Apparel Technical Designer

GrowthWise Search Partners

Apparel Technical Designer

Dallas, TX
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Are you an Apparel Technical Designer ready to expand your impact? This is an opportunity to bring apparel designs to life! This opportunity offers a fast-paced, creative, and highly collaborative environment where your expertise in fit, construction, and product development will drive both quality and innovation within a closely held Western brand.

    Here, your work doesn’t just support the brand - it helps evolve it, giving you exposure to new technologies, global vendor collaboration, and opportunities to take ownership, problem-solve, and make your mark on products that reach a wide audience.

    Apparel Technical Designer – Your Job Duties:

    You will work on a small but mighty team, bringing apparel concepts to life, ensuring fit, quality, and consistency across menswear and womenswear collections.

    You will:

    Product Development & Technical Execution

    • Translate design concepts into accurate tech packs, specs, and grading, applying expert patternmaking and garment construction knowledge.
    • Apply a “right-first-time” approach to fit and product engineering, driving accuracy and reduced iterations
    • Build, maintain, and evolve fit blocks, grading standards, and technical libraries
    • Serve as a subject matter expert in menswear, womenswear, knits, and wovens

    Fit Process & Fittings

    • Lead fittings on mannequins and live models, demonstrating product transformations
    • Guide discussions and influence stakeholders to achieve design and fit alignment
    • Act as a controller of standards, continuously refining specs, fit, and quality

    Collaboration & Vendor Management

    • Partner closely with cross-functional teams, vendors, and factories to deliver on-time production, & Manage calendars, WIPs, and timelines to meet key milestones.
    • Manage multiple seasons simultaneously, staying highly organized, nimble, and disciplined
    • Participate in vendor visits and international travel as needed

    Innovation & Leadership

    • Embrace new tools, technologies, and software, contributing to best practices and continuous improvement
    • Influence technical processes and provide thought leadership across the product lifecycle

    Apparel Technical Designer – Required Skills, Experience & Personality Fit – You Have:

    • Deep expertise in garment construction, fit, and patternmaking (Gerber Accumark patternmaking experience required)
    • Strong technical knowledge across menswear and womenswear knits and wovens, developing blocks, adjusting patterns, and providing consistency across products.
    • Experience creating detailed tech packs, specifications, and grading for diverse product categories
    • Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office Suite, PLM systems
    • Ability to evaluate and adjust fit blocks, grading, and specs to maintain consistency
    • Strong project management skills with the ability to lead through influence and provide timely solutions
    • Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design, Apparel Design, or related field

    Apparel Technical Designer – You Might Have:

    • Experience with Centric PLM system
    • Experience with Clo3D development tool

    Apparel Technical Designer - Compensation, Benefits, and Perks – For You:

    • Base salary starting range is $65,000 to $95,000, commensurate with experience
    • Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance options
    • 401k with company contribution
    • Paid holidays, paid time off, supplemental life, supplemental insurances, and more (including a retail clothing discount and stipend!)
    • This role is in the office, Monday through Friday
  • Compensation
    $65,000-$95,000 per year