Associate Technical Designer

At Boll & Branch, we're reimagining luxury for the modern home with an uncompromising commitment to quality, sustainability, and ethical craftsmanship.  We're seeking a detail oriented Assistant Technical Designer with a passion for the home textile industry. In this role, you will create detailed and production ready technical drawings / specs across product categories. Along with our Technical Designer, you will be responsible for specifying and maintaining product measurements, tolerances, and constructions to drive and maintain the Company's highest quality standards. The ideal candidate is knowledgeable about construction and manufacturing, pays close attention to product details (those the customer can and cannot see), is an effective communicator and time manager, with experience executing to seasonal milestones in the product development calendar.

This role reports directly to the Technical Designer.

Responsibilities :

• Create detailed technical construction drawings / specs for sheeting, top of bed, decorative pillows, throws, blankets, and bath textiles including robes and towels.
• Learn and maintain an ongoing understanding of Boll & Branch creative direction, brand aesthetic and design language.
• Partner with designers and product developers to capture product construction details and ensure that the technical specs specifically reflect design intent of the product.
• Review and measure submits for accuracy and adherence to technical specs, maintaining established tolerances and quality controls.
• Engineer constructions to meet costing and margin targets.
• Effectively communicate comments for next round samples and / or approvals to external factory partners.
• Manage projects to ensure key milestones are met, and maintain accurate, detailed records and track outstanding items to hit seasonal timelines.
• Upload and maintain PLM artwork pages with the most up to date information.
• Review Pre-Production and Top of Production Samples, and manage comments and / or approvals.
• Communicate any variances and actively problem solve.
• Be highly aware of industry trends in constructions and make suggestions to differentiate and elevate new product developments.
• Create label placement artwork pages, aid in folding guides, and point of measure guides within our manual to further standardize our processes.  Assist in creating label artworks for production.

Requirements :

The primary location for this role is Summit, NJ. We believe our business and our culture are strongest when we work together in person, and also have access to physical products, samples, and techniques housed in our office. Currently we are operating under a hybrid model and this role will work in person in Summit a minimum of 3 days a week (Tue-Thu). There will be additional times when you're asked to work in the office for 5 days because it's in the best interest of our business or your team.

The annual base salary range for this role is $65,000 to $110,000. It is important to note that our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size, industry, and the market and are one part of the total rewards that we provide. Individual pay rate decisions are based on several factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, scope of the role, and internal peer benchmarking.

The above is a comprehensive, but not exhaustive, description of requirements and expectations that may evolve over time based on business needs. You must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

What We Offer :

About Boll & Branch :

At Boll & Branch , we don't make bedding like everyone else. We make it better.

In 2014, our founders, Scott and Missy Tannen, challenged every conventional standard in the textile industry, creating a new supply chain that prioritized thread quality, not thread count. By investing exclusively in 100% organic raw materials from the start, we became the first bedding company ever to be Fair Trade Certified. Today, we keep five commitments at the heart of everything we do. We are :

Boll & Branch has over 150 employees, and we are headquartered in Summit, NJ, with a second office in New York, NY and a dedicated Photo Studio in New Providence, NJ. In 2019, to propel our growth, we raised $100M from L Catterton , a leading consumer goods private equity fund. We are also progressively expanding our retail and wholesale footprint. While the heart of our business lies in the direct-to-consumer online model, we also have several retail stores around the country as well as partnerships with Bloomingdales and Nordstrom.

Boll & Branch LLC is an equal opportunity employer.