Tech Pack Assistant Designer

Kellwood Company; California (MO); On-site; USD 31,684 - 33,062; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Matching 401K

Paid Time Off

Company discounts

Casual attire

Job summary

Kellwood Company in California is seeking a dedicated Product Development Assistant to support designers in the technical design process. This role involves creating tech packs, managing fabric codes, and organizing samples, all while ensuring smooth communication with overseas factories.

The ideal candidate should possess strong skills in Adobe software, particularly Illustrator and Acrobat, along with a solid understanding of garment construction. Compensation will range from $23.00 to $24.00 per hour, complemented by competitive benefits including a matching 401K and paid time off.

Qualifications

• Experience in product development with interest in technical design.
• Proficient knowledge of apparel design processes.
• Strong understanding of fabrication and construction of garments.
• Ability to visualize workable swatch to body concepts.

Responsibilities

• Assist Designers with fixing sketches to match tech packs.
• Set up fabrication & reference pages for tech packs.
• Create and manage fabric and trim codes for tech packs.
• Maintain and organize Excel sheets with style updates.
• Communicate with factories on design changes.

Skills

Product Development

Technical Design

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Acrobat

Photoshop

Excel

Garment Construction

Job description

Responsibilities

• Assist Designers with fixing Sketches and ensuring sketches and scans match as tech packs are made.
• Set-up fabrication & reference pages in Illustrator for tech packs.
• Set-up & adjust styles – input adjustments & create new styles in PLM.
• Create and pass tech packs in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Create & manage fabric and trim codes for costing & production tech packs (PLM).
• Pass all physical standards to production team with prints of necessary pages + scans.
• Photograph and scan garments + downloading to shared drive for tech packing.
• Maintain/organize Excel sheets with large quantities of styles & daily updates.
• Maintaining body books and assigning body numbers to the design team.
• Assist team to ensure overseas factories and vendors are up to date with changes/ corrections.
• Communicate with the sewing room / patternmaking team & pick up samples as needed.
• Production Sample Requests.
• Manage and organize sample closets.
• Create value adds across brands as needed.
• Compile market summary recaps.

Qualifications / Experience

• Product Development with an interest in technical design.
• Experience with the apparel design process.
• Proficient in Excel and strong understanding of Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat and Photoshop.
• Proficient knowledge of fabrication/construction of garments, with the ability to think three-dimensionally and visualize workable swatch to body concepts.

Compensation

$23.00 – $24.00 per hour

Benefits

The successful candidate will enjoy competitive compensation and benefits, matching 401K, Flexible Spending Plan, Paid Time Off, casual attire and company discounts.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Kellwood is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.