Apparel Technical Designer
Vernon, CA
Full Time
Experienced
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Karen Kane is a well-established apparel brand that has been manufacturing women’s apparel for nearly 45 years. We're a certified B Corp brand and have experienced rapid growth in recent years through ecommerce while continuing to have successful long-lasting relationships with major stores like Nordstrom and Bloomingdale’s. From our start, our company has remained family-run and privately owned.
We’re looking for an Apparel Technical Designer to support our Design team. This role requires an excellent eye for detail and an understanding of garment construction. The position is on-site and based in Los Angeles, CA.
Job Responsibilities Include:
- Creating tech packs for overseas factories and vendors
- Processing garments and samples for fitting
- Attending fittings with designers
- Releasing fit notes and comments to factory contacts
- Email correspondence with sales, customer service, production, and factories
- Working with grading department to release final graded production spec sheets to factories
- Perform fabric tests
- Proficient in Illustrator, excel knowledge, PLM
- 4+ years’ experience as a technical designer
- Apparel industry experience
- Strong sense of urgency and ability to meet tight deadlines
- Attention to detail, ability to work in a fast environment
- 401k plan with partial company match.
- Comprehensive healthcare, dental, and vision plan.
- Clothing discount.
- Voluntary life insurance, as well as short-term and long-term disability policies.
- Voluntary free annual biometric health test.
- Early access to company sample sales.
- Company-sponsored Wellness program.
- Access to free monthly health & mindfulness webinars.
- Seasonal monetary awards for participation in company Fitness Challenges.
- Partial healthcare-subsidized fitness membership to 10,000 gym locations across the country.
- Company-subsidized discounts to theme parks & local attractions, including Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, Universal Studios, Legoland, Six Flags, Sea World, and Southern California sports teams; discounts to brands including Vitamix, Sonos, and others.
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