Assistant Garment Technologist - Menswear and Womenswear

QHQ; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading streetwear brand in the UK is seeking an Assistant Garment Technologist to support the product life cycle and ensure effective garment fitting and quality assurance. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree, practical industry experience, and excellent organizational skills. You will be responsible for logging samples, assisting in fitting sessions, and maintaining the PLM system. This role offers a dynamic work environment and generous employee benefits including a 50% discount and additional perks.

Benefits

50% Employee Discount

24 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

Paid day off on your birthday

Paid moving day

Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Regular Office Social Events

Qualifications

• Must have practical industry experience.
• Ability to interact effectively with suppliers and colleagues.
• Interest in fabric development and garment manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Log incoming samples and update workbooks.
• Ensure garments match design requests and quality.
• Assist in fitting sessions and QC checks.
• Maintain internal PLM system updated.
• Support customer care with urgent queries.

Skills

Organisational skills

Effective communication

Attention to detail

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Fashion or garment-related degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Airtable

Job description

We have a great role for an Assistamt Garment Technologist to join a leading and highly successful streetwear brand

With a strong understanding of garment construction and great organisation skills, you'll work on the men’s and womenswear collections

You will assist with the product Iife cycle, ensuring that the initial design concept is successfully translated into a product that can be effectively communicated and meets the customer's needs.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Accepting and logging all incoming samples as they arrive from couriers
• Ensure all samples received are measured update workbook with findings prior to the fit session.
• Check garments are correct to the request e.g. is the proto as per the design sketch sent? Are the comments actioned from previous fits? Are the samples received correct for fabric quality, print placement, colour and trims.
• Assist GT / Senior GT garments in fitting sessions to ensure accurate notes are taken with supporting photos and highlight any discrepancies.
• Fit comments to be update in workbooks with detailed comments / diagrams and supporting images to send to suppliers accurately
• Maintain all sealer samples are correctly tagged and labelled, ensuring correct photo approved sample is placed on rail and remove rejected for sample sale. All past season approved samples to be archived.
• Ensure the internal PLM system (Airtable) is always updated.
• Assist in critical path chasers to suppliers and ensure Airtable updated accordingly.
• Assist in regular QC checks (product deemed high risk as well as regular product)
• Call in samples to QC checks for any monthly high returns.
• Assist in returns, sending approved production samples to warehouse
• Work alongside customer care for any urgent queries regarding your product area
• Maintaining a neat and tidy, efficient studio, that provides an optimal workflow
• Assisting Social teams to organise samples prior to photoshoot.
• Maintaining a neat and tidy, efficient studio, that provides an optimal workflow

Requirements

• Fashion or garment-related degree, or similar, preferred
• Some practical industry experience, essential Computer literate and proficient on Microsoft office.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Effective communicator.
• Works well under pressure
• A confident, proactive approach capable of working effectively independently and in a team under pressure in a demanding fast paced environment.
• Ability to interact effectively with suppliers and colleagues at all levels.

Must have an interest in fabric development and garment manufacturing

• A passion for the brand!

What’s in it for you?

In addition to your salary….

• 50% Employee Discount
• 24 day holiday per year (plus bank holiday)
• A paid day off on your birthday
• A paid moving day per year
• Pension Scheme (3% Jaded, 4% You)
• Bonus Scheme - Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family

£500 employee referral bonus scheme

• Local Business Discounts
• North-West London office location directly located next to good transport links
• Casual office dress code ; your style of dress is up to you, wear what you feel best in
• Fully-stocked kitchens and fridges
• Regular Office Social Events e.g. payday socials