Tech Pack and Design Assistant

Responsibilities:

Assist Designers with fixing Sketches and ensuring sketches and scans match as tech packs are made. Set-up fabrication & reference pages in Illustrator for tech packs. Set-up & adjust styles - input adjustments & create new styles in PLM. Create and pass tech packs in Adobe Acrobat Pro Create & manage fabric and trim codes for costing & production tech packs (PLM) Pass all physical standards to production team with prints of necessary pages + scans. Photograph and scan garments + downloading to shared drive for tech packing. Maintain/organize Excel sheets with large quantities of styles & daily updates. Maintaining body books and assigning body numbers to the design team. Assist team to ensure overseas factories and vendors are up to date with changes/ corrections. Communicate with the sewing room / patternmaking team & pick up samples as needed Production Sample Requests Manage and organize sample closets Create valule adds across brands as needed Compile market summary recaps

Qualifications/Experience:

Product Development with an interest in technical design. Experience with the apparel design process Proficient in Excel and strong understanding of Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat and Photoshop Proficient knowledge of fabrication/construction of garments, with the ability to think three-dimensionally and visualize workable swatch to body concepts.

Compensation:

$23.00 - $24.00 per hour The successful candidate will enjoy competitive compensation and benefits, matching 401K, Flexible Spending Plan, Paid Time Off, casual attire and company discounts. Kellwood is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.