Senior Handbag Technical Designer — Production & Specs

American Exchange Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness Benefits

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with公司匹

Generous Paid Time Off

Half Day Fridays

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Account

Tax-free commuter benefits

Employee merchandise discounts

Job summary

American Exchange Group is hiring a Handbag Technical Designer to translate concepts into production-ready tech packs and specifications. You will collaborate with Designers, Product Development, Merchandising, and overseas factories to ensure design, fit, quality, and cost targets are met.

The role requires strong knowledge of handbag construction and materials, plus experience reviewing samples, creating tech packs, and communicating revisions to vendors.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of technical design or product development experience in handbags or accessories.
• Strong knowledge of handbag construction, materials, hardware, sewing techniques and processes.
• Experience creating and managing technical packages and detailed specifications.
• Ability to interpret sketches and translate concepts into technical specs.
• Experience with overseas factories and vendors; strong vendor communication.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills; meets deadlines.
• Attention to detail and problem-solving ability; strong written and verbal communication.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience with PLM or similar systems; Illustrator a plus.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain detailed handbag tech packs with construction, materials, colorways, hardware, stitching, labeling, packaging.
• Translate sketches into accurate, production-ready specifications.
• Develop and maintain spec sheets, BOMs, measurement charts, and construction details.
• Review prototypes and pre-production samples for construction, workmanship and fit.
• Identify issues and provide precise corrections to factories and vendors.
• Communicate revisions and approvals with overseas factories and suppliers.
• Conduct sample reviews and provide detailed comments to ensure specs are met.
• Partner with Designers to balance design intent with production feasibility.
• Work with Product Development and Merchandising to balance design, quality, construction, and cost.
• Track sample development and approvals to keep projects on schedule.
• Research handbag materials, hardware, construction techniques, and manufacturing processes.
• Support fit testing, quality reviews and production troubleshooting as needed.
• Ensure technical documentation is accurate and up to date throughout the lifecycle.

Skills

Handbag construction

Technical design

Tech packs

Vendor communication

Prototyping review

Materials knowledge

Microsoft Office

Overseas factories

Measurements & tolerances

Quality standards

Tools

Illustrator

PLM software

Job description

American Exchange Group is hiring a Handbag Technical Designer to translate concepts into production-ready tech packs and specifications. You will collaborate with Designers, Product Development, Merchandising, and overseas factories to ensure design, fit, quality, and cost targets are met.

The role requires strong knowledge of handbag construction and materials, plus experience reviewing samples, creating tech packs, and communicating revisions to vendors.