Freelance Senior Technical Apparel Designer & Product Developer

Location: Whitby

Location:

Greater Toronto Area preferred; remote work combined with in-person fittings, sample reviews, and development sessions

Position Type:  Freelance / Contract

Compensation:  $75–$100 CAD per hour, based on experience and capabilities

Commitment:  Ongoing project-based engagement, with hours agreed around development milestones

Travel:  Willingness to travel for supplier meetings, factory visits, and product development as needed

About ALTORI
ALTORI is an emerging technical cycling apparel brand built around growth, becoming, and continual elevation.

We believe riding shapes more than fitness. It builds confidence, opens new possibilities, and challenges us to keep progressing. From training and racing to trail riding and adventure, we’re creating apparel for riders who keep becoming.

Our approach brings together considered design, purposeful details, and a close connection to the experience of riding.

Built for the ascent.

The Opportunity
We’re looking for an experienced apparel designer and product developer who combines creative judgment, strong technical skills, and exceptional project management.

Working directly with the founder, you’ll help advance an existing collection while establishing a clear, repeatable development process for future products. You’ll be closely involved in the garments themselves: measuring samples, assessing fit, reviewing construction, evaluating materials and trims, making practical adjustments, and communicating precise instructions to manufacturing partners.

We’re looking for someone with high standards for excellence and the judgment to move projects across the finish line. You care deeply about quality, fit, and execution, while knowing how to prioritize refinements, resolve problems, and bring products to production.

What You’ll Own

Development planning:  Maintain a product development tracker with milestones, responsibilities, dependencies, sample rounds, target dates, and outstanding decisions.

Design and technical documentation:  Develop and refine garment designs, technical drawings, tech packs, bills of materials, construction details, measurement specifications, tolerances, and grading requirements.

Sample and fit reviews:  Measure garments against specifications, lead fittings, assess fit in riding positions, and document clear corrections through annotated photographs and revision notes.

Hands-on development:  Sew, alter, and mock up garment details to test solutions and communicate changes. Identify construction issues and work with pattern makers and factories to resolve them.

Fabrics and trims:  Evaluate and source fabrics, zippers, elastics, grippers, threads, labels, and other components, considering function, compatibility, availability, cost, and lead times.

Supplier coordination:  Manage development communication with manufacturing partners, confirm their understanding of changes, and follow through on commitments.

Wear testing:  Coordinate rider feedback and translate it into specific, prioritized product improvements.

Production readiness:  Prepare approval recommendations and ensure specifications, colourways, materials, size information, and sample corrections are resolved before production.

File management:  Keep editable working files, sample histories, supplier information, and approved specifications organized and accessible to ALTORI.

What You Bring

Demonstrated pattern drafting, pattern modification, and sample-making skills, including the ability to cut and sew complete development samples using stretch and technical performance fabrics.

Experience translating fit feedback into pattern corrections while maintaining garment balance, mobility, and comfort in riding positions.

Demonstrated experience taking technical apparel from development…