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Organization
T TAHARI
Job Title
DESIGN ASSISTANT - T TAHARI
Location
New York, New York
Country
United States
Region
NY Metro
Position type
Permanent
Category
Accessories
Apparel
Job Function
Design - Fashion / Product
Intern / Entry-Level
Patterns / Marking / Grading
Experience level
Entry Level

DESIGN ASSISTANT - T TAHARI

General Overview:

Assist the T Tahari Design team in the design process, creation and development women’s soft pieces and hard pieces.
Position also follows through on all of the production of these products with supervision; working very closely with tech design and production and communicates extensively with the overseas factories to ensure all of these areas are being executed properly and promptly.  

Responsibilities:

DESIGN

- Helps to research and sketch
- Creates design boards and swatch work for new concepts with designer’s direction
- Manage pattern hand-offs to our domestic sample room factories
- Daily communication with factories
- Knowledge of pattern making and construction
- Assigns body numbers, scans sketches and puts into BMS system
- Keeps all trims and trim boards organized
- Update all development sketches with accurate swatches and information
- Prepare cutting tickets for all factories
- Keeps fabric book maintained-works closely with product development in execution of tech package 
- Sends out tech packs for swatch work to the factory and communicates with them 

Success Measures:

  • Understands the importance and urgency of the sample room work
  • Energetic and creative 
  • Extremely organized and able to maintain the organized systems on a daily basis
  • Able to meet deadlines and stay on calendar
  • Operate and maintain BMS information needed
  • Able to take direction easily 

Targeted Competencies :

  • Creative
  • Professional and clear
  • Neat and clean presentations
  • Excellent organizational and tracking skills
  • Needs to be able to adhere to a strict calendar
  • Clear and excellent communication skills
  • Strong follow up skills

Required Experience and Qualifications:

  • 0-1 year experience – Including design internships
  • Knowledge of pattern making and construction
  • Good understanding of development process through production
  • Proficient computer skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Flexible and positive attitude
  • Ability to meet expected deadlines
  • Ability to work quickly and efficiently