Lead Technical Designer: Kids' Apparel Fit & Quality

Fourth Floor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Fourth Floor in New York, NY is seeking a Technical Designer to join our apparel team in NYC. You will apply advanced expertise in garment fit, construction, and grading, with a focus on infant and toddler products, and lead clear technical feedback to factories.

You will manage development workflows, maintain size specs and tolerance standards, and supervise the fit approval process from pre-production to top-of-production samples, ensuring brand standards and quality across all infant/toddler

Qualifications

• Proven experience in technical design.
• Strong understanding of garment construction, fitting, grading, and safety requirements for infant and toddler products.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Highly detail-oriented with strong organizational, time management, and follow-through abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Adaptable, proactive, and solutions-oriented mindset.
• Solid patternmaking knowledge and experience.
• 3–5+ years of experience in technical design or product development.
• Strong technical expertise in garment fit, construction, and quality execution.

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced expertise in garment fit, construction, materials, and workmanship.
• Lead and communicate fit, quality, and construction comments to factories and agents with a focus on infant/toddler standards.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance fit, quality, and development processes across styles.
• Develop and support audit systems to regularly assess fit and construction during development and production.
• Ensure all factory partners understand and execute brand fit standards, quality expectations, and safety requirements for infant/toddler apparel.
• Conduct competitive benchmarking to maintain best-in-class fit and quality in the children’s market.
• Manage development and production workflows, ensuring timelines and milestones are met.
• Create, maintain, and update grading rules, size specs, and tolerance standards for infant/toddler categories.

Skills

Technical design

Garment construction

Grading

Safety standards

Communication skills

Patternmaking

Excel

Adobe Illustrator

Word

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Fourth Floor in New York, NY is seeking a Technical Designer to join our apparel team in NYC. You will apply advanced expertise in garment fit, construction, and grading, with a focus on infant and toddler products, and lead clear technical feedback to factories.

You will manage development workflows, maintain size specs and tolerance standards, and supervise the fit approval process from pre-production to top-of-production samples, ensuring brand standards and quality across all infant/toddler