Technical Designer, Dresses
About The Position
Tuckernuck is seeking a Technical Designer to join our New York City-based Design Team. This role is dedicated to translating our seasonal dress, tops, and jacket concepts into impeccably fitting, production-ready garments that embody Tuckernuck’s signature style, quality, and performance standards. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in dress construction, stitch techniques, and yarn behavior, thrives in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, and is energized by the challenge of scaling and refining our growing dresses assortment. You will partner closely with design, product development, and global vendors to ensure every dress silhouette from timeless classics to seasonal statements achieves flawless fit, optimal comfort, and premium craftsmanship.
Requirements
- 4-8 years of technical design experience, with significant focus on dresses.
- Advanced knowledge of construction, stitch types, yarn behavior, and machinery capabilities.
- Strong understanding of pattern making, grading, and fit for dresses
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, PLM systems, and technical flat sketching.
- Exceptional attention to detail and organization across multiple overlapping timelines.
- Excellent communication skills for collaborating across teams and managing vendor relationships.
- Passion for Tuckernuck’s aesthetic and a drive to build a best-in-class dress assortment.
Responsibilities
- Interpret seasonal dresses, tops, and jacket design concepts into technically sound, production-ready specifications.
- Lead fit sessions: measure incoming samples, provide precise fit comments, recommend pattern adjustments, and guide vendors through revisions with accuracy and speed.
- Own and maintain dress tech packs, including stitch and gauge details, specs, construction notes, and graded measurements.
- Collaborate with factories to troubleshoot construction issues, improve fit consistency, and uphold aesthetic standards.
- Assess wear test results and integrate functional improvements into future dress designs.
- Monitor consistency in silhouette, yarn quality, stitch execution, and fit across all dress styles.
- Support onboarding of new dresses vendors and maintain clear, solutions-oriented communication throughout development and production cycles.
- Stay current on emerging techniques, yarn innovations, and sustainability practices in dress manufacturing.
- Organize dress fit samples: log and track incoming samples, communicate fit priorities, and prepare for fittings.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision coverage
- a 401(k) with a company match
- generous paid time off and holiday
- paid new parent leave
- a generous employee discount
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
