Job description
Our client, an LA fashion brand, is looking for a part-time technical designer with experience in plus size and juniors. See job details below. This is on-site in LA! Please submit your resume and portfolio for consideration. There is a referral bonus: $200 per person you refer after they work 100 hours.
Candidates MUST be experienced in activewear.
Responsibilities:
- Engineer tech packs for internal development focusing on cost effectiveness with ‘right-first-time’ fit and quality considerations.
- Evaluate samples ahead of the fit session to accelerate the cross-functional review process.
- Align with buyer on fit intent, and lead model fittings by identifying problems and providing solutions to fit and quality issues.
- Assemble the fit report with ‘one-and-done’ fit goals by communicating complete, accurate and concise solutions to factory.
- Leverage spec/quality standards to provide a deliberately consistent product, and proactively evolve these standards to improve execution, encompass new trends, and positively influence customer loyalty.
- Issue grading for approved styles and ensure proportions are maintained throughout the size-range.
- Professionally effective communication skills.
- Experience with knits/wovens fittings, apparel assembly, PD development and technical terminology
- Expertise with creating measurement and construction specs for a wide variety of fabrications and silhouettes.
- Competition and trend awareness with an aesthetic sense and a good eye for proportions and scale.
- Task oriented with excellent organizational skills and ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, and manage up.
- Dependable sense of urgency, ownership, and initiative.
- Team oriented with a resourceful and motivated approach to swiftly support department needs and company directive.
- Collaborative across teams with the ability to influence and positively impact timely resolutions.
- Optimism and Resiliency.
- Proactive problem-solving skills.
- Critical attention to speed and accuracy.
- Maintains professionalism under pressure and while resolving conflicts.
- Delivers transparent communication within a team environment and receives constructive feedback professionally.
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