Job description
Technical Designer, Women's ApparelClient Overview:
Our client is an American lingerie, clothing, and beauty retailer known for high visibility marketing and branding, starting with a popular catalog and followed by an annual fashion show with supermodels dubbed Angels.
Technical Designer Position Overview:
As the freelance technical Designer, you will be a positive, supportive, partner, fostering open communication in a cohesive team environment with all business partners, consistently demonstrating our shared values and competencies.
Technical Designer Responsibilities:
- Work closely to support Senior Technical Designer, ensuring any business critical/hot topics are raised in a timely manner
Respond quickly to change with a positive attitude and willingness to learn new ways to work and achieve objectives. - Evaluate fit and construction of proto samples ensuring clear direction of design aesthetic, fit intent and construction.
- Lead fit sessions on live model and communicate fit/construction corrections to vendors via written instruction, flat and on body measurements and digital images.
- Partner with design to execute Design Intent and pass off to regional TD partners to commence fit approval cycle.
- Track and manage workflow and ensure seasonal calendar deadlines are met
- Analyze Wear Test results and complete recommendations for product and fit enhancements.
- Establish fit and quality standards to ensure consistency across product categories.
- Technical education in garment fit and construction to degree level or equivalent work experience.
- Knowledge of patternmaking, construction, fit and grading.
- Knowledge of factory, manufacturing techniques and machinery.
- 5-7 years industry experience
- Experience using a product development technical specification program (PDM, PLM etc).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word etc).
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