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Job Summary

Kith is seeking a highly skilled Technical Designer to join our team. As a Technical Designer, you will be responsible for creating detailed tech packs, executing initial styles, and ensuring that all products conform to the company standard and brand values.

Key Responsibilities

• Create detailed tech packs to factories/vendors, ensuring precise communication of design, construction, workmanship, and quality control specifications.
• Execute initial styles from design handoff through production to meet required aesthetic following sketches and/or original samples.
• Measure & examine samples with specifications against requests at all stages to prepare for scheduled fittings.
• Provide technical direction on matters pertaining to specs, pattern, construction methods and techniques to improve fit, balance, and overall quality of the garment within company calendar deadline.
• Ensure grading, fit consistency, and key measurement standard across all styles and product categories.
• Participate in weekly fit sessions. Collaborate with designers and merchants to translate fit and aesthetic details.
• Anticipate and resolve any problems with the fit process. Partner with vendors in the resolution of problems as necessary.
• Work closely with Technical Design leaders to enhance and evolve processes and procedures, as business evolves, while driving to elevate the quality of the product.
• Work with Vendor partners to translate design intent into prototype samples.
• Provide fit comments with pattern corrections, illustration sketches and construction feedback to confirm fit and design intent.
• Conduct the risk assessment process with Production team to mitigate risk in bulk production.
• Execution of approving construction samples, mockups and bulk swatch/production.

Requirements

• 3 - 5 years of experience in Technical Design.
• Bachelor's degree in Technical Design / Fashion Design.
• Extensive Patternmaking and Draping skills with Knowledge of garment construction.
• Contemporary / high end brand experience is preferred.
• Menswear experience is preferred.
• Proficient in Gerber Accumark.
• Superior organizational skills and excellent time management.
• Excellent communication skills & team oriented.
• Knowledge of POM.
• Highly proficient in Google software, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and PLM.