Temporary Technical Designer – Outerwear
Location: San Francisco (primarily onsite with some flexibility for remote work)
Hourly Rate: $40–$65/hour
Overview
We are seeking a Temporary Technical Designer to support product development within the Outerwear category. This role will focus on technical design execution, fit consistency, and maintaining high-quality standards across a range of outerwear styles in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Support technical design development for Outerwear, including jackets, coats, parkas, bombers, puffers, lightweight layers, and performance outerwear.
- Create, update, and maintain technical packages (tech packs) and product specifications.
- Review garment construction, fit, grading, and measurements to ensure accuracy, consistency, and quality across a variety of outerwear silhouettes, fabrications, and insulation types.
- Partner cross-functionally with Design, Product Development, Merchandising, and Production teams throughout the product development process.
- Assist with fit sessions and communicate fit comments, construction recommendations, grading updates, and pattern corrections.
- Ensure product details, materials, trims, closures, seam construction, and finishing standards align with brand expectations, functionality, and customer needs.
- Maintain organized documentation and support process improvement and standardization initiatives across the technical design function.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of technical design experience in apparel, preferably within Outerwear.
- Strong understanding of outerwear garment construction, fit, grading, and measurement standards, including experience with technical fabrics, insulated garments, seam finishes, and functional features.
- Experience creating and managing tech packs, specifications, and construction documentation.
- Knowledge of a wide range of outerwear categories, including lightweight jackets, insulated outerwear, rainwear, softshells, bombers, parkas, and coats.
- Ability to work efficiently in a deadline-driven, cross-functional environment.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and PLM systems preferred.