BCI Brands is hiring a
Associate Technical Designer

Summary

The job is for a Technical Designer at BCI Brands, LLC., focusing on women's apparel. The role involves supporting senior technical designers, attending fittings, developing tech packages, and maintaining communication with factories. The company offers health benefits, life insurance, flexible spending account, 401k program, paid time off, robust holiday schedule, training & development, and growth opportunities.

Requirements

• Knowledge of pattern making, draping, measuring, garment construction, grading, and factory production
• Develop clear and comprehensive tech packages for factories
• Correspond with factories/vendors to ensure all reorder styles are within spec requirements including communicating all fit comments
• Maintain professional & clear daily communication with cross functional team and factories regarding construction details, fit and pattern issue
• Updates tech packs with current information for BOM, construction templates, and measurements, where applicable
• Issues grading guidelines to vendors after fit approval
• Work with Design to ensure fit, balance, and aesthetics throughout the pre-production process, within the calendar deadline
• Self manages workload based on calendar due dates and production deadlines. Knows how to prioritize with a sense of urgency
• 2-3 years of technical designer experience. in apparel industry (including garment construction experience with full knowledge of production process, and timelines for Woven’s + Cut and Sew Knits product categories.)
• Knowledge of silhouettes, fabrication, sewing techniques, trim and technical knowledge of fabric and construction
• Proficient in Excel, Microsoft Office, and Word
• Extreme attention to detail
• Ability to analyze workload and plan accordingly with exceptional follow-up skill
• Multitasking - Ability to multitask and effectively prioritize workload and tasks
• Strong work ethic, able to self-motivate, work with cross functional teams when necessary and make call outs that displays efficiency for the teams and future endeavors
• Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design or Certification in Apparel Manufacturing, Design, Patternmaking, or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Support Senior Technical Designers
• Prepares for fittings, by measuring sample to be fit, cross-examine sample against style Tech Pack and against the previous fit samples to ensure previous comments have been corrected, bringing previous fits to fit session for review if needed
• Attend fittings to review overall fit, balance, and details of garment through production

Benefits

• Health Benefits (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• 401k Program
• Paid Time Off
• Robust Holiday Schedule
• Training & Development
• Growth Opportunities!