Technical Designer at Express
New York, NY 10016, USA -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

30 Nov, 25

Salary

85100.0

Posted On

31 Aug, 25

Experience

4 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Outlook, Technical Design, Excel, Communication Skills, Risk

Industry

Retail Industry

Description

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

  • Education: College degree or equivalent work experience
  • Experience: Minimum 4 years Technical Design within the apparel industry

CRITICAL SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

  • Strong communication skills (written, verbal and interpersonal
  • Consistently demonstrated strong leadership within live fit sessions & other cross-functional team meetings
  • Leverages strong understanding of garment engineering, apparel factory operations & patternmaking to achieve business goals
  • Models agility/ability to multitask & adapt to change
  • Proven ability to independently, consistently & appropriately manage risk at all stages of product development
  • Proven ability to independently lead and influence through clear and consistent actions in a cross-functional team environment
  • Ability to manage & follow through on a task from start to finish within a specified timeline without supervision
  • Experience with Yunique, Adobe Illustrator CS6, Accumark 10.3, Outlook, Excel and Word
Responsibilities
  • Collaborates with Designers and Merchants to understand the design concept/vision and influence changes as needed to help endure the product, fit, function, price & delivery goals can be successfully achieved in a bulk production scenario
  • Establishes & records all technical owned garment specifications within Yunique to direct & enable our world-wide technical partners to develop & produce high quality & appropriately engineered products
  • Leads fit sessions with Designers & Merchants by adhering to the established EXP fit roles & responsibilities guidelines
  • Evaluate product to predict and manage risk from design concept through final production approval
  • Records fit session comments & ensures plan of action including product status are clearly understood & aligned upon all CF teams
  • Utilizes Gerber Accumark, Illustrator & Vendor virtual sampling capabilities as needed to expedite & clearly communicate garment specifications & changes
  • Tracks and manages all fit samples/packages
  • Collaborates to arrange & manage all outlook planners for each fit session
  • Calibrates new vendor technical partners
  • Determines when a product fit, use & application of trims & all other engineering is commercially approvable & ready for mass production
  • Ensures content of all final Tech packs including labeling, marketing and packing requirements are compliant with Express category standards and/or Merchant approved expectations
  • Upholds & improves department specific technical standards, record keeping, process, procedures & tools
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