Assistant Technical Designer (Temporary)
Hybrid’s humble beginnings started in 1997 in the back of a print shop designing, selling, and printing tee shirts. Today, Hybrid is a global apparel industry powerhouse in brand and licensing management. Hybrid provides its expertise and fully vertical operations capability – design, merchandising, development, sourcing, production, and distribution – to a broad suite of branded, licensed, generic, and private label partners. Hybrid’s full-service apparel design and manufacturing expertise extends across the apparel category, including knits, woven tops, bottoms, tees, and accessories.
As our organization has evolved, so has our philosophy of doing business. We have made concerted efforts to remove ourselves from the antiquated approach of other apparel manufacturers and doing things differently has been our focus. We are building a company ethos that breeds innovation, collaboration, integrity, and excellence in customer service.
What is my role?
This role supports the Kids Technical Design team in daily development and production tasks, with guidance from the Senior Technical Designer.
What You'll Do
Log in daily sample receipts and maintain the sample log for the team
Prepare samples for fittings by measuring fit and pre-production samples for accuracy against specs and photographing them on the form for each Technical Designer and private label customers.
- Support low-touch accounts and collaborate with cross-functional teams to release tech packs for production POs
- Document fit comments and construction notes for reorder body approvals, referencing previous season samples against new submissions, with guidance from the Senior Technical Designer
- Assist in creating initial tech packs for new development styles, using block bodies as a starting point and following team direction
- Communicate approvals and updates for reorder bodies to the factory
- Create technical construction pages on Adobe Illustrator for each style, under direction from the Sr. Technical Designer
- Organize and track sample submissions as needed across all stages of development and production.
- Attend development and production meetings as needed.
- Request pattern creation from our pattern making team.
What You'll Need
- Fashion AA degree or Certification preferred
- Basic technical sketching with illustrator and Excel
- 1-3 years’ experience in technical design, fitting and spec packages.
- Understanding of product engineering and manufacturing process
- Ability to work cross-functionally within business partner environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Excellent computer skills including Adobe Illustrator & MS Office Suite
Hybrid Apparel is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.