Senior Technical Designer, Sweaters
ALO•Commerce, CA
•$110,000 - $125,000•Onsite
About The Position
The Senior Technical Designer, Sweaters is a lead role focused on garment fit and tailoring. The role uses technical expertise to fit base-size models and full size runs, and to correct fit from Proto 1 through pre-production (PP) fit. Extensive fit-room experience is required. After fitting, draping, and tailoring designs on standard models, the designer uses fitting data to communicate garment changes and updates to vendors globally.
Requirements
- 10+ years working as a technical design expert.
- A degree in fashion or another field related to fashion.
- Ability to manage responsibility for many styles from multiple seasons at one time.
- Experience with sewing and garment patterns.
- Experience with PLM, Adobe Suite, and CLO.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to pin and fit with seasoned hands, with comprehensive knowledge of knit and woven fabric performance.
Responsibilities
- Comprehend fabric drape and performance.
- Approve final fit and grading for production.
- Comprehend trim performance, sizes in ligne, and sourcing.
- Assemble notes detailing garment adjustments.
- Create comments in Adobe Illustrator.
- Implement comments in PLM.
- Lead fittings and set fit direction.
- Lead sewing assembly discussions for garment construction.
- Attend weekly touch-base meetings.
- Pull PLM data regarding specifications and style history, and implement data.
- Organize racks and samples for the work queue by priority.
- Recap fittings with designers during Proto Review.
- Be a collaborative team player.
Benefits
- Performance bonuses
- Long-term incentives
- PTO policy
- Other progressive benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
