Technical Apparel Designer

Brief Description

As a Technical Designer, you will use your advanced technical design skills to interpret creative concept into viable development specs for each prototype in either 3D or 2D path with defined images, block reference, grade rules, construction, and measurement detail to generate accurate cost and sample prototypes that can be mass produced. You will work with design leadership and partner teams to ensure construction feasibility to meet price points and merchandising needs in accordance with the Timing & Action Calendar deadlines.

You will have proven your ability to evaluate and provide feedback to achieve the ideal technical fit for the brand, gender and product categories assigned to obtain this position. You will conduct competitive product analysis by gathering and compiling competitor information and present your findings as well as be responsible to follow up on outcomes to this analysis. You will need to be able to liaise with key partner teams.

This opportunity involves maintaining deep understanding of current fit and construction trends through travel, research & interaction with sales reps, their customers and the end users. Ability to accurately see color and provide comments for improvement is a key component of this role. In addition, participation in activities that will increase understanding and working knowledge of market is obligatory.

Unrivaled Teamwear serves as the parent company of Champion Teamwear, Gear for Sports, and Knights Apparel, each an industry leader in the sports and team apparel space. Our family of brands know what goes into great decorated garments, using top-quality fabrics and offering creative decoration options. Each brand offers customers a premier selection and exceptional service for all their sportswear needs, from t-shirts and caps to fleece, performance wear, and outerwear.

• Owns fit development and leads fit sessions
• Work with Creative Design & Brand Teams to define fit / shop for & analyze competitor fits & present findings
• Provide construction options to enhance aesthetics &/or reduce costs/enable efficient production
• Develop both a physical & electronic block system - research fit models / forms / avatars
• Work with Country Managers to receive fits & to work out fit problems
• Document technical adjustments made to improve the garment
• Produce easily understood comparisons of our Fit to be used by Brand & Sales
• Proven ability to apply technical design skills in 2D or 3D execution, flat sketching, flat patterning, and garment construction
• Proven ability to generate tech pack in PDM system
• Solid ability to understand importance of blocks and to appropriately adjust specs and shape based on fabrication
• Able to facilitate color development by reviewing (in Spectrophotometer &/or Lightbox), commenting, logging and filing lab dip / bulk color / shade-bands / strike-offs / knit-downs / trims. Develop tracking tools as needed

• Demonstrated acumen and considered an internal expert for assigned product/brand
• Ability to create market appropriate product designs at key price points
• Adherence to the Timing & Action Calendars of multiple businesses that run parallel to each other
• Proven ability to identify trends and translate into market right product
• Communicate via e‑mail daily both internally & externally

• Develop technical sketches as needed
• Provide info for placement of fabrics and trims
• Add technical materials like interlinings, pellons, etc.
• Understand functionality of coding and maintain its integrity
• Responsible for overall completeness of information
• Track & communicate expectations on fits and sampling

• Responsible to bring up issues & potential solutions at the weekly Brand Management meetings
• Responsible to contribute to the agenda
• Responsible to bring relevant samples, material, etc. to these meetings as needed

• Ability to work independently and cooperatively in a diverse group
• Ability to identify & resolve opportunities within the organization for improvement
• Able to take on extra workload to ease burden of entire team
• Able to troubleshoot technical…