Technical Designer

Express•New York, NY

13h•Onsite

About The Position

PHOENIX Retail, LLC is a retail platform operating the Express and Bonobos brands. 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. Since its launch in 1980, the brand has embraced a design philosophy rooted in modern, confident and effortless style. 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. Our Bonobos menswear brand is known for being a style instigator and offering perfect-fit risks through our innovative retail model and personalized experience. Launched online in 2007 with its signature line of chinos, Bonobos now offers a variety of styles available to order online and to try on at any one of our 50 Guideshop locations and at www.bonobos.com. Our Guideshops are in-real-life stores that deliver one-on-one service and expert fit advice. Don't think traditional retail, Bonobos is something you haven't seen before.

Requirements

College degree or equivalent work experience
Minimum 4 years Technical Design within the apparel industry
Strong communication skills (written, verbal and interpersonal)
Consistently demonstrated strong leadership within live fit sessions & other cross-functional team meetings
Leverages a strong understanding of garment engineering, apparel factory operations & patternmaking to achieve business goals
Models agility/ability to multitask & adapt to change
Proven ability to independently, consistently & appropriately manage risk at all stages of product development
Proven ability to independently lead and influence through clear and consistent actions in a cross-functional team environment
Ability to manage & follow through on a task from start to finish within a specified timeline without supervision
Experience with BeProduct, Adobe Illustrator CS6, Accumark 10.3, Microsoft and Google products

Responsibilities

Independently 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 BeProduct to direct & enable our world-wide technical partners to develop & produce high quality & appropriately engineered products.
Leads fit sessions with Designers & Merchants by adhering to the established EXP fit roles & responsibilities guidelines.
Evaluated product to predict and manage risk from design concept through final production approval.
Records fit session comments & ensures plan of action including product status is clearly understood & aligned upon all cross-functional teams.
Utilizes Gerber Accumark, Illustrator & Vendor virtual sampling capabilities as needed to expedite & clearly communicate garment specifications & changes.
Tracks and 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 and/or Merchant approved expectations.
Upholds & improves department-specific technical standards, record keeping, process, procedures & tools.