Location: HQ - Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Status:Temp / 100% on-site
Compensation:$31.25 per hour
Position Summary: The Technical Design Assistant is responsible for supporting the Technical Design department through administrative, organizational, and product development functions. Reporting to the Head of Men's Technical Design, this role assists with maintaining technical documentation, coordinating workflows, and supporting fit and construction processes throughout development. The position requires strong attention to detail, accountability, adaptability, and effective time management to ensure the smooth execution of technical design operations.
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 and examine samples against specifications and requests at all stages to prepare for scheduled fittings.
- In effective collaboration with peer teams, supervisor, and vendor, provide 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 deadlines.
- Ensure that all products conform to company standards and brand values, aiming for high-end quality.
- Ensure grading, fit consistency, and key measurement standards across all styles and product categories.
- Participate in weekly fit sessions and collaborate with designers and merchants to translate fit and aesthetic details.
- Anticipate and resolve any problems with the fit process and partner with vendors in the resolution of problems as necessary.
- Work closely with Technical Design leaders to enhance and evolve processes and procedures as the business evolves, while driving efforts to elevate product quality.
- 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 the Production team to mitigate risk in bulk production.
- Execute approvals of construction samples, mockups, and bulk swatch/production.
- Perform other technical design-related duties, as needed.
REQUIREMENTS- 0-3 years of experience in Technical Design.
- Bachelor's degree in Technical Design / Fashion Design.
- Extensive patternmaking and draping skills with knowledge of garment construction.
- Contemporary / high-end brand experience is preferred.
- Menswear experience is preferred.
- Proficient in Gerber Accumark.
- Superior organizational skills and excellent time management.
- Excellent communication skills and team-oriented.
- Knowledge of POM.
- Highly proficient in Google software, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PLM.
WHO YOU AREProfessional Characteristics- Technical & Detail-Oriented
- Quality-Driven
- Collaborative
- Organized
Personal Characteristics- Accountable
- Adaptable
- Proactive
- Passionate
WHO WE AREEstablished 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.
