Tech Design Assistant — Illustrator Pro, Hybrid Vancouver

24 Seven Talent; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 40,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

24 Seven Talent is seeking a Design Assistant, Technical Apparel to support a fast-paced design team in Vancouver. The role emphasizes creating and maintaining technical design assets, colorways, and presentation materials, while supporting fittings and cross-functional reviews.

Ideal candidates will have a fashion design or technical apparel background, advanced Illustrator skills, and strong organization.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Fashion Design, Technical Apparel Design, Pattern Making, Apparel Production, or a related field.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator for flats and vector artwork.
• Strong organizational and communication skills with high accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Create and revise detailed flat sketches, technical line drawings, style mock-ups, colorways, and seasonal presentation materials using Adobe Illustrator.
• Maintain accurate artwork files, templates, layers, callouts, and naming conventions.
• Support apparel product development by updating technical sketches and design documentation based on feedback from design reviews, fittings, and cross-functional partners.
• Attend product fittings, capture detailed fit notes, and ensure updates are reflected in design files and style tracking documents.
• Maintain color deliverables, seasonal style boards, line plans, and presentation files.
• Support the preparation of clean and accurate visual materials for internal reviews.
• Maintain an organized design workspace, sample library, inspiration archive, and digital file system.
• Track incoming and outgoing samples, reference materials, and seasonal design assets.
• Research global fashion, cultural, material, color, and consumer trends and translate findings into visual references for future seasonal concepts.

Skills

Adobe Illustrator proficiency

Technical sketching

Colorway development

Organization & accuracy

Communication skills

Education

Fashion/Technical Apparel design degree or diploma

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

InDesign

PLM systems

Job description

24 Seven Talent is seeking a Design Assistant, Technical Apparel to support a fast-paced design team in Vancouver. The role emphasizes creating and maintaining technical design assets, colorways, and presentation materials, while supporting fittings and cross-functional reviews.

Ideal candidates will have a fashion design or technical apparel background, advanced Illustrator skills, and strong organization.