sales representative throughout regular and special style development to ensure designs and specs are understood, questions are answered and samples are produced correctly.
- Review, prepare, and send sample requests and communicate comments to vendors from the initial sew-by package sent out to 1st fit, PP, and TOP samples.
- Create and maintain regular line and special development request forms to track approvals, due dates, and releases.
- Implement and maintain high standards for sample construction approval and sew-by.
- Translate design info into production-ready tech packs.
- Ensure samples are released in a manner consistent with established fit and quality standards.
- Collaborate with the design and production team to ensure received PP samples from vendors match approved bulk fabric and trims for production.
Production fit sessions:
- Measure and prepare samples for fit sessions making sure construction notes are followed and implemented.
- Facilitate fit sessions with the design team on live models.
- Provide callouts and comments during fittings to verify that all issues are identified.
- Execute fit comments in a timely manner communicate fit construction and problem-solve current and/or potential fit and fabric issues.
- Communicate appropriate fit and construction adjustments as required to ensure integrity of design-approved prototypes while monitoring quality and targeted price with the design and production team.
- Manage fit and special development samples workflow and workload to ensure enough samples are ready for weekly scheduled fitting sessions and according to priority.
- Maintain efficient sample tracking system from receiving, and processing to TOP library keeping.
Special styles:
- Manage the sample process and collaborate with the production team to ensure agreed-upon deadlines are met.
- Spec and send samples as requested and keep track of approvals and comments.
- Create production-ready tech packs making sure all special notes and instructions are followed and implemented.
Create and release Technical Package (tech pack) for production:
- Tech packs include Pattern Card, Spec Sheet, Sample Fit History, and Fit comments with images.
- Translate all details from design to an understandable, accurate, and comprehensive tech pack for bulk production.
- Complete design technical specification package including flat sketch, measurements, graded specs, construction details, appropriate tolerances, and standards.
- Ensure sew-by samples are correct, clear, organized, and production-ready.
Perform other duties as required.
Maintain and update pre-production internal data for systematic tracking and time-saving records.
knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications:
- Must have Technical Design degree or equivalent: Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Fashion a plus
- Must have at least 2 to 3 years of experience as a Technical Designer
- Basic knowledge of patternmaking is required.
- Must have technical experience with multiple product classifications.
- Must have a keen eye to identify fit issues.
- Must have a strong understanding of garment construction and fabric types.
- Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel, Illustrator, and Photoshop
- Must possess very good written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be willing to work in a fast-paced fashion environment.
- Must be able to work independently with very little management.
- Must possess very good organizational skills.
- Must be very good at time management with a great sense of urgency.
Benefits:
- Medical
- Dentist
- Vision
- 401k Matching
- Life Insurance
- Long term disability
Salary range is $ 55,000.00 to $ 65,000.00