KITH
Technical Designer, Womens
KITH, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11210
The Women's design department is looking for a women's technical designer, specializing in wovens, to join the team at KITH. This candidate must love technical design and comes equipped with technical knowledge and experience, accountability, reliability and adaptability. The candidate for this role must have strong organizational and time management skills. This role is purely to support the technical design department within Women's and will report into the design director
Primary Responsibilities:
• Support the technical design department for Women's,
• Collaborate and coordinate bi-weekly fittings with the other women's technical designer
• Spec garments received daily, pertaining to respective product categories in production, and post buy for development
• Upload specs and update the bi-weekly fit agenda document, based on product category responsibility, for each fitting
• Attend bi-weekly fittings, dictating specs and pinning if necessary, in collaboration with design
• Process all production and development comments to factories overseas
• Request patterns from factories and adjust as needed
• Manage and correspond with factories overseas daily over email or on calls if necessary
• Maintain collaborative partnership and clear communication, cross departmentally with design, production and development
• Work with respective designer, and attend cross functional pass off meetings for tech packs during initial stages of seasonal development
• Drape any styles as needed for new seasonal development
• Build tech pack files and folders, with reference images, sketching construction images if needed, and building out construction pages to be uploaded to our development platform
• Build point of measure pages for styles accordingly
• Build grade specs, for respective product categories, in production
• Troubleshoot and provide tech oriented solutions on a case by case basis in production
• Manage and organize fit rail and PIPP storage with the other technical designer on the team
Experience:
• 3-5 years Technical Design experience
• Associate or Bachelor's degree in technical design preferred
• Equipped with technical knowledge and experience pertaining to: structured and soft wovens, outerwear, tailoring, bottoms, woven tops and dresses
• Proficient in Illustrator, Photoshop, Google docs, Google sheets
• Experienced in using PLM adjacent platforms
Skills:
• Ability to correct and balance garments in respective product categories as needed • Professional mannerism and maturity
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organization and follow up skills
WHO WE ARE
Established in 2011, Kith is a leading lifestyle brand and progressive retail concept that's celebrated globally for its ability to tell stories, evoke nostalgia, and connect product to the passion it's woven with. Now in its eleventh year of business, Kith has in-house apparel lines for men, women and children, an ice cream parlor in every flagship, a full-service restaurant, and a retail footprint in three continents.
Born and raised in Queens, New York, Kith Founder Ronnie Fieg rose the ranks from 13-year-old stock boy at footwear franchise David Z. to the company's chief buyer, earning him a profound understanding of the retail landscape and a network of powerful brand relationships. As the brand's CEO and Creative Director, Fieg is known for his ability to create premium products and deliver unparalleled experiences, with a personal philosophy of giving the consumer more than what they pay for. Using Kith as a vehicle, Fieg has applied his signature lens to an impressive list of collaborators, including Coca-Cola, Nike, Versace, BMW, and many others.
KITH is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Support the technical design department for Women's,
• Collaborate and coordinate bi-weekly fittings with the other women's technical designer
• Spec garments received daily, pertaining to respective product categories in production, and post buy for development
• Upload specs and update the bi-weekly fit agenda document, based on product category responsibility, for each fitting
• Attend bi-weekly fittings, dictating specs and pinning if necessary, in collaboration with design
• Process all production and development comments to factories overseas
• Request patterns from factories and adjust as needed
• Manage and correspond with factories overseas daily over email or on calls if necessary
• Maintain collaborative partnership and clear communication, cross departmentally with design, production and development
• Work with respective designer, and attend cross functional pass off meetings for tech packs during initial stages of seasonal development
• Drape any styles as needed for new seasonal development
• Build tech pack files and folders, with reference images, sketching construction images if needed, and building out construction pages to be uploaded to our development platform
• Build point of measure pages for styles accordingly
• Build grade specs, for respective product categories, in production
• Troubleshoot and provide tech oriented solutions on a case by case basis in production
• Manage and organize fit rail and PIPP storage with the other technical designer on the team
Experience:
• 3-5 years Technical Design experience
• Associate or Bachelor's degree in technical design preferred
• Equipped with technical knowledge and experience pertaining to: structured and soft wovens, outerwear, tailoring, bottoms, woven tops and dresses
• Proficient in Illustrator, Photoshop, Google docs, Google sheets
• Experienced in using PLM adjacent platforms
Skills:
• Ability to correct and balance garments in respective product categories as needed • Professional mannerism and maturity
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organization and follow up skills
WHO WE ARE
Established in 2011, Kith is a leading lifestyle brand and progressive retail concept that's celebrated globally for its ability to tell stories, evoke nostalgia, and connect product to the passion it's woven with. Now in its eleventh year of business, Kith has in-house apparel lines for men, women and children, an ice cream parlor in every flagship, a full-service restaurant, and a retail footprint in three continents.
Born and raised in Queens, New York, Kith Founder Ronnie Fieg rose the ranks from 13-year-old stock boy at footwear franchise David Z. to the company's chief buyer, earning him a profound understanding of the retail landscape and a network of powerful brand relationships. As the brand's CEO and Creative Director, Fieg is known for his ability to create premium products and deliver unparalleled experiences, with a personal philosophy of giving the consumer more than what they pay for. Using Kith as a vehicle, Fieg has applied his signature lens to an impressive list of collaborators, including Coca-Cola, Nike, Versace, BMW, and many others.
KITH is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.