Technical Designer - Women's Knitwear | Hybrid (Fridays)

Clear Concepts, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Friday work-from-home

Job summary

Clear Concepts, Inc. is seeking a Technical Designer for Women's Knitwear to manage the product lifecycle from pre-fitting to production fit approval. You will conduct fittings with live models, record detailed notes, and communicate updates to overseas teams and factories.

You will collaborate with the Director of Technical Designer to prepare initial technical packages and final full graded specifications, and drive fit corrections using patterns to achieve the intended silhouette.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in apparel.
• Experience with women's knitwear is a plus, open to other categories.

Responsibilities

• Manage the product lifecycle from pre-fitting through production fit approval.
• Conduct fittings with live fit models, measure garments, take notes, and relay updates to overseas teams and factories.
• Partner with the Director of Technical Designer to create initial technical packages and final graded specs.
• Execute fit corrections with diagrams and patterns to achieve desired fit and silhouette.
• Facilitate communication with overseas offices and vendors to resolve construction and production issues.
• Meet with Production weekly to review sample approval and Time and Action Calendar compliance.
• Collaborate with agents, overseas offices, and vendors to solve garment engineering issues.
• Maintain detailed technical documentation throughout development and production.

Skills

Technical design

Garment fittings

Product lifecycle management

Cross-functional communication

Pattern editing

Tools

Garment patterns

Job description

Clear Concepts, Inc. is seeking a Technical Designer for Women's Knitwear to manage the product lifecycle from pre-fitting to production fit approval. You will conduct fittings with live models, record detailed notes, and communicate updates to overseas teams and factories.

You will collaborate with the Director of Technical Designer to prepare initial technical packages and final full graded specifications, and drive fit corrections using patterns to achieve the intended silhouette.