Freelance Technical Designer (Intimates)
Atrium Staffing
New York, NY
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Client Overview:
Our client is a design-driven apparel company specializing in intimates and lifestyle products, focused on quality, fit, and thoughtful product development. The team works collaboratively across Design, Technical Design, and Production to deliver well-constructed, consistently fitting garments. They are currently searching for a Freelance Technical Designer (Intimates) to join their team.
Salary/Hourly Rate:
$38/hr - $40/hr
Position Overview:
The Freelance Technical Designer (Intimates) will support the Product Development team during a 6 - 8-month maternity leave coverage. The Freelance Technical Designer (Intimates) is responsible for ensuring accurate fit, construction, and quality across proto, fit, and production samples. The ideal candidate brings strong pattern knowledge, excellent communication skills, and experience working closely with cross-functional partners and vendors.
Responsibilities of the Freelance Technical Designer (Intimates):
- Review, measure, and evaluate proto, fit, and production samples to ensure accurate measurements, construction, quality, and overall fit.
- Support Designers by contributing to technical packages and evaluating garment construction and fit intent.
- Represent company standards for consistent fit and proper construction across all products.
- Communicate fit and development feedback to vendors in partnership with Design and Production teams.
- Lead and facilitate fit sessions, providing clear and actionable feedback.
- Document and communicate development updates through written reports, sketches, pattern corrections, and verbal communication.
- Maintain fit standards, records, reports, and sample libraries.
- Track sample status and manage development timelines.
- Participate in in-office fittings, milestone meetings, product development reviews, and approvals.
- Perform additional duties as needed to support business needs.
- 5+ years of technical design experience.
- Strong pattern knowledge and fit expertise.
- Experience reviewing and approving fit and construction on multiple sample stages.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Prior intimates technical design experience.
- Experience working in a hybrid, collaborative design environment.
- Vendor communication and overseas production experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Fashion is required.
- Atrium Care Package available, upon eligibility (including healthcare plans, discount programs, and paid time off).
As a woman-owned firm, we value diversity. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), age, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, veteran status, disability (physical or mental), genetic information, citizenship or any other characteristic protected by law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Candidates who apply for roles through the Atrium website will be added to our candidate pool and may be considered for additional roles of a similar title. Please contact us to request an accommodation.
EOE/M/F/D/V/SO
Position ID: 160052
About the Company
Atrium Staffing
Founded in 1995, Atrium is a privately held, woman-owned staffing and recruitment firm. Our mission is to find people jobs they love and create custom staffing and contingent workforce solutions for our clients’ toughest business challenges. We remain dedicated to our founding Applicant-Centric philosophy, the personalized service we offer to every client and the importance of hiring talented, hard-working internal staff who embody our core values every day! Everyone we place and every problem we solve is made that much more rewarding by the motivated, engaging people that make up our team.
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