Fit Model - Kids

Patagonia•Ventura, IA

29d•$60 - $60•Onsite

About The Position

As the Fit Model, you will be assisting the Product Teams in determining garment practicality, functionality, and consistency of overall fit. By supporting Patagonia to achieve fit consistency, you are improving the customer’s experience with Patagonia product, and reducing the environmental impact of our product creation process. Getting the customer the right fit directly impacts our mission to be in business to Save Our Home Planet by reducing shipping, materials, and number of products produced. The job of the fit model is to describe the wearer's experience. • You will try on a variety of garments and provide detailed feedback when prompted. • You may be asked for several different movements while fitting (i.e., sitting down, bending over, reaching overhead.) • You are expected to comment on how the garment feels and how it functions (i.e., try on the hood, put your hands in your pockets, try the zippers/buttons, etc.) • Product partners may need to adjust or pin the garment on the child or can work with the parent to make necessary adjustments depending on comfort level. Time Commitment: • All child fit models are hired into Workday as Patagonia seasonal employees and may work for several months up to a year, depending on how quickly they outgrow the size. • All fittings will be scheduled by the product developer in advance, and we always attempt to work around the child and parents’ schedule. • We fit on Thursdays, typically in the late afternoon, and availability on this day is required to be considered. • Fit time will be dependent on the number of styles and ranges between 15 minutes to 1 hour. Breaks are taken as needed and dictated by the child. Location: • We meet onsite in person in the designated fit room on the Patagonia Brooks campus. A parent or guardian must be present. • We will provide a private changing area for the model to get dressed. The parent or guardian will dress the infant or toddler and the kid’s models will often dress themselves. Photo and Video: • Fittings are recorded to allow for remote work capabilities and to limit the number of people in attendance for the live fit session. • Photos are taken and shared in the Teams chat and are uploaded to our server. These are internal only and viewed by cross-functional partners on the designated Product teams. These photos are often taken using personal devices of Patagonia employees for ease of upload into our internal channels such as Teams and Outlook. Employee Conduct It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers, and vendors. Equal Employment Opportunity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law. Patagonia’s Mission Statement Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. Our Reason for Being Patagonia grew out of a small company that made tools for climbers. Alpinism remains at the heart of a worldwide business that still makes clothes for climbing – as well as for skiing, snowboarding, surfing, fly fishing, paddling and trail running. These are all silent sports. None requires a motor; none delivers the cheers of a crowd. In each sport, reward comes in the form of hard-won grace and moments of connection between us and nature. Our values reflect those of a business started by a band of climbers and surfers, and the minimalist style they promoted. The approach we take towards product design demonstrates a bias for simplicity and utility. For us at Patagonia, a love of wild and beautiful places demands participation in the fight to save them, and to help reverse the steep decline in the overall environmental health of our planet. We donate our time, services and at least 1% of our sales to hundreds of grassroots environmental groups all over the world who work to help reverse the tide. We know that our business activity – from lighting stores to dyeing shirts – creates pollution as a by-product. So we work steadily to reduce those harms. We use recycled polyester in many of our clothes and only organic, rather than pesticide-intensive, cotton. Staying true to our core values during thirty-plus years in business has helped us create a company we're proud to run and work for. And our focus on making the best products possible has brought us success in the marketplace.

Requirements

Parent or guardian must be present for all fittings
Availability on Thursdays is required to be considered.

Responsibilities

Try on a variety of garments and provide detailed feedback when prompted.
Asked for several different movements while fitting (i.e., sitting down, bending over, reaching overhead.)
Comment on how the garment feels and how it functions (i.e., try on the hood, put your hands in your pockets, try the zippers/buttons, etc.)
Product partners may need to adjust or pin the garment on the child or can work with the parent to make necessary adjustments depending on comfort level.
Fit Models are expected to measure within tolerance of our Core Body Target measurements (measurements will be taken regularly to track how the child is growing and compares to our target.)

Benefits

Compensation is $60 per hour with a 1 hour minimum. This means we pay for at least an hour, even if the fitting finishes earlier. After 1 hour, we pay in 15-minute increments.
Models are encouraged to sign up for direct deposit and are paid on a bi-weekly basis.
Models are eligible for a product discount in any Patagonia storefront if they are present at the point of sale.

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