Job description
Timing: Start mid/late October
Duration: Ongoing, potential contract-to-hire
Hours per week: 30-40
Pay rate: $25-30/hr DOE
One of our fashion brand clients is looking for a freelance Technical Apparel Designer to join their team for an exciting long-term contract role.
This freelance Technical Apparel Designer will be attending fittings, providing technical input for finishes and adjustments, and noting all comments/changes as needed.
The freelance Technical Apparel Designer should be comfortable communicating with factories re: samples/fit changes, shipments, and timelines, as well as have experience developing care instructions/sizing guides, and developing tech packs.
Ideal freelance Technical Apparel Designer candidates will have:
- BA degree in fashion design
- 2-4 years of technical apparel design experience, preferably in women's or children's wear
- Able to work onsite in Longmont, CO 4-5 days per week
- Strong understanding of silhouettes, fabrications, sewing techniques, trims, and technical knowledge of fabric, garment construction, and patterns
- Experience analyzing upcoming project workloads and planning accordingly so team can hit deadlines and maintain clear communication and expectations
- Full understanding of product development and able to offer creative solutions while collaborating on aesthetic and design direction with internal teams
- Experience measuring and evaluating samples from prototypes through TOP
- Strong understanding of fit comments, measurements, and grading
- Experience attending fittings and providing technical input for finishes and adjustments needed to match design intention/vision - noting all comments/changes as needed
- Able to manage daily communication with factories re: sample status and fit changes, incoming shipments, and adherence to key timelines
- Experience developing care instructions and sizing guides for all new styles in production
- Comfortable assisting in the development and creation of new tech packs
- Team player, great work ethic, passion for apparel design, and motivated to go above and beyond in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment
*Onsite required in Longmont, CO
**Computer can be provided