Men's Technical Design Assistant at Kith in Brooklyn, NY

Men's Technical Design Assistant

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Location: HQ - Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Status: Full-time / 100% on-site

Compensation: $60,000 - $65,000 annually

Position Summary: Kith is looking for a Men's Technical Design Assistant to join the team. This role exists purely to support the Technical Design Department and will report to the Head of Men's Technical Design. The ideal candidate has a genuine passion for technical design, along with a strong sense of accountability, reliability, and adaptability. They should also bring solid organizational and time-management skills to keep pace with the department's needs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary Responsibilities

• Create / Develop detailed Tech Packs to factories/vendors, ensuring precise communication of design, construction, workmanship, and quality control specifications.
• Execute initial styles from design handoff through production to meet required aesthetic following sketches and/or original samples.
• Measure & examine samples with specifications against requests at all stages to prepare for scheduled fittings.
• In effective collaboration with peer teams, supervisor and vendor, provides technical direction on matters pertaining to specs, pattern, construction methods and techniques to improve fit, balance, and overall quality of the garment within company calendar deadline.
• Ensure that all products conform to the company standard and brand values, aiming high-end quality.
• Ensure grading, fit consistency, and key measurement standard across all styles and product categories.
• Participate in weekly fit sessions. Collaborate with designers and merchants to translate fit and aesthetic details.
• Anticipate and resolve any problems with the fit process. Partner with vendors in the resolution of problems as necessary.
• Work closely with Technical Design leaders to enhance and evolve processes and procedures, as business evolves, while driving to elevate the quality of the product.
• Work with Vendor partners to translate design intent into prototype samples.
• Provide fit comments with pattern corrections, illustration sketches and construction feedback to confirm fit and design intent.
• Conduct the risk assessment process with Production team to mitigate risk in bulk production.
• Execution of approving construction samples, mockups and bulk swatch/production.
• Perform other technical design related duties, as needed.

REQUIREMENTS

Experience

• 0–3 years of experience in Technical Design.
• Bachelor's degree in Technical Design / Fashion Design.
• Contemporary / high-end brand experience is preferred.
• Menswear experience is preferred.
  

Skills

• Extensive patternmaking and draping skills with knowledge of garment construction.
• Proficient in Gerber Accumark.
• Superior organizational skills and excellent time management.
• Excellent communication skills and team-oriented
• Knowledge of POM (Points of Measure).
• Highly proficient in Google software, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PLM.
  

WHO YOU ARE

Professional Characteristics

• Detail-oriented
• Organized
• Adaptable
• Collaborative
• Technically skilled
  

Personal Characteristics

• Passionate about design
• Team-oriented
• Reliable
• Growth-minded
• Proactive
  

WHO WE ARE

Established in 2011 in New York City, Kith is a lifestyle brand and specialty retailer that offers seasonal collections of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, accessories and footwear through a distinct lens of personal storytelling. Kith embodies a multi-faceted lifestyle, with uncompromising detail to fabrication and design. Led by Founder, CEO and Creative Director Ronnie Fieg, the brand is known globally for evoking nostalgia from a dynamic point of view, and working closely with a carefully selected set of best-in-class collaborators.

Kith operates 16 standalone boutiques around the world, and 3 shop-in-shops. Kith Treats, conceived from Fieg’s childhood love for cereal, operates in 10 locations, as well as Sadelle’s at Kith restaurants in Paris, Miami Design District, Toronto and Seoul.

The Kinnect Foundation, a non-profit established and operated by Kith, is a non-profit devoted to creating positive change through education, community and social impact.

Kith is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

All career opportunities offered by Kith are fully on site, and if contacted, all email communication will come from a kith.com or kithnyc.com email address. Please note that any correspondence from an alternative email domain, or offering anything other than in-person work, is fraudulent.