Express, Inc.-posted 13 days ago
Full-time • Entry Level
New York, NY
5,001-10,000 employees
Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers

PHOENIX Retail, LLC is a retail platform operating the Express and Bonobos brands worldwide. Express is a multichannel apparel brand dedicated to a design philosophy rooted in modern, confident and effortless style whether dressing for work, everyday or special occasions. Bonobos is a menswear brand known for being pioneers of exceptional fit and a personalized, innovative retail model. Customers can experience our brands in over 400 Express retail and Express Factory Outlet stores, 50 Bonobos Guideshops, and online at www.express.com and www.bonobos.com. Express is a multichannel apparel brand dedicated to creating confidence and inspiring self-expression. Since its launch in 1980, the brand has embraced a design philosophy rooted in modern, confident and effortless style. Whether dressing for work, everyday or special occasions, Express ensures you look and feel your best, wherever life takes you. The Company operates over 400 retail and outlet stores in the United States and Puerto Rico, the express.com online store and the Express mobile app. With full support / supervision from a Technical Design (TD) Manager, the Assistant TD determines & sets all garment engineering standards for product development & final production, arranges & leads cross functional fit sessions, manages risks, sample tracking & influences calendar / workflow for a specified garment category or categories.

  • Collaborates with Designers and Merchants to understand the design concept/vision and influence changes as needed to help ensure the product fit, function, price & delivery goals can be successfully achieved in a bulk production scenario.
  • Establishes & records all technical owned garment specifications within Yunique to direct & enable our world-wide technical partners to develop & produce high quality & appropriately engineered products.
  • Leads fit sessions with Designers and Merchants by adhering to the established EXP fit roles & responsibilities guidelines.
  • Evaluates product to predict and manage risk from design concept through final production approval.
  • Records fit session comments & ensures plan of action including product status are clearly understood & aligned upon by all CF teams.
  • Clearly communicates garment specifications & changes.
  • Tracks & manages all fit samples / packages.
  • Collaborates to arrange & manage all outlook planners for each fit session.
  • Calibrates new vendor technical partners.
  • Determines when a product fit, use & application of trims & all other engineering is commercially approvable & ready for mass production.
  • Ensures content of all final Tech packs including labeling, marketing and packing requirements are compliant with Express category standards & or Merchant approved exceptions.
  • Upholds & improves department specific technical standards, record keeping, processes, procedures & tools.
  • Years of experience: 0 - 3
  • Education: College degree preferred
  • Basic communication skills (written, verbal and interpersonal).
  • Shows aptitude to demonstrate leadership (within a live fit session & other cross-functional team meetings).
  • Demonstrates basic understanding of apparel factory operations & patternmaking fundamentals.
  • Displays capacity to be agile & adapt well to change.
  • Understands the importance of & accepts responsibility for partnering with leadership to conduct a risk assessment at all stages of product development.
  • Propensity for taking a solution oriented approach, embracing collaboration & accepting responsibility.
  • Shows skills suggesting a comfort level with & ability to lead and influence others.
  • Shows capacity to manage & follow through on a task from start to finish within a specified timeline.
  • Basic eye for Design aesthetic details.
  • Basic understanding of: BeProduct Adobe Illustrator CS6 Accumark 10.3 Outlook Excel Word PowerPoint Google
  • Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision coverage
  • 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with Company match
  • Merchandise discount
  • Paid Time Off
  • Parental leave for new moms and dads
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