Calle Del Mar is looking for a skilled technical designer with 4-5+ years of luxury knitwear experience. (Specifically fully fashioned knits, sweaters, flat bed hand looms, digital/computerized machines, whole garment machines. Not cut & sew knits) Candidate must be extremely meticulous, organized, detailed oriented and an efficient multitasker. Candidate must have an exceptional understanding of fit, tech packs, knitwear finishes and quality of a luxury product. Candidate must be a strong verbal and written communicator. This job will require a unique flexibility, proactive problem solving skills and the ability to effectively manage the daily challenges that come with apparel production. Candidate must be an ambitious, calm & positive team player excited about joining a small and quickly growing company.
Responsibilities:
• Technical Illustrator Flats• Build Tech Packs and Knitting specifications• Assist design team in swatch development & stitch research• Assist in swatch and sample development — including Pantone matching for lab dips, producing dye swatches to test new colors, communicating lead designer’s vision to knitters and factory techs.• Facilitate the transition from Initial Design to Tech Pack to PROTO to TOP approval.• Attend & participate in fit sessions with live models while working with design team to achieve design aesthetic and meet quality standards.• Document and keep detailed records of all fit changes and corrections.• Communicate fit changes and corrections with domestic factories and knitters.• Work with designer and factory techs to build custom & standard grading for each garment.• Request, fit, correct and approve graded samples before they go into production.• Build placement & packing specification guides for labels, etc.• Quality Check and measure samples as they come in.• Assist in in-house quality check on small production and communicate with factory in a timely manor any items that come in not to standard.• Candidates will spend time in the factory working with the designer & techs to achieve the proper wash, steam, finishes, trim & packing specifications.• Facilitate a timely arrival of materials, fabric and trim for samples and communicate these arrivals to the factory.• Roll will include production assistance such as recording garment weights, calculating yarn for production, trims, labels & packaging needed for factory and assisting team in timely ordering, receiving and returning of damages.• Assist designers EA in providing factory with proper Packaging needed to complete production including assisting in creating EIN numbers & stickers for hang tags, poly bags.• Assist in gathering information from factory to build & order care labels for production• Assist in managing yarn, trim & packaging inventories.• Assist Production Team in Creating POs for factories and yarn suppliers• Assist in Managing production calendar by working with designer, production team, domestic factories and independent contract knitters to stay on track.
Requirements:
• Must have car & valid drivers license• 4-5+ Years of Knitwear Experience (Specifically fully fashioned knits, sweaters, flat bed brother hand looms, digital/computerized machines, whole garment machines i.e. Shima Seiki and or Stoll)• 4-5+ years of experience in apparel and or manufacturing• Computer skills such as proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, photoshop, Microsoft word & Excel.• Ability to Draw Technical Flats & Build Tech Packs• Strong knowledge of measuring & technical vocabulary to efficiently communication of garment evaluation• Strong understanding of fit, gauge and quality.• Proactive problem solver with ability to effectively manage multiple challenges• Positive Attitude and ability to stay Calm under pressure• Highly organized, flexible & thorough• Excellent attention to detail• Ability to define priorities at any given moment, ensure deadlines are met, questions are answered, and requests are addressed proactively and promptly.• Strong verbal & written communication skills• Good listener.• Timely and Eloquent correspondence & follow up skills• Willing to be ‘hands on’ to get the job done• Team player and willingness to jump in and assist co-workers with tasks outside of job description on an as needed basis.
Desirables:
• BFA in fashion, textile or knitwear design.• Experience with hand operated flat bed brother knitting machines in both standard and bulky gauges.• Ability to operate any of the above listed knitting machines• Experience working with domestic factories and overseeing in house sample makers
Salary: DOE
Employment Type: Contractor with flexibility to take on a full time work.
Email CV/RESUME and cover letter to careers@calledelmar.us
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