Lead Technical Designer

Title: Lead Technical Designer

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 3 months contract

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

The Studio Lead Technical Designer is someone who’s is a pattern maker and sewing expert. This individual is pro-active, collaborative, safety minded, detailed oriented, and comfortable trouble shooting, sharing expertise in pattern making, garment construction and studio equipment.

They participate in apparel development process with the Nike Product Creation teams.

We need someone who can be agile and work in a fluid creative environment as well as travel for fast pace projects as needed.

The Lead Technical Designer/Studio Lead keeps abreast of market trends, team goals, new technologies and consumer needs throughout the development process and engages appropriately to ensure projects are completed within corporate guidelines and goals for all facets of product creation.

The Lead Technical Designer will be responsible for patterning, sample making and fit execution of studio supported projects. They will identify and address key opportunities in pattern/construction/manufacturing and plan accordingly to deliver against the project brief. You will track and facilitate project review meetings in partnership with OSS leadership.

They will also be responsible for providing expertise through developing and leading studio-based trainings and help support events happening within the Apparel Maker Space, Olive St Studio.

You will participate in planning, maintaining studio inventories, assets and assist in equipment use and upkeep.

You will report to the Senior Manager of Olive St Studio.

The Lead Technical Designer will collaborate with Design, Product Management, PCC, materials and manufacturing to effectively execute on product development & fit goals deliverables.

• Bachelor's degree in apparel design, textile science or related field.
• Additional product creation experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 10+ years pattern making or technical design experience in the apparel industry, which includes the apparel development process from inception through production including pattern making, grading, construction materials, costing, manufacturing and quality.
• Expertise in pattern making, sewing and garment construction
• Strong problem solving, organization and communication skills.
• Experience interpreting design intent, offering alternative solutions, and acting as a technical resource.
• Expert in writing product specs and construction standards instructions.
• Proficient working with factory vendors to ensure and improve manufacturability.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Experience using Adobe Illustrator, CAD Pattern Design software (Optitex) and 3D software (Clo/Browzwear) highly desired.
• Proficiency with MS Office programs.
• Project Lead and liaison for all/majority of studio supported projects
• Support team with SOP development
• Facilitate workshops
• Create/write programming for workshops
• Organize and schedule sewing machine maintenance