Job description
Freelance Technical Designer- Women’s Swim and IntimatesTechnical Designer Responsibilities:
- Assist the category team in setting a fit strategy for the season.
- Maintain fit standards and practices within a category or product group and ensure consistency throughout product lines.
- Fit garments with the team and provide fit direction in accordance to the Designer and product expectations.
- Manage fit sessions and documentation while working closely with the Design team
- Translate design concepts into 3D product and assisting the team in Final 3D renderings
- Collaborate with the Design team to interpret and clarify each design concept and build a technical portion of the product
- Provide technical recommendations to design staff to create consistency of fit/construction and to help achieve design concepts and category initiatives.
- Represent the Design team as needed in follow-up and decision-making related to aesthetics of assigned styles after each season's prototype review.
- Translate and/or communicate design concept to generate a 2D pattern that incorporates proportional lines, fit requirements, and construction feasibility.
- Create and communicate pattern revisions, incorporating styling and fit changes.
- Assisting the approval process of graded and nested patterns as it pertains to the product and the team technical workflow.
Technical Designer Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Apparel/Technical Design or a related field.
- 3 + years of experience in technical design of apparel; relevant experience in women’s wovens & cut and sew.
- Knowledge working with Walmart or Walmart TD Certification preferred
- Advanced knowledge of apparel development process from inception through production
- Experience in Adobe Illustrator is preferred
- Experience in 3D software specifically Browzwear
- Pattern making experience, including ability to utilize pattern CAD software.
- Knowledge of textile manufacturing and materials development.
- Ability to create a pattern, grade, mark, construct and fit a garment and to write product specs.
- Ability to instruct a manufacturer and make necessary changes to a pattern, construction, or materials
- Understanding of the product creation process and the ability to interpret design intent and offer alternative solutions.
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