Technical Designer

Base pay range

$75,000.00/yr - $85,000.00/yr

Sunrise Brands (RTW Division) is seeking an experienced Technical Designer with a multi category apparel background to join our Technical Design team. The ideal candidate will be a strong partner in the technical design process- ensuring fit, quality, and construction standards are maintained across all styles. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Design, Production, and our Overseas partners across all categories of denim, knits and soft woven womenswear.

The Technical Designer will work on multiple categories within the team. Candidates must have excellent time management and organizational skills and experience working in a fast paced apparel brand. This role requires 5-8 years of working experience in Technical Design. This role requires a high level of communication, technical pattern correction and problem-solving skills.

• Establish and implement fit standards, communicate updates to our overseas team and maintain calendar milestones for on-time delivery.
• Manage fit sessions and work closely with Design to understand the creative vision of the line.
• Review and fit samples on a live model and form to provide fit recommendations.
• Collaborate and work closely with Production, Design and Overseas teams.
• Provide technical recommendations to the Design team to create consistency of fit and construction to help achieve design concepts and category initiatives.
• Ability to handle a high quantity of styles in all categories of denim, wovens, sweaters and knits.
• Review and evaluate sample measurements and construction of all fit samples to determine they are meeting intended design requirements.
• Issue revised product specifications and fit correction comments after the fittings. This includes photo or sketch corrections and pattern correction images as necessary.
• Work with the Production Team in meeting timelines and communicating the necessary information to the overseas factories.
• Check all grading and tolerances are updated properly for bulk production.
• Follow through with questions and requests from overseas partners via email.
• Ensure consistency in all techpacks is maintained for the brand.
• Manage sample organization for the brand.

• Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design, Technical Design, Pattern making or a related field is required.
• 5-8 years of experience in apparel technical design with relevant experience in pattern making, fit, grading and apparel manufacturing.
• Technical pattern making knowledge is required. Candidates must know how fit corrections will be conveyed in revising patterns to communicate with factories.
• Must have multi category apparel experience in Technical Design.
• Experience in missy, plus and contemporary brands is a plus.
• Must be proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Excel, and PLM systems. Experience with Centric and Flex PLM is highly preferred.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment to meet seasonal deadlines.
• Experience working with overseas vendors in a corporate apparel environment.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Must be able to identify problems as well as create solutions to correct the issue.
• Ability to work closely in collaboration with all cross functional partners.
• Proactive in following through with multiple priorities.
• Must be able to work onsite 5 days a week in our office which is based in Midtown Manhattan. This is not a hybrid role.
• Must be authorized to work in the US.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Design

• Retail Apparel and Fashion