Associate Technical Designer

Southern Tide; South Carolina; On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401k with company match

Education reimbursement

Product discounts

Vacation policy

Job summary

Southern Tide, LLC, located in Greenville, SC, is seeking an Associate Technical Designer to ensure fit and specifications align with design intent. This in-office role requires experience in tech design and willingness to relocate to Greenville.

Responsibilities include measuring samples, creating and communicating tech packs, and developing product specifications across new seasons, while collaborating with design to refine silhouettes and ensure production quality.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical design for apparel.
• Knowledge of fit and construction details.
• Willing to relocate to Greenville, SC.

Responsibilities

• Measure and check construction details on samples and pre-production.
• Communicate fit and construction details to manufacturers via tech packs.
• Develop product specifications as needed.
• Order sew-by samples as required.
• Collaborate with design to create new silhouettes and maintain fit requests.
• Review garments with designers and implement fit adjustments.
• Maintain pre-production samples and ensure they meet approved specs.
• Communicate fit changes and approvals to manufacturers.

Skills

Measure samples

Tech packs

Fit development

Cross-functional comms

Product specs

Job description

Southern Tide, LLC

At Southern Tide, our mission is to share our love for the coastal lifestyle through premium products, experiences, and service.

We offer competitive benefits packages which may include generous vacation policy, health and wellness coverage, 401k with company match, discounted stock purchasing, options for education reimbursement, and amazing product discounts!

The Associate Technical Designer is responsible for creating specifications for each style and ensuring that the fit of all products is reflected as design has indicated for all samples and production.

This role is an in office role, located in Southern Tide’s downtown Greenville SC office. Candidates must have experience in tech design and live, or be willing to relocate to Greenville, SC.

Crew Position

• Measure and check construction details on initial samples, salesman samples and pre-production samples.
• Ensure that all fit and construction details are communicated to manufacturers in tech packs.
• Develop product specifications as needed.
• Order any sew by samples that are required.
• Work with design to create new silhouettes each season. Create and maintain fit request for new styles each season and maintain that we receive these samples and send feedback to manufacturers.
• Review garments with designers, identify problem areas, and suggest and execute fit adjustments to resolve fit problems.
• Create and maintain pre-production request and samples each season. Ensure that pre-production samples are measuring to approved specs.
• Communicate fit changes and fit approvals to manufacturers, request revised samples if necessary and update records accordingly.
• Seek new ways to make the fit process more efficient and share ideas and recommendations with the team.
• Communicate with cross functional teams if there are question on fit.
• Improve fit of current styles based on streamlining fit of all categories.

This Company is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against qualified applicants based on race, color, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religious creed, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, military and veteran status, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, reproductive health decision-making, lawful off-duty use of marijuana, any other characteristic protected by law, or any combination of two or more of the characteristics listed here. If you need an accommodation to complete an online application, please contact the location you are applying to or contact us at 1-888-725-1899.

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