Senior Technical Designer

NYC Alliance; New York (NY); On-site; USD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation packages

Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA

Retirement Savings Plan Match

Summer Fridays

Discounts and More!

Job summary

NYC Alliance seeks a highly skilled Technical Designer with extensive experience working with Walmart to join our product development team. The role focuses on fit, construction, and technical specifications across categories, ensuring quality and brand integrity from development through production.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in men’s and women’s technical design, strong documentation skills, and the ability to collaborate with factories, designers, and retail tech teams in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in men’s/woman’s technical design.
• Ability to assemble detailed technical packages for style development.
• Participated in fittings.
• Ability to define clear points of measure and grade rules.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; highly organized.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical packages for fit sample development in all categories.
• Evaluate fit samples, pre-production and TOP samples for specs, quality and workmanship.
• Maintain consistency of product fit, technical specifications and development processes across brands.
• Participate in fittings with designers and merchandisers on live models and body forms.
• Write up fit comments to factory with technical comments and photos.
• Maintain a product library for future reference.
• Correspond with factory and retailers' technical staff daily to solve problems.
• Coordinate with Production on follow-up and timing of approval comments to meet delivery expectations.
• Act as liaison between Design, Sales, Production and Factory to ensure samples meet specs.
• Log into vendor websites to update and retrieve information.
• Plan fit schedules with models and designers.
• Update and maintain department fit logs.

Skills

Technical design

Fittings

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Tools

PLM

Job description

NYC Alliance seeks a highly skilled Technical Designer with extensive experience working with Walmart to join our dynamic product development team. The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of fit, construction, and technical specifications across multiple categories, along with the ability to communicate clearly with factories, cross-functional partners, and retail technical teams. This role is essential in ensuring our products meet the highest standards of quality, fit consistency, and brand integrity from initial development through production. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, excel at managing details, and have a strong background in technical design for both Men's and Women's apparel—including direct Walmart experience—we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical packages for fit sample development in all categories
• Evaluate fit samples, pre-production and TOP samples for specs, quality and workmanship
• Participate in maintaining consistency of product fit, technical specifications and development processes across brands
• Involved in fittings with designers and merchandisers on live models and body forms
• Write up of fit comments to factory based on fitting providing technical comments and illustrations/photos
• Maintain a product library for future reference
• Correspond with factory and retailers' technical staff on a daily basis to solve problems
• Work with Production department on follow-up and timing of approval comments to meet delivery expectations
• Act as a liaison between Design, Sales, Production, and Factory to ensure samples are made to correct specifications
• Log into vendor websites to update and retrieve information
• Plan appropriate fit schedules with models and designers
• Update and maintain department's fit logs

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Men's /Woman's technical design
• Knowledge in assembling a detailed technical package to communicate proper instructions to agents/factories for style development
• Participated in fittings
• Assigning easily understood points of measure
• Ability to determine appropriate grade rules to all points of measure
• Highly organized and experienced in all phases of technical design
• Ability to partner and collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines with a high sense of urgency
• Proficiency with PLM is a Plus

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA
• Retirement Savings Plan Match
• Summer Fridays
• Discounts and More!
• Annual Salary $120,000
• The offered salary for this position will vary based on role requirements determined by NYC Alliance, skill set and years of experience