About the role
Assistant Technical Designer
Location: Orange County, CA | On-site
We are partnering with a growing Southern California lifestyle brand to identify an Assistant Technical Designer to support the development of swim, active, and lifestyle apparel.
This is a great opportunity for an early-career technical design professional who is highly organized, detail-oriented, and interested in building deeper experience across fit, construction, product development, and production.
Key Responsibilities
- Support prototype management and follow up with vendors throughout the development process.
- Duplicate and maintain tech packs in Excel and accurately enter garment measurements.
- Measure and review prototype, SMS, PP, and TOP samples against submitted tech packs.
- Prepare weekly fit lists across product categories.
- Communicate with vendors and respond to questions in a timely manner.
- Maintain development trackers and monitor incoming sample timelines against calendar deadlines.
- Organize and maintain tech pack files and technical documentation.
- Partner with domestic production and assist with pattern-related needs.
- Maintain and organize samples by season and delivery.
- Provide additional technical design and development support as needed.
Qualifications
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent organizational, time-management, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Understanding of the end-to-end apparel product lifecycle.
- Experience measuring garment samples and accurately entering technical data.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Self-motivated with a sense of urgency and collaborative approach.
- Comfortable working within a fast-paced, cross-functional team.
- Adaptable, curious, and eager to continue developing technical knowledge.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.