Job description
Orange County Lifestyle Brand is looking to bring on a Senior Technical Designer to their team.
What You'll Do:
-Help to take our current design blocks and categorize them, assign codes, and organize our current fits into a library for us to reference for future development. Store all fit blocks/specs/and graded specs so we can easily send patterns to different factories keeping our fits consistent.
-responsible for keeping a library of all up to date specs easily accessable for all departments
-Work closely with design and product development to ensure that designs are translated correctly
-Set up fittings and manage fit sessions by fitting all samples on a live model and recording comments
-Take and track notes to ensure final fit, quality and construction meets standards; communicate all notes with production and vendors
-Work with design taking their sketches and creating thorough tech packs with construction details, and key measurements
-Follow grade rules, cross-check pattern, production specs, and BOM before release to to vendors. Work with vendors on grading
-Track and monitor execution to time-and-calendar; record and track all packages; track fit all TOP samples; keep archives of all samples , notes, trims, etc. Keep all proto / S/S / PP and TOP samples organized with all approval dates and notes
-Need to have an understanding of all pattern making/specs for all categories; Mens, Ladies, & Youth
-Not a must but would be useful to have knowledge of working with prints and repeats
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor's Degree
- 6-10+ years experience in technical design of apparel or relevant training
-Extreme attention to detail and accuracy, as well ability to prioritize and make quick decisions
-Superior organizational skills and excellent communication skills; team oriented; highly detail oriented and meticulous
-thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
- ability to multi-task and meet deadlines, balance creativity with technical capability, and interpret design sketches for tech packs
-knowledge of garment construction, pattern making, silhouettes, color ways, sewing techniques, fabrication and trim
-experience working with overseas factories
-Will need to be proficient in excel and some knowledge of illustrator.