Technical Designer

SBH Fashion; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fashion company is seeking a Technical Designer to join their team. The role involves overseeing the production garment cycle, ensuring quality and adherence to design intent. Candidates should have a strong background in technical design and garment construction, with excellent communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5+ years of experience in Technical Design.
• Proficiency in garment fit, construction, and specs.
• Experience working with overseas vendors.

Responsibilities

• Assist production team in developing tech packs.
• Measure garments and assist in fit sessions.
• Communicate with vendors to solve production issues.

Skills

Garment fit

Construction

Technical skills

Organizational skills

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design

Patternmaking

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe Creative Suite

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Summary:

The Technical Designer will be involved in the production garment cycle from SMS to TOP fit stages. They will help with fitting garments, while executing design intent and maintaining brand standards following the directions of the Production Team and Technical Design Managers. They will help to aid with technical expertise in garment fit, construction, and manufacturing. Communicating clearly and professionally with design/production teams to adhere to merchandising calendars to maintain production deadlines.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Position will focus on assisting the production team to develop clear and concise tech packs to include measurement worksheet and construction images to align with design intent
• Take ownership of designated styles from SMS to TOP fit stages, and update tech packs as needed for fitting and review
• Accurately measure garments before fittings
• Attend and participate designated fit sessions and assist in making corrections
• Ability to update tech packs with accurate construction callouts/details, specs, BOMs, and label pages to give clear, concise corrections for our vendors/partners
• Daily communication with domestic and import vendors/partners to solve production and quality issues, fit comments, as well as update tech packs with construction and pattern corrections
• Finalize production tech packs with fit comments, measurements, grading, and label pages
• Quality control/Inspect bulk production size sets to check compliance and submit reports on findings
• Support Technical Design team to meet calendar deadlines and due dates
• Interact daily with cross-functional partners (Design, Production, Web, VPR, Logistics, and Sales teams)
• Work closely with Production Managers
• Reporting to Technical Design Managers
  
  

Requirements:

• Minimum 3-5+ years of experience in Technical Design
• Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design, Technical Design, Patternmaking or equivalent experience preferred
• Preferred work experience in womenswear RTW
• Proficiency in garment fit, construction, and specs
• Knowledge of patternmaking and pattern corrections
• Experience working and communicating with overseas vendors/partners
• Handle multiple projects, and work quickly in a deadline-driven environment without sacrificing quality
• Strong sense of urgency, organizational skills, technical skills, & detail-oriented
• Clear, effective written and verbal communication
• Must be able to take direction, and work independently while as well as collaboratively
• Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Adobe Creative Suite – Illustrator, Photoshop
  
  

Salary $75,000-$85,000

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Staffing and Recruiting

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