Remote Technical Designer - Fast-Turn Apparel & Gear

Rupt; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Rupt seeks a Technical Designer to manage fast-turn tech packs across apparel, headwear, bags, and footwear. You will coordinate with factories, create production-ready specs, and push iterative designs through tight timelines while maintaining high quality for big brands and Rupt.

Candidates should have experience with apparel/footwear tech packs, be fluent in Illustrator and Excel/Sheets, and be adept at grading, tolerances, and construction details.

Qualifications

• 2+ years building tech packs for apparel, accessories or footwear.
• Juggle multiple projects at tight deadlines without dropping tasks.
• Experience on high-level projects for brands that require attention to detail.
• Fluent in Illustrator and Excel or Google Sheets; speed in both.
• Knowledge of construction, points of measure, grading and tolerances.
• Direct factory experience; know what makes a tech pack build correctly.
• Able to spot mistakes, even on the 15th tech pack of the week.
• Experience with footwear, apparel and headwear tech packs.
• Experience with PLM software or CLO 3D.
• Experience with recycled or sustainable materials.

Responsibilities

• Run lots of fast-turn tech pack projects for big brands and Rupt; keep everything on track and deadline.
• Build complete, production-ready tech packs for apparel, headwear, bags and footwear.
• Create flat technical sketches, construction callouts, stitch details and artwork placement specs.
• Write measurement specs, points of measure and grading for apparel and headwear.
• Build bills of materials: fabrics, trims, hardware, labels, packaging and colorways.
• Specify decoration methods like screen print, embroidery, patches, woven labels, debossing and more.
• Work with factory partners to answer questions, review samples and write clear fit and correction comments.
• Build templates and libraries so every new product moves faster than the last.

Skills

Tech packs

Project juggling

Detail oriented

Illustrator

Excel/Sheets

Grading & tolerances

Factory liaison

CLO 3D

PLM software

Sustainable materials

Tools

CLO 3D

PLM software

3D tools

Job description

Rupt seeks a Technical Designer to manage fast-turn tech packs across apparel, headwear, bags, and footwear. You will coordinate with factories, create production-ready specs, and push iterative designs through tight timelines while maintaining high quality for big brands and Rupt.

Candidates should have experience with apparel/footwear tech packs, be fluent in Illustrator and Excel/Sheets, and be adept at grading, tolerances, and construction details.