Senior Technical Designer, Global Sportswear Apparel

This role involves coordinating fit, construction, and technical execution from concept through commercialisation and production, delivering against key dates and product goals, and create and maintain technical documentation for assigned styles, including specifications, patterns, and prototype notes.

• Coordinate fit, construction, and technical execution from concept through commercialisation and production, delivering against key dates and product goals.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for assigned styles, including specifications, patterns, and prototype notes.
• Execute fit and construction standards that strengthen consistency, quality, and manufacturability.
• Facilitate prototyping, identify technical and manufacturing challenges, communicate progress, and help protect product integrity throughout development.
• Collaborate with Materials, Manufacturing, factory vendors, and other cross-functional partners to support development, fit, quality, and manufacturability.
• Stay current on market trends, new technologies, consumer needs, and team goals to help complete projects within product creation guidelines.

• A minimum of 3 years directly relevant work experience.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant apparel technical design or product creation experience.
• Bachelor's degree in apparel design, textile science or a related field; any suitable combination of education, experience and training will be accepted.
• Experience in apparel fit, pattern-making, grading, construction, specifications and manufacturing methods.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Office.
• Strong problem-solving, organisation, and communication skills.
• Ability to translate design intent into exceptional, commercially viable apparel through fit, construction, quality, performance, and sustainability while achieving profitability goals.
• Ability to create clear product specifications and construction instructions, offer alternative technical solutions, and collaborate effectively across the cross-functional team.
• Comfortable managing multiple projects and priorities.
• Ability to travel up to 10% domestically and internationally.

• Experience with Optitex and 3D apparel development platforms such as CLO or Browzwear is strongly preferred.