Apparel Technical Designer

Are you an Apparel Technical Designer ready to expand your impact? This is an opportunity to bring apparel designs to life! This opportunity offers a fast-paced, creative, and highly collaborative environment where your expertise in fit, construction, and product development will drive both quality and innovation within a closely held Western brand.

Here, your work doesn’t just support the brand - it helps evolve it, giving you exposure to new technologies, global vendor collaboration, and opportunities to take ownership, problem-solve, and make your mark on products that reach a wide audience.

Apparel Technical Designer – Your Job Duties:

You will work on a small but mighty team, bringing apparel concepts to life, ensuring fit, quality, and consistency across menswear and womenswear collections.

You will:

Product Development & Technical Execution

• Translate design concepts into accurate tech packs, specs, and grading, applying expert patternmaking and garment construction knowledge.
• Apply a “right-first-time” approach to fit and product engineering, driving accuracy and reduced iterations
• Build, maintain, and evolve fit blocks, grading standards, and technical libraries
• Serve as a subject matter expert in menswear, womenswear, knits, and wovens

Fit Process & Fittings

• Lead fittings on mannequins and live models, demonstrating product transformations
• Guide discussions and influence stakeholders to achieve design and fit alignment
• Act as a controller of standards, continuously refining specs, fit, and quality

Collaboration & Vendor Management

• Partner closely with cross-functional teams, vendors, and factories to deliver on-time production, & Manage calendars, WIPs, and timelines to meet key milestones.
• Manage multiple seasons simultaneously, staying highly organized, nimble, and disciplined
• Participate in vendor visits and international travel as needed

Innovation & Leadership

• Embrace new tools, technologies, and software, contributing to best practices and continuous improvement
• Influence technical processes and provide thought leadership across the product lifecycle

Apparel Technical Designer – Required Skills, Experience & Personality Fit – You Have:

• Deep expertise in garment construction, fit, and patternmaking (Gerber Accumark patternmaking experience required)
• Strong technical knowledge across menswear and womenswear knits and wovens, developing blocks, adjusting patterns, and providing consistency across products.
• Experience creating detailed tech packs, specifications, and grading for diverse product categories
• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office Suite, PLM systems
• Ability to evaluate and adjust fit blocks, grading, and specs to maintain consistency
• Strong project management skills with the ability to lead through influence and provide timely solutions
• Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design, Apparel Design, or related field

Apparel Technical Designer – You Might Have:

• Experience with Centric PLM system
• Experience with Clo3D development tool

Apparel Technical Designer - Compensation, Benefits, and Perks – For You:

• Base salary starting range is $65,000 to $95,000, commensurate with experience
• Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• 401k with company contribution
• Paid holidays, paid time off, supplemental life, supplemental insurances, and more (including a retail clothing discount and stipend!)
• This role is in the office, Monday through Friday