Senior Technical Designer

The Technical Designer is responsible for the transition of product from design concept to a production ready garment. Work to achieve desired design and fit while maintaining construction and quality standards. This role works alongside the Product and Brand Development team and reports to the Vice President of Brand Strategy.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain tech packs. Pass fit comments, release tech packs, and communicate all revisions to factories.
• Build technical specifications including technical illustration, construction details / seam specification, measurement spec, and trim requirements.
• Lead Fit Sessions to ensure products meet standards for grade rules, fit consistency, construction, and quality.
• Communicate with factories to pass comments with clear and complete written and visual direction.
• Work to optimize garment for fit, performance, and cost.
• Review and approve color and trims.
• Develop and maintain sample storage organization for all development (including full samples, lab dips, strike-offs, etc.) and production samples
• Develop, organize, and maintain electronic files storage of all tech packs, development information, Product Briefs and Line Sheets.
• Measure all prototype, development, and preproduction garments.
• Communicate with overseas vendors for tech pack and sample development questions; Make appropriate recommendations in collaboration with Product and Brand Development on matters pertaining to specs, patterns, construction, and techniques to improve fit, balance, and overall quality of garments.
• Must be able to effectively problem solve design, costing, and quality.
• Collaborates with cross-functional team to meet calendar deliverables.
• Work to establish QC processes.
• Identifies opportunities for process enhancements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

At Hunter Trading Company, LLC (Drake Waterfowl), we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual's race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws.