URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)

Technical Designer

URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Pennsylvania

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Build relationships/partnerships with cross functional team members, such as Design Product Development and Production
  • Identify efficiencies within their brand or category to support CTM initiative
  • Assist with seasonal trend block and construction development
  • Manage workload to department initiatives
  • Instruct and communicate to agents/factories the appropriate construction, fit and block information to ensure successful manufacturing while adhering to Design’s concepts
  • Conducts live and 3D fittings with/without designers to determine what fit and construction changes are necessary to achieve Design’s requirements
  • Advise repair options to factories on fit or quality related issues
  • Evaluate best/worst sellers and competitors to make improvements in technical methods and fit for upcoming seasons
  • Assigns base size garments measurements appropriate to each style that correlates to the three-dimensional body and desired end use
  • Assures to use all appropriate cost cutting methods in style development
  • Assigns appropriate grading to all points of measure keeping the proportion accurate in relation to our predetermined sizing
  • Participate in technical training methods for agents and factories
  • Other duties as specified by management

Requirements

  • Expert knowledge in assembling a detailed technical package to communicate proper instruction to agents/factories for initial or in process style development
  • Knowledgeable in pattern making, garment construction, and manufacturing including factory machinery, procedures, and methods within their category
  • 3D system experience
  • Solid experience of a minimum of 3 years conducting live fittings and determining the necessary pattern changes to create the desired look and fit
  • Experience in assigning easily understood points of measure that will progress the style through development and secure the fit during production QC inspections
  • Ability to independently determine appropriate grade rules to all points of measure that correlate to each specific style and sizing
  • Highly organized and experienced in all phases of technical design
  • Prioritize effectively
  • Works effectively with cross-functional teams
  • Communicate effectively with internal and external parties
  • Pro-actively approach problem solving
  • Decision maker
  • Adapt quickly to changes
  • Proficient in a PLM system
  • Driven by deadlines with a high sense of urgency
  • Ability to understand and fully incorporate the brand’s aesthetic
  • Minimum of 6 years experience in Technical Design which can include up to 3 years of factory experience and/or production pattern making